Superheroes coming to Project SHARE rescue

From the Welland Tribune: It’s a bird. It’s a plane. It’s Superhero Day at Dave & Buster’s. The Clifton Hill venue will host Superhero Day on Sunday and children will be able to interact with a handful of superheroes including Spider-Man, Wonderwoman, Batman and Incredible Hulk. The event starts at 2 p.m. and runs to…

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Family Day ‘spectacular’ for tourism

From the Niagara Falls Review: It was designated as a day for family time. Perhaps more importantly, Family Day was needed to bridge the long holiday gap between New Year’s Day and Easter. No matter what the reason, a three-day weekend in February is a gift Niagara Falls will gladly accept. After all, according to…

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Parks commission launches new stewardship website

From Niagara This Week: The Niagara Parks Commission is taking its environmental stewardship online with a new website dedicated to nature. Niagara Parks Nature (http://niagaraparksnature.com) will put the focus back on Niagara’s parks, with information on upcoming events such as community cleanup days, environmental initiatives and information about hiking, cycling, bird watching and geocaching in…

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Ripley’s in Niagara Falls to host World Sword Swallowing Day event

From the Niagara Falls Review: A Toronto sword swallower will be in Niagara later this month to celebrate the fifth annual World Sword Swallower’s Day. Vanessa Neil will offer a free show outside Ripley’s Believe It Or Not museum on on Feb. 26 at precisely 2:26 p.m. That’s the same time 21 other sword swallowers…

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Notice of Application and Public Meeting regarding Ma Agretto’s Spaghetti House

(I thought I had posted this, but hadn’t) This sign for a notice of meeting was up outside Ma Agretto’s Spaghetti House at the corner of Ellen Ave and Centre St. Apparently someone wants to build a restaurant there (and I presume on the empty lots next to it). I hadn’t heard that.

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William and Kate take a pass on coming to Niagara

From the Niagara Falls Review: Wills and Kate won’t do Niagara? Pity. The future king of Canada and his new bride appear to be passing over Niagara on their summer tour of Canada. When Prince William and Catherine Middleton come to Canada in June, their itinerary will include Alberta, the Northwest Territories, Prince Edward Island,…

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Will & Kate at Niagara Falls?

From WGRZ Channel 2 in Buffalo: Niagara Falls is Western New York and southern Ontario’s natural tourist attraction. But the city of Niagara Falls, Ontario has its mind set on two tourists in particular; England’s future King and Queen, Prince William and his bride-to-be, Kate Middleton. After their spring wedding they’re planning a trip to…

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