From Niagara This Week: Here comes the fudge. Things just got a little sweeter on Queen Street with the arrival of the Niagara Falls Fudge Company. But while the store may be new, there’s a lot of tradition being packed into those near half-pound bricks being sold in 12 different varieties. That’s because co-owners Ross…
From The Times of West Virginia: Some proposals are cute. Some are spontaneous. Others are unexpected. And some are so downright romantic, others pale in comparison.
From the Buffalo News: Supporters of Niagara Falls Mayor Paul A. Dyster insist his big-picture perspective is what’s needed in a city long plagued by blight and controversy. His critics have challenged many of his priorities and policies. Dyster sat down with The Buffalo News’ Brian Meyer to discuss economic development, efforts to bolster tourism…
From the Toronto Sun: Highly accomplished Oscar-and-Grammy-winning actor-singer-comedian Jamie Foxx is a student of classical music who began playing piano when he was five years old. But you never would have known it from the first of his two back-to-back shows at Fallsview Casino on Wednesday night.
From Niagara This Week: Robin Garrett is no longer the chief executive of the Tourism Partnership of Niagara. The decision was a mutual one, said TPN chair Janice Thomson. “We had a conversation,” Thomson said. “It’s exactly as we said in the release.” Garrett confirmed Thomson’s assessment.
From The Guardian: Canadian writer Craig Davidson is best known for his short-story collection Rust and Bone, which inspired the 2012 film. The inhabitants of his second novel live within earshot of Niagara Falls: a constant roar defines and, in a sense, sustains them. Their lives are hard. They have raw, uneuphonious names. They start…
A couple of weeks ago I received a newsletter from Niagara Hospitality Hotels, the operator of the The Oakes Hotel Overlooking the Falls. To subscribe to the newsletter, click on the Email Deals link on the main page of their site.
From a press release I received recently from the DoubleTree Fallsview Resort & Spa by Hilton: Serving the travelling public for the last fifty years, Orsini Bros. Inns Inc. was established with the purchase of the Coral Motel on Lundy’s Lane in March 1964. The accommodations industry has changed a great deal over the years…
From the Buffalo News: A preliminary engineering and environmental review for the removal of the Robert Moses Parkway along the Niagara River Gorge is to begin in May, Assemblyman John D. Ceretto announced Friday. Ceretto, R-Lewiston, said the New York Power Authority is paying $2 million to fund the work, which Ceretto called “the next…
From the Toronto Sun: Pop star Justin Bieber and his entourage hit the Niagara Fallsview Casino on Saturday night, but it appears they didn’t get very far. Fallsview Casino spokesman Greg Medulun said Bieber and “a number of others in his company” arrived at the casino around midnight by limo. When one of the people…