Loonie Museum Day on Clifton Hill

From the Niagara Falls Review: Playing tourist for a day was a welcome escape for the Hesse family of Niagara Falls. Mike, Melissa and their 10-year-old daughter Sara enjoyed several of the tourist attractions along Clifton Hill as part of the annual Loonie Museum Day to benefit the Canadian Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. “It was fun,”…

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Pieces of the casino cash pie

From the Niagara Gazette: Niagara Falls has received $60,262,670 in funds from Seneca Niagara Casino since 2004. Only $56,763 remains unallocated as of this week, not including interest earned. Here is a breakdown of the area’s the money has been spent.

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Niagara Falls aquarium plan sunk?

From the Niagara Falls Review: Plans to build an aquarium in Niagara Falls appear to be a casualty of tougher American travel regulations, now that Ripley Entertainment is gearing up to build one at the base of Toronto’s CN Tower. Canada Lands Company, which owns the CN Tower, picked Ripley last year as its partner…

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Niagara KOA KOs the competition

From the Niagara Falls Review: The Niagara Falls KOA Campground has been recognized as being among the “best of the best” in the Kampgrounds of America system that includes more than 470 campgrounds across North America. The Lundy’s Lane campground, operated by manager Lisa Thompson, recently received the 2009 Kampgrounds of America President’s Award at…

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I’m back, and posting will resume shortly

I have a bunch of articles that I will be posting that are a few days to a week old, but I still want to get them up. Then I’ll be back to regular posting. It will take a couple of days to get caught up…

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No postings this week

Sorry I’m late in posting this. In case you haven’t noticed, I’m not posting anything this week. I’m on vacation, and have hardly been at a computer at all. I’ll be back to regular postings on Tuesday…

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Twitter updates for 2010-01-07

RT @Hilton_Niagara: We have a panoramic photographer onsite all day, taking pics of various hotel amenities… #

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Behind the Butterfly Conservatory

From the Niagara Falls Review: More than 400,000 people toured the Butterfly Conservatory last year. Employees at the facility are used to seeing and hearing people’s positive reactions to the roughly 3,000 winged wonders around them. But it’s unlikely many of the visitors fully understand the work and effort that goes into keeping one of…

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Twitter updates for 2010-01-06

RT @NiagaraParksPR: 1/2 PRICE admission for locals @ the Niagara Parks Butterfly Conservatory this Sunday! http://blog.niagaraparks.com/ # RT @Hilton_Niagara @niafallsreview $1 Museum Day this Sunday in Niagara Falls: NF residents look forward to every year http://bit.ly/7UPK28 #

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Happy New Year From Safari Niagara! A Few Days Left For The Season Membership Discount.

On Monday I received the following email newsletter from Safari Niagara. To subscribe to the “The Wild Times”, the Safari Niagara newsletter, click on the subscribe link at the top of any page.

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