New Niagara Falls website launched

From the Niagara Gazette: Niagara Falls Up Close, a new website dedicated to promoting the region has been launched. The site is located at www.niagarafallsupclose.com and features important and interesting information for those wishing to visit Niagara Falls. The site has no commercial connection to any hotel, casino, restaurant or governmental municipality in the region….

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Latest improvements at Niagara Falls State Park unveiled, next phase in $25M project begins

From Yahoo! Canada News: The multi-million-dollar improvements made to New York’s most-visited state park have been unveiled, while the next phase of the renovations begin. Local media outlets report that state and local officials gathered Wednesday at Prospect Point at the edge of the American Falls in Niagara Falls State Park to celebrate the completion…

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Another Voice: Niagara Falls hasn’t learned the lessons of Love Canal

From the Buffalo News: This year marks 35 years since residents in the Love Canal neighborhood of Niagara Falls sounded the alarm on toxic chemicals. Over 800 families were relocated and the federal Superfund program was created to clean up the nation’s most polluted toxic waste sites. During the last century, the U.S. side of…

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BUSINESS: Falls restaurant earns prestigious CAA rating

From Bullet News Niagara: Windows restaurant by Canadian celebrity chef, Jamie Kennedy, has earned the highly respected AAA/CAA Four Diamond Award. This achievement awards a high ranking to the restaurant and recognizes the high degree of creativity and complexity reflected in its menu.

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Faith is what guides Nik Wallenda

From Niagara This Week: Even after he was initially turned down in his bid to cross Niagara Falls on a high wire, Nik Wallenda said it was his faith that guided him through the entire process. “What a journey it was to get permission to walk across Niagara Falls and to be able do that…

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Crane being lowered into Niagara Gorge

From WIVB channel 4 in Buffalo: Crews in Niagara Falls are hard at work getting the Maid of the Mist ready for the winter. The tour boat company must remove its vessels from the lower Niagara River before the water freezes over. But before that can happen, a giant crane from Germany has to be…

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For Immediate Release – Ancient Egypt comes to Niagara Falls

I know I’m way late for the opening of this exhibit, but it is on until January… This is a press release I recently received: September 6, 2013                                                                 For Immediate Release   Ancient Egypt comes to Niagara Falls   The Ontario Power Generation Gallery at the Niagara Falls History Museum (5810 Ferry Street) will be…

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Media Advisory – Minister Nicholson to Attend Annual Winter Festival of Lights in Niagara Falls

From a CNW Group press release seen on Yahoo! Canada Finance: The Honourable Rob Nicholson, P.C., Q.C., Minister of National Defence and Member of Parliament for Niagara Falls, will speak at the 31st Annual Winter Festival of Lights opening festivities to honour Canada’s Veterans of the Korean War and highlight their contributions and sacrifices.

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Still time to Sleep Cheap

From Niagara This Week: There’s still time to book a hotel room in Niagara Falls and help out local charities at the same time. Rooms are still available at many of the hotels participating. A full list can be viewed at www.sleepcheapcharitiesreap.com. Rooms are available between Sunday, Nov. 10 and Thursday, Nov. 14. Additional discount…

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