Vanessa Neil, Sword Swallower, at Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Museum

As you read on Saturday, I went to Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Museum to see the sword swallower. This was the second year that they did it, and I thought Vanessa Neil was better than Riley Schillaci, last year’s performer. I can’t really explain what I didn’t like about Riley, but she just didn’t…

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Twitter updates for 2010-03-01

RT @bcapphoto #FF My favorite sources of local news/info – @610CKTB @Pelham_Library @NFChamber @nfblog @niafallsreview – Thanks @bcapphoto ! # RT @fallsavenue Breakfast Television will be LIVE at Fallsview Indoor Waterpark, Monday Mar 8 6:30am – 9:00 am… http://schmap.it/xkAqUw # I uploaded a YouTube video — Sword Swallower at Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Museum…

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Higher U.S. passport fees could put a damper on local tourism

From the Toronto Star: Tourism industry officials in Toronto and Niagara Falls say they are shocked to learn the U.S. State Department plans to raise passport fees by as much as 35 per cent. A new adult passport would cost $135, up from $100. Since last summer, passports have been mandatory to cross the Canada-U.S….

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Tough act to swallow

From the Niagara Falls Review: Think your line of work got hurt in the recession? Try sword swallowing. “The last few years have been tough, economically. People aren’t going to pay $1,000 to have a sword swallower at their kids’ birthdays,” said Vanessa Neil, who shocked a Niagara Falls crowd Saturday when she downed a…

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