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Getaway Guy: Skylon Tower Getaway

From News 10 Now in Rochester (it includes a good video): This getaway is fun for everyone and brings you a view of Niagara Falls like you won’t believe! This is the Skylon Tower, on the Canadian side of Niagara Falls. Standing tall since 1965, it holds a great outdoor observation deck 775 feet above…

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“This is DEFINITELY NOT your Grandfather’s Bowling Alley”

Niagara Today is a magazine that has been around since the beginning of the year (I think). I had never seen it before, but recently picked one up at the grocery store. It really just seems like it’s full of ads, but there were a few stories. There was some information about the new Hilton…

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Niagara Falls on Google Image Swirl

This is a little “techy”, but I figured I’d share it anyway. You may have already heard about it on some other sites… Google has a “labs” section where they try out new products. Recently they released something called Google Image Swirl. They are using some technology to “cluster” the images. Instead of doing a…

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Rockin’ Fun, Prizes, and Deals to Kick-Off the Holiday Shopping Madness at Fashion Outlets of Niagara Falls (USA)

From a press release seen on Yahoo! Finance: Fashion Outlets of Niagara Falls will host a Rockin’ Midnight Madness party beginning at 11pm on Thursday, November 26th inside the shopping center in the Fashion Avenue wing (near Polo Ralph Lauren store). Music and fun will be kicked off by 97 Rock’s DJ Jigster and Hard…

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Theme Park Maps/Brochures

I came across a web site called Theme Park Brochures. They post brochures and maps of theme parks (obviously). There is only one thing from Niagara Falls that I can see, and that is a map from 1999 from Marineland. You know, for all of the complaining that we do about how little Marineland does,…

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‘Local hero’ Ruedi Hafen can’t beat ‘Capt. Coolest’

From the Niagara Falls Review: Niagara Helicopters president Ruedi Hafen’s “quick-thinking and airmanship” were the reasons he was a finalist for Aviator of the Year, but he just couldn’t edge out the compelling story of U. S. Airways pilot Capt. Chesley Sullenberger. “I feel really good to be chosen as the only helicopter pilot in…

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