Twitter updates for 2009-09-30

Yikes! It's chilly out today (and I didn't bring my coat)… # http://twitpic.com/jpslc – Obviously it isn't free to stay at the Baymont Inn & Suites, but the pixel board did linger on this word a bi … # http://twitpic.com/jpsi3 – I don't know how long this has been up for, but I noticed yesterday…

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Happy Wanderer for sale

I noticed this yesterday when I was out. The Happy Wanderer, a German-themed restaurant on Stanley Avenue is for sale. This could have been for sale for a while, I don’t know. My best guess is it was back in June or July, based on the dates on recent reviews. I’ve never been, but the…

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For Gale and the Parks, the divorce appears final

From the Niagara Falls Review: It looks like any bid to get Bob Gale a second term on the Niagara Parks Commisison is almost out of gas. Niagara’s own oil baron was sidelined from the government agency in February, when his three-year term expired. Now, after Friday’s reaffirmation by the commission of its 2008 decision…

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Niagara Falls won’t fight Marineland trailer park evictions

From the Welland Tribune: Green Oaks trailer park residents have lost their bid to have city hall get between them and Marineland owner John Holer, who is evicting 47 families from the Stanley Ave. property. But some say the attention they raised might help Niagara Falls renters in the future. “They don’t want to protect…

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Twitter updates for 2009-09-29

RT @Hilton_Niagara: Locals now receive FREE valet and a 10% discount @ all our exciting restaurants! #

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Fixing the trip to the glen, step by step

From the Niagara Falls Review: Hikers and anglers should find it easier and safer to get to the Whirlpool area, thanks to a group of volunteers who installed new stairs on the steepest part of the trail. More than two dozen volunteers lent their hands to put in place 70 new stairs, making a safer…

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Only 99 Days Away! Ring in the New Year Marriott Style!

Last Thursday I received the latest newsletter from the Marriott Niagara Falls Fallsview & Spa. You can subscribe to the newsletter by clicking on the Special Email Offers link on the side of the Marriott Niagara Falls Fallsview & Spa main page.

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Canada and Ontario Invest in Niagara People Mover Project

From a Marketwire press release: he City of Niagara Falls will soon benefit from a new bus system thanks to a joint investment by the Governments of Canada and Ontario, the Honourable Rob Nicholson, P.C., Q.C., Member of Parliament for Niagara Falls, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, the Honourable George Smitherman, Deputy…

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$50 million for new people-mover system

From the Niagara Falls Review: A major transportation project that has been stalled for years got a fresh injection of fuel Monday. At a press conference at the Via rail station on Bridge Street, Ontario Deputy Premier George Smitherman announced the province will contribute $25 million toward the development of a new people mover bus…

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WHAT THEY’RE SAYING: Politicians keep Falls falling

From the Medina Journal-Register: A national publication recently wrote an in-depth analysis of Niagara Falls, N.Y., versus its Canadian counterpart. Not surprisingly, the outlook was far more rosy in Ontario. Governing.com examined the sparkling development of the Canadian side and the equally dreary crumbling of the American side, which the publication said falls far short…

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