Daredevilry, Rescue And The Family That Couldn’t Escape The Niagara Falls

The NPR show (from WBUR in Boston), Only a Game, had a repeat of this segment this past Saturday. I didn’t hear it the first time, but heard it on Saturday. It is a neat history of Red Hill and his family. William “Red” Hill Sr. was born on Oct. 27, 1887 in Niagara Falls,…

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On either side of Niagara Falls, when it rains, it pours sewage and stormwater

From the Buffalo News: An estimated 800 million gallons of untreated sewage and stormwater have flowed into the Niagara River from the American and Canadian sides so far this year, eight times more than last year. It’s enough to pour over the Horseshoe Falls for 20 minutes. The American side accounts for about three-quarters of…

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Horror fans get their own festival in Falls

From the Niagara Falls Review: Horror fans loved having a Niagara Falls convention this weekend dedicated to all the things they love. “I like it because it’s a lot more intimate, it’s more segregated to the horror genre,” said Aaron Kellar, who Saturday dressed up as Freddy Krueger from A Nightmare on Elm Street during…

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Niagara Falls: WNY Land Conservancy announces ‘Restore the Gorge

From Niagara Frontier Publications: The Western New York Land Conservancy invites the community to attend a project unveiling at 7 p.m. Monday, Nov. 13, in the Niagara Falls Public Library, for “Restore the Gorge,” its planned ecological restoration of the Niagara Gorge. With funding from phase two of Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s Buffalo Billion economic development…

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OSPCA threatened Marineland’s ‘extinction’: Lawsuit

From the Niagara Falls Review: Marineland’s $21-million lawsuit against the Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (OSPCA) is the result of “injuries and damages, including special damages” suffered as a result of the animal welfare organization’s animal cruelty charges laid against the park. In a statement of claim obtained by Niagara Falls…

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Near Niagara Falls, a ‘secret’ bouldering spot grows in popularity

From the Globe and Mail: Not far from one of Ontario’s most famous sights – Niagara Falls, attracting 14 million visitors a year – is one of the province’s best-kept secrets: a hidden playground of large rock formations spread throughout the wooded trails of the Niagara Glen Nature Reserve, just above the rapid, cool water…

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