Niagara Freefall offers unique experience

From Niagara This Week: While some mourn the loss of Hooters restaurant in Niagara Falls, most rejoice in what took its place on Stanley Avenue. Niagara Freefall, and its attached Daredevils Bar & Grill, has brought a long sought-after attraction to Niagara Falls with indoor skydiving. “It’s something that everyone wants to do in their…

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Inn on the River wins city’s support

From the Buffalo News: The city will chip in $650,000 of its casino revenue toward a project to renovate a high-rise hotel on the Niagara River. Directors of the city’s NFC Development Corp. on Monday unanimously approved a $650,000 grant for a project by hotelier Faisal Merani to reopen the former Inn on the River…

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Niagara Falls Accommodations Feature New Fall Getaway Packages on Fallsview Boulevard

From a PR Web press release seen at Hospitality NET: An array of Niagara Falls accommodations — all within walking distance of the Falls — have made the destination’s mild fall weather even more enticing with affordable Fall Getaway Packages at www.FallsviewBoulevard.com. Just steps from the mighty Falls, IMAX Theatre, indoor waterparks, and Fallsview Casino,…

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Niagara Falls lights up for holidays

WIVB channel 4 in Buffalo has a short video about the Holiday Lights of Niagara: The Cataract City is going green to light up for the holidays. Niagara Falls signed a partnership with the United Way Monday, to cosponsor the third annual Holiday Lights of Niagara. Mayor Paul Dyster says the $30,000 investment will draw…

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2nd Annual Komedy for Kidneys Rodney Pentland Memorial Benefit Show

On Monday, I received the latest email from the Niagara Falls Comedy Fest and Winter Festival of Lights. You will notice that a link to a video was included, and there is a “0” on the line below it. If you had gotten the email and clicked on the link, it would have taken you…

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The Capri closes doors after 55 years

From the Niagara Falls Review: The Capri Restaurant on Ferry Street was closed to the public Tuesday and its furnishing have been removed. But what led to the closure – and whether it’s a permanent or temporary situation – is unclear. Marisa Alfieri-Hay, daughter of business founder the late Sam Alfieri, was inside the restaurant…

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Autumn in America: New York’s Niagara River

The USA Today web site has a nice photo that someone took of the Niagara River: “It was cold, rainy and windy but the fall colors were fabulous,” says the photographer, Julie Siegel. “I was more impressed with the potential energy in the waters leading to the falls, than the falls themselves. Miserable weather and…

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