How Bureacracy and Bickering Brought Down Niagara Falls

From Governing.com: Down an overgrown path along the bluffs above the Niagara River gorge, a couple of miles downstream from the breathtaking cataract that gives Niagara Falls, New York, its name, there is a long-forgotten abutment from which city leaders think they can see the city’s future. Remarkably, it looks a great deal like the…

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Labor Day at Niagara Falls

From the Long Island International Travel Examiner: Make a run for the border (the other one) to get away this holiday weekend. The Ontario side of Niagara Falls has many popular restaurants, bars, attractions and, of course, those Falls. (Do you know there are several different ones?) When I drove there in July, it took…

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Twitter updates for 2009-09-02

At D&B and GCM, the Deal or No Deal games always seem to be busy. # @Hilton_Niagara – Some other time for sure. For my birthday, I'll stick with what I know, and love to eat. Canyon Creek Chophouse is great! # http://twitpic.com/g7no6 – There was a fire truck and an ambulance at the AAAA…

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Report on NPC suggests change in business practices

From the Niagara Falls Review: There will be “significant recommendations” about the way the Niagara Parks Commission is run and how it does business when a government-ordered review of the commission and an audit of its purchasing and leasing policies is released, Niagara Falls MPP Kim Craitor says. “It’s moving along. Compared to what was,…

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More pictures of fire at King David Bakery

Here are some more pictures from the fire at King David Bakery. The last picture is how it looked this morning with the building having its walls knocked down.

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Behind the Falls. Infront of them too! Part 1 << Travel Along The Way

The same person that I linked to the other day has posted more about the trip to Niagara Falls: I arrived home from my trip to the falls late last Sunday afternoon. It has been ten years since I’ve last been and nothing really has change. The falls are still huge and beautiful. Clifton Hill…

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Twitter updates for 2009-09-01

I can smell the ribs at Tony Roma's (at Ferry St & Ellen Ave). Mmm! # http://twitpic.com/g3mmv – There is new rock/brick work being put on the Cascade Inn. #

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Secrets of ‘The Office’ Wedding

From “The Morning Call” TV Watchers blog: Visitors to Horseshoe Falls at Niagara Falls, N.Y., were pleasantly surprised last Thursday when they walked onto the set of NBC-TV10’s “The Office” and found actors John Krasinski and Jenna Fischer taping a scene for the upcoming season’s fourth episode, according to The Buffalo News… Fischer’s makeup was…

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Positive local reaction to OLG shakeup

From the Niagara Falls Review: A massive shakeup at Ontario Lottery and Gaming could resolve some of Niagara’s issues with the government agency that oversees Ontario’s casinos and lotteries, Niagara sources say. A new board of directors and new management could settle Casino Niagara’s long-term future, said Dino A. DiCienzo, a vice-president of the Canadian…

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Bakery building burns

From the Niagara Falls Review: The Ontario Fire Marshal’s Office has been called in to investigate a blaze that destroyed the King David Bakery and Cafe early Monday morning on Centre Street, a short distance from Clifton Hill. Members of the Niagara Falls fire department received a call at about 12:50 a. m., of heavy…

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