From the Niagara Falls Review: Two vandals caused almost $300,000 in damage after fires were deliberately set at several Niagara Falls landmarks early Tuesday. Ironically, the fires erupted on the second day of National Fire Prevention Week, a week set aside to raise awareness of fire safety issues. Fire crews were first called to the…
Last Thursday I received the latest issue of the Clifton Hill Resorts Update newsletter. There is a new look to the newsletter that is quite nice. Also, now the newsletter seems to be entirely marketing-focused. There is no more “personal” touch with the trivia question or the feature of the month. That’s unfortunate because now…
From the Niagara Falls Review: New Brunswick’s Bernie Houle was cold, tired and a little bit wet. He should have been miserable. Instead, eyes to the sky, he couldn’t stop grinning. “Seventeen hours of driving to come fly a kite,” he said, yanking the string to his gnarly, nylon creation called Shady. Standing next to…
From the Niagara Falls Review: George Stathakis was one strange individual. Born in Greece, he arrived in the United States in 1910 at the age of 26. Working as a short-order cook, he lived in St. Louis for a time before moving to Niagara Falls, N.Y., then Buffalo. Stathakis was much more than a cook…
The Buffalo News had a nice write-up about Wayne Newton’s performance at the Fallsview Casino: You can thank Wayne Newton for Cirque du Soleil. You can thank him for the Celine Dion extravaganza and the Elton John blockbuster. For the Blue Man Group, the theme park explosion and the nightclub and restaurant boom in the…
On Tuesday I received the latest email promotion from the Great Wolf Lodge in Niagara Falls. There is a Thanksgiving promotion along with a Halloween promotion: You can sign up for the mailings by visiting the Email Signup page on the Great Wolf Lodge Niagara Falls web site.
The Little Caesars that will be opening on Victoria Avenue is coming along well. All the signs are up on the building and most of the interior work looks complete. I suspect it will be opening very soon. Up until recently the Victoria Avenue Beer Gareden sign was still on the window, but I’m not…
From the Niagara Falls Review: A memorable summer comes to a close for Cirque Niagara this weekend. After five months, the high-flying tourist attraction will pack up and head home to Russia Sunday. But not before making a hefty deposit … and a promise to return. At 1 p.m. in the Main Tent today, the…
From Niagara This Week: Niagara Falls took on a pink hue Saturday night to illuminate the importance for women to detect breast cancer in its early stages. Country-singing sensation LeAnn Rimes stood at a pink podium at the Edgewater Tap and Grill and flipped the switch turning the water rushing over the city’s world famous…