Fire on Victoria Avenue this morning

This morning as I was heading into the Falls, I smelled a burning smell. I didn’t think much of it, but then when I got to the intersection of Centre St/Clifton Hill/Victoria Avenue, there was some kind of flood. Well, it turns out that the water was from putting out a fire a few stores…

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Sleep Cheap Charities reap true to its name

From Niagara This Week: True to the name, charities did reap from an annual fundraiser that allows Niagara residents to take advantage of cut rate hotel rooms in Niagara Falls. Niagara Falls Mayor Jim Diodati was busy Tuesday, handing out cheques to 18 different organizations who all shared in the $131,075 raised by 2013’s 10th…

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Life on the highwire

The Niagara Falls Review has a great article about with some great photos of Jay Cochrane and Henry Rechatin, both of whom passed away last year. The world of tightrope walkers lost two of its giants in 2013 – Jay Cochrane and Henry Rechatin. Cochrane, who was born in 1944 and dubbed himself as “The…

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The Final Frontier on Ferry

From Niagara This Week: Right now, the Ontario Power Generation Galley at the Niagara Falls History Museum is an open — and very empty — space. It won’t be that way for long as come Jan. 16, the hall will come alive in a display that that oddly enough, is dedicated to — wait for…

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What Niagara Falls Looks Like Without Water

Yahoo! Finance has a nice image via the Atlantic of the American Falls in 1969 when the water wasn’t flowing.

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Hello ‘Street of Fun,’ it’s been awhile

From the St Catharines Standard: Most times, Bob and Kevin meet up at a bar. Over a beer with a hockey game on. But there they were Sunday, fist-bumping next to a Statue of Liberty made out of toothpicks. For one day a year it’s the place where locals meet. The one place they avoid…

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Farewell to the Maids

From the Niagara Falls Review: There will be considerable change along the Niagara River in 2014 now that Hornblower Niagara Cruises has secured the contract to carry passengers from the Canadian side of the river to the base of the Horseshoe Falls. Two members of the famous Maid of the Mist fleet are no longer…

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