Twitter updates for 2010-10-01

Wow… just saw a skater going down Clifton Hill unbelievably fast! # A while ago I posted about a huge tree that had been cut down in Queen Victoria park. They finally ground up the s http://twitpic.com/2tp8ja # This is the scene at the bottom of Clifton Hill at Oakes Garden Theatre where the skateboarding…

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Aero Car honoured

From the Niagara Falls Review: The engineering feat of building a cable car over the Niagara River whirlpool was recognized Thursday when the Whirlpool Aero Car was designated an International Historic Civil Engineering Work… The ride was built between 1914 and 1916 and was originally known as the Spanish Aero Car, paying tribute to the…

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Rare Film Of 1938 Niagara Falls Bridge Collapse

From WGRZ Channel 2 in Buffalo: Jim Grimaldi, a West Seneca, NY based filmmaker and television producer, also operates a business where he’ll take your old home movies and convert them to a modern format. Recently, the family of a long ago local dentist named Harold Sipple approached him with a box of 8mm films,…

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Limited Time Offer – $135 1-Night Casino Package

On Wednesday I received the latest email 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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Twitter updates for 2010-09-30

@Bella_32 Haven't a whisper… in reply to Bella_32 # Phat Cats Tattoo Body Piercing has opened up on Victoria Ave http://twitpic.com/2tdd8g # A couple of weeks ago the old Adventure Dome (Brick City) was cleaned. Now they are coating it with something http://twitpic.com/2tdckc #

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Getaway Guy: Nightmares Getaway

The Getaway Guy from YNN channel 9 out of Rochester has a report about Nightmares Fear Factory (including a video): You’ll walk down pitch black hallways following a series of red lights making your way through a labrynth of scares and surprises. You are not alone in there! If you need to leave and can’t…

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Niagara Falls, Ontario Hosts Canada’s Largest Skateboarding Competition

From a PR Web press release seen on Yahoo! News: No stranger to showcasing the talents of daredevils, Niagara Falls welcomes a new generation of thrill-seekers for the West 49 Take the Cake skateboarding competition, presented by Schick Xtreme3. The open-air competition takes place at the foot of Clifton Hill (www.cliftonhill.com) in the Oakes Garden…

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Lights festival picks up sponsor

From the Niagara Falls Review: A new era of the Winter Festival of Lights began with a name change Wednesday. For the first time in its 27-year history, a title sponsorship has been secured for the nearly three-month-long event. It will now be known as the CAA Winter Festival of Lights. The partnership with CAA…

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Crazy Joe’s Adventures: Niagara Falls

Someone with a Blogger blog posted a brief comment about a visit to Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Museum: On Sunday I was in Niagara Falls to visit Ripley’s Believe It or Not Odditorium, Clifton Hill and also to see the falls. While at Ripley’s we touched touched the fertility statues which were on tour….

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Twitter updates for 2010-09-28

It seems early, but better late than never. The Disney light displays in Queen Victoria Park are being set up http://twitpic.com/2sv5qv # Wow! The convention centre is sure coming a long nicely! http://twitpic.com/2sv599 # Very cool! RT @whirlpooljet: Check out this trailer for a tv show that WJBT and Niagara Helicopters were involved in http://fb.me/J1qetlm3…

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