Graham on October 31st, 2007

From the Buffalo News:
The Second Coming of Christ will occur in Niagara Falls, Isaiah Robertson believes.
“The revival of Jesus Christ will start right here,” he said. “God said he would take his glory from one of the wonders of the world — and that wonder is Niagara Falls.”
Millions of Christians believe in the Second Coming [...]

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Graham on October 31st, 2007

From the Niagara Falls Review:
This photograph was taken Oct. 19, 1919, at Dr. Harry Grant’s home, Victoria Place, which was located on the brow of the high bank overlooking Queen Victoria Park, about half way between the foot of Robinson Street and Clifton Hill.
The man in the centre of the group, with his right hand [...]

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Graham on October 31st, 2007

From Niagara This Week:
The tourism industry deserves the city’s support, says the head of Niagara Falls Tourism, as council bucked a trend that would have cut funding for the agency over the next few years.
After hearing a presentation from Anna Pierce, head of Niagara Falls Tourism, during a corporate services meeting Monday where council heard [...]

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Graham on October 30th, 2007

I don’t know if I’ve mentioned this before, but from the time that the Niagara SkyWheel opened, they’ve been using a picture of the SkyWheel with a woman and a child in front of it. They have their backs to the SkyWheel and they are looking up. It has always annoyed me for a couple [...]

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Graham on October 30th, 2007

From the Niagara Falls Review:
The key to unlocking a great room at a great price for the Sleep Cheap Charities Reap event will be found on The Review’s website.
The hugely popular charity event will take place Nov. 26 to 29. Participating hotels will offer room rates of $35 per night for a standard room, $45 [...]

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Graham on October 30th, 2007

From the Niagara Falls Review:
Oh, Can-ada! The USA is closer than ever.
The Bush administration appears to have annexed a major Canadian landmark as part of a slick new campaign to promote U.S. tourism and welcome foreign visitors to America.
A Disney-produced promotional video released last week by the departments of State and Homeland Security highlights majestic [...]

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Graham on October 29th, 2007

Back near the end of September I took my family to the newest attraction on Clifton Hill, Bronto’s Adventure Playland (I’d link to the web site, but Niagara Clifton Group still hasn’t update their website with any information yet).

The attraction is essentially a giant, enclosed jungle gym (a lot of it was done by Prime [...]

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Graham on October 29th, 2007

The other day I was by the Niagara Free Fall location and it looks like the wind tunnel is done. I wonder when they are going to open…

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Graham on October 29th, 2007

From the Niagara Falls Review:
Mark your calendar, but don’t pick up the phone just yet.
This year’s Sleep Cheap Charities Reap event will take place over four nights, from Monday, Nov. 26 to Thursday, Nov. 29.
Participating hotels will offer room rates of $35 per night for a standard room, $45 for a fallsview room and $65 [...]

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Graham on October 27th, 2007

From the Niagara Falls Review:
“When we were seated in the little ferry-boat, and were crossing the swollen river immediately before both cataracts, I began to feel what it was: But I was in a manner stunned, and unable to comprehend the vastness of the scene. It was not until I came on Table Rock, and [...]

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