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Niagara Falls Hotel Changes Gears for GranFondo Bike Ride

From Travel.BroadwayWorld.com: Cycling is a solo venture, but there’s something to be said about riding alongside friends with some beautiful scenery in the background. The GranFondo, modeled after Europe’s mass-participation cycling events, aims to bring that experience to Canada, with the inaugural GranFondo Niagara Falls, sponsored by the Courtyard Niagara Falls. This year’s race, on…

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Lawmakers want to bring Bills to Falls

From WIVB Channel 4 in Buffalo: The Honeymoon Capital is trying to seduce the Buffalo Bills. The Niagara County Legislature is asking the team to consider downtown Niagara Falls for the site of a new stadium. County lawmakers say a stadium in Niagara Falls would make it easier for Canadian fans to attend Bills home…

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Over 100 Guests Stranded at Niagara Falls Canada Attraction

From WKBW Channel 7 in Buffalo: On May 31st, 2013 at approximately 1:43 p.m. Niagara Parks Police Ontario Service dispatch was advised that an elevator had malfunctioned at the Journey Behind the Falls attraction located at Table Rock Complex. While no one was in the elevator, there were approximately one hundred guests still on the…

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‘Hero’ from famous Falls rescue turns 100

From the Niagara Gazette: When John R. Hayes Sr., 48, a visitor from New Jersey, spotted the crisis near Terrapin Point that day, July 9, 1960, he dashed to the railing — less than 200 feet from the brink of the Horseshoe Falls — and started shouting. “Kick, girl! Kick your feet, come to me!”…

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Preservationists seek injunction to stop work on Maid of the Mist facility

From the Buffalo News: Construction on the Maid of the Mist’s new boat dock and storage facility in the Niagara Gorge went on in the rain Monday, while the fight to halt the work is continuing in court. The Niagara Preservation Coalition has asked the Appellate Division of State Supreme Court to issue an injunction…

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Seneca Casinos to offer fireworks displays

From the Salamanca Press: Seneca Casinos will host some of the most extravagant fireworks displays in Western New York to celebrate the upcoming Independence Day holiday. Each of the two Seneca Casino resort hotels, in Niagara Falls and Salamanca, will host these exciting and memorable events, which are free and open to the public. The…

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