Twitter updates for 2011-12-31

The Zimmerman Fountain is the best light display along the Niagara Parkway http://t.co/hRlpouHj # If you're coming to Niagara Falls for NYE 2012, bring your boots. Queen Victoria Park is already becoming a mud pit! # In Queen Victoria Park looking at the lights. Simple Plan is trying out their set. Sounds fantastic! http://t.co/bThb6eqK #

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Happy New Year 2012!

Another year has come and gone. I can’t believe how fast the time goes! I hope that you all have a very safe and happy holiday, and that the new year brings you much peace, joy, and love 🙂

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Convention Centre gets ready to groove

From the Niagara Falls Review: DJ Steve Aoki is fine with reality shows on MTV instead of music. He welcomes more American Idol knockoffs. As far as he’s concerned, they’re great for his industry because they’re forcing people to seek out good music more than ever. When they find something that wasn’t manufactured by a…

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Twitter updates for 2011-12-30

There are a lot of things to setup for the New Year's Eve concert! http://t.co/ZtRfSI8k # Just saw a guy who looked just like @KenJennings Welcome to Niagara Falls! 🙂 (it wasn't him but sure looked like it) #

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Niagara Falls has something for everyone

From the Toronto Sun: The days when people visited Niagara strictly to watch 5.8 million litres of fast-flowing water cascade over the mighty Falls are gone. Not to diminish the power and majesty of Mother Nature but, today, Niagara Falls is a year-round destination with family attractions, a thriving wine-and-dine scene, glitzy casinos and sophisticated…

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IN CONVERSATION WITH: Dino Fazio

From the Niagara Falls Review: It’s a Wednesday afternoon a few days before Christmas and the last thing Dino Fazio wants to see is weather like this. As winter begins, rain is pouring onto the outdoor skating rink built near the Table Rock building. After seven years of heading up the Winter Festival of Lights,…

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Seven plans offered for Falls site

From the Buffalo News: The city whose reputation as a honeymoon capital is often overshadowed by its reputation for urban decay is poised to get its first major downtown development — outside of the Seneca Niagara Casino — in some 30 years. City and state officials have confirmed that seven developers submitted proposals for a…

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Sleep Cheap exceeds $1-million mark

From the Niagara Falls Review: They made it! The annual Sleep Cheap Charities Reap event raised $175,988 this year, which pushes their eight year history total over the $1-million mark. Mayor Jim Diodati said when they started this event they had no idea that “it would just grow wings and take off like this. We…

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Jack’s Cantina is all gone

I meant to post a picture a few weeks ago, but kept forgetting. As you will recall, Jack’s Cantina burned down more than a month ago. The remains of the building were left for a couple of weeks, and then a few weeks ago the building was removed and the property cleaned up. Now it…

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Ontario, sanitized for your protection

The Toronto Sun newspapers had an opinion piece recently about Ontario, and how the government is trying to “protect us” (they called it a Nanny State). At one point, it uses Niagara Falls as an example: These days, the architects of our bubble-wrapped, peanut-free society have their sights set on the daredevil community. The nattering…

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