Niagara This Week is a local, free newspaper that started up a few years ago. Editions in other cities have been printed for years, and it was nice to have a free alternative to the local, pay newspaper. They publish on Wednesday and Friday. I don’t know anything about the demographics of their readers, but…
Yesterday I received the latest newsletter from the Americana Conference Resort & Spa. They are promoting packages for the March Break. To subscribe to the newsletter, click on the “Stay Informed with the Americana Newsletter” link on the left of the every page of the Americana Conference Resort & Spa web site.
From the Niagara Falls Review: April will mark 18 years since I moved to Niagara Falls, and while we haven’t always seen eye to eye I’ve never loved the actual falls more. I’m convinced everyone who moves here has a relationship with our namesake in three stages. First is infatuation: You can’t believe you can…
The St. Catharines Standard has an editorial about car idling and its environmental impact. It also mentions Niagara Falls. I’m sure this is a common problem in essentially all tourist areas: I spent two summers working in the Clifton Hill tourist area of Niagara Falls, and the number of people I witnessed idling their vehicles…
Yet another floor is almost complete on the Hilton addition. As you can see on the lower floors, they’ve also started to put in place the outer walls.
From Niagara This Week: Several years ago, officials from the Japanese province of Hyogo were wrapping up a 10-year search for the best horticultural schools in the world to model a new $23-million horticultural school on. The Japanese found their model at the Niagara Parks Commission School of Horticulture, nestled in the stunning Botanical Gardens…
WGAL.com has a video on their site of a rescue drill: Rescue crews throw a rope to a man trapped on an icy slope only feet away from Niagara Falls. A tourist shot the video from her hotel room, not knowing park rangers on the New York side were just conducting an exercise.
From the Niagara This Week: Every day at lunch, while Graham Wing takes a walk through the city’s tourist area, he’s on the lookout for anything out of the ordinary. It may be construction at the Hilton inching one floor closer to completion. It may be renovations at a nearby buffet restaurant. It could even…
Yesterday I received the latest newsletter from Hooters. To subscribe to the Hooters newsletter, visit the Hooters web site, then click on the Niagara Falls location, then click on the Newsletter link.
From the Niagara Falls Review: The Niagara Convention and Civic Centre has named its new general manager and president. Kerry Painter was hired to manage the centre, which is scheduled to open in 2011. Mayor Ted Salci made the announcement during Monday’s council meeting. Painter comes to Niagara Falls from the Northshore Harbor Center in…