Prediction: SNOW from January to April at Niagara Falls History Museum

Last week I received the following press release from the Niagara Falls History Museum: For Immediate Release Prediction: SNOW from January to April at Niagara Falls History Museum Niagara Falls, ON, January 13, 2016 – Canadians have a long-standing fascination with snow.  We either love it or hate it, and sometimes we do both.  We…

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Le visage caché des Chutes du Niagara (The Hidden Face of Niagara Falls)

From Le Parisien: Découvrir les Chutes du Niagara sous un autre angle. On connaît l’image des Chutes du Niagara, ces impressionnants murs d’eau en forme de fer à cheval où la rivière Niagara effectue un saut de 51 mètres dans le vide. C’est en été que le spectacle est le plus impressionnant. Mais on oublie…

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Man goes over Niagara Falls as tourists look on

From the Norwalk Reflector: A Norwalk native and her husband received an unpleasant surprise when they visited Niagara Falls. Jill (Morr) Spildener, along with her husband, Jamie, visited the Falls area on Friday. The Berea couple parked on the American side, walked across Rainbow Bridge to Canada, and then made their way down toward Horseshoe…

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So much fun for just a buck

From Niagara This Week: For a pair of local youngsters, it was a chance to hang for a few minutes with Katy Perry — at least a wax rendition of the pop singer anyway. “Everything!” Brooke Annette said when asked what she liked about the annual Museums Dollar Day for Cystic Fibrosis. “Everything is great,”…

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Cuomo seeks to complete Empire State Trail by 2020, add Goat Island lodge in Niagara Falls

From Niagara Frontier Publications: Also, speaking of the outdoors and encouraging guests to stay longer, Cuomo announced big plans for Niagara Falls State Park and the Niagara Gorge on Monday while at the University at Buffalo. “We’re going to reclaim 135,000 acres of the Niagara Gorge corridor, preserving the rich ecology,” Cuomo said. “It will…

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Cuomo has big plans for Niagara Falls tourism

From WKBW Channel 7 in Buffalo (includes video): Governor Andrew Cuomo is now proposing a second phase of the Buffalo Billion initiative. A key focus is increasing tourism in places like Niagara Falls. The governor would like to construct a new state-operated tourism visitor center on Grand Island, reclaim 135,000 acres of the Niagara Gorge…

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