It has been 10 months since PHMC has taken full control of US Brig Niagara. In that amount of time, I see the connection to the Erie area fading and my concerns are growing. The initial disconnection of Niagara to our community was the firing of FNL as an operator of...
Protect Brig Niagara was organized with the goal to ensure that the US Brig Niagara is in the hands of people who can maintain her and operate her safely, successfully, and transparently as an actively sailing vessel in her role as an ambassador for the...
Most of our advocacy has been over Niagara's current care. However, now that PHMC has announced a Captain and are actively doing work on her, we do not want to actively undermine the new Captain’s efforts. We will still be watching, but we want to give the new Captain...
Note: This piece is focused on the experience of the volunteer council and interactions had with PHMC staff, but while investigating RTK documentation we found that there were a large number of falsehoods and inaccuracies in how PHMC represented information to local...
On March 22, 2024, PHMC issued a press release regarding the US Brig Niagara (see archived copy below). The Flagship Niagara League (FNL) was included in the press release quoting Mike Martin (FNL's Board President) who once again joined forces with PHMC without the...
This is one of several testimonials that were written in late 2021 and early 2022 by US Brig Niagara volunteers in support of keeping Niagara sailing. They were sent to local state legislators and PHMC administrators. October 9, 2021 To Whom It May Concern, The...