105 years ago, Niagara Falls ice bridge cracks, and three are swept to their deaths

From the Buffalo News: Believe it or not, visitors to Niagara Falls used to be able to walk on the ice bridges that form naturally at the base of the cataracts. The ice bridges form every winter, typically in January

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Signs are up at Chuck’s Roadhouse Bar and Grill

I posted about two months ago about Chuck’s Roadhouse Bar and Grill opening in the former Tony Roma’s location. The Chuck’s Roadhouse Bar and Grill locations page shows that the Niagara Falls location is coming soon (no date given). There are now signs on the outside of the building.

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How to follow Access Niagara and the Niagara Falls Blog

If you are following the Niagara Falls Blog regularly, you know that I have my ups and downs… sometimes the blog is very busy, and other times I don’t post anything for an extended period of time. For the last two months I’ve been posting several things every day, and I’m trying to keep it…

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“Canada in Pictures” book

Here is another book I saw at Renewed Thrift & Vintage in Welland, Ontario (see here for the other posting). It’s called Canada in Pictures (ISBN 0822546795) by Eric Braun. There wasn’t much information about Niagara Falls, other than this two-page photo.

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Bridge commission elects 2017 officers

From the Niagara Falls Review: American businessman Russell Quarantello has been elected chairman of the Niagara Falls Bridge Commission, while Canadian accountant John Lopinski has been elected vice chairman. The commission, which is a bi-national entity that owns and operates the Rainbow, Whirlpool Rapids and Queenston-Lewiston bridges between Canada and the United States, elected its…

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A flood of metaphor set in a dying Rust Belt resort

From the New Orleans Advocate: For many Americans, Niagara Falls exists only in imagination or memory. It’s nearly effortless to conjure up images of the towering, majestic falls and the great rush of water, images often inspired by picture-perfect postcards or by distant recollections of a long-ago honeymoon. But for residents of Niagara Falls, New…

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Thomson selected illumination board chairwoman

From the Niagara Falls Review: Janice Thomson has been selected chairwoman of the Niagara Falls Illumination Board. The board made the appointment during its Jan. 25 meeting. Thomson will replace Mark Thomas, who was chairman of the illumination board since December 2014.

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