From the Niagara Falls Review: The new-look Oh Canada Eh? has an old face running the show. Three years after he retired and sold his share of the company he co-founded in 1994, Jim Cooper has returned to the award-winning dinner theatre. And he’s bringing some friends along. Veteran show member Melissa Penner, who left…
From the Niagara Falls Review: It’s a job with a great view -as long as you are not afraid of heights. “I find it exciting every time I go over,” said Gordon Rosa, a mason supervisor with the Niagara Parks Commission. Each year, Rosa and his crew climb into a cage which is then lifted…
From the Buffalo News: Niagara Falls is one of the world’s most iconic natural landmarks. Gov. David A. Paterson and Sen. Charles E. Schumer think the cascading falls would make an ideal pick to grace New York’s quarter in the upcoming America’s Beautiful National Parks quarters series. But the U. S. Mint says no. That’s…
On Wednesday I received the latest newsletter from the Hilton Hotel and Suites Niagara Falls Fallsview. I did notice that the name of the hotel appears to have changed since the last time the newsletter went out. It used to be Hilton Niagara Falls Fallsview. To subscribe to the newsletter, fill out the form on…
On Sunday I received an email newsletter from the Winter Festival of Lights. It seems a little early, but I guess they want people to have time to plan.
From the Niagara Falls Review: It was supposed to be famed wirewalker Jay Cochrane’s fourth summer performing in Niagara Falls. But now he’s making other vacation plans. What would have been a spectacular daily walk from the top of the Skylon Tower to the top of the new Niagara Falls Hilton on Fallsview Boulevard was…
From the Buffalo News: People magazine may have named him “Sexiest Man Alive” twice, but even Brad Pitt looked a little goofy in his blue Maid of the Mist poncho. The superstar actor was in Niagara Falls, Ont., on a picture-perfect afternoon to take in the sights of the world-famous cataracts Saturday. In tow were…
From the Buffalo News: A new system of tiered building heights proposed for the downtown commercial district would allow buildings as tall as 60 stories on some blocks under a newly revised set of proposed zoning codes. Allowing even taller buildings on some city streets closest to the Seneca Niagara Casino & Hotel was an…
There is new advertising covering where Graham had posted back in 2005 about this same billboard. It was dedicated to the Movieland Wax museum on Stanley Avenue, but was starting to become very sun faded. They have now changed it to represent the Niagara Skywheel on Clifton Hill and it really stands out.
Sometime last year the Happy Wanderer on Stanley Avenue (across from the new Hilton expansion) closed it doors and was taken over by the bank. A company/team was then put together to try and bring this place back to life with interior upgrades, in the hopes of rejuvenating this establishment. Unfortunately the bank canceled the…