So, I was thoroughly enjoying last night’s episode of The Office, when at 9:45 I got a call from someone who needed me right away, so I had to leave, just before they got married. Oh well. I’ve got it recorded, and will watch it tonight. I’ll have some screenshots for you soon…
From WIVB Channel 4 in Buffalo (the short article is accompanied by a 35 second video): If the chilly temperatures have you aching for some winter fun, Niagara Falls has you covered. Snow Park has converted part of its giant tubing hill into a snowboarding and skiing terrain park.
From the Buffalo News: Niagara County’s tourism promotion agency is planning a stepped-up effort to bring more class trips by middle and high school students to Niagara Falls. Officials of Niagara Tourism & Convention Corp. discussed the plans with hotel and attraction owners at the agency’s quarterly marketing meeting, held last week in the Holiday…
From the Medina Journal-Register: A national publication recently wrote an in-depth analysis of Niagara Falls, N.Y., versus its Canadian counterpart. Not surprisingly, the outlook was far more rosy in Ontario. Governing.com examined the sparkling development of the Canadian side and the equally dreary crumbling of the American side, which the publication said falls far short…
From the Niagara Gazette: Published reports about plans to shoot another motion picture in the Falls came as news to Mayor Paul Dyster on Thursday. Although an article appearing in The Hollywood Reporter suggested the American side of the Falls would serve as the backdrop for an upcoming film featuring Dennis Hopper, Dyster said, at…
From the Niagara Falls Review: Two men and a woman climbed onto the observation tower at the Niagara Falls State Park early Tuesday and rappelled 300 feet to unfurl a giant banner protesting what they call dirty oil being imported to the U. S. from Canada. The trio, whose efforts were broadcast online moments after…
From the Buffalo News: The city will seek an estimated $40 million in federal stimulus money to reconfigure or remove two sections of the Robert Moses Parkway. Mayor Paul A. Dyster said Tuesday he believes the money could help break a “logjam” over the highway by moving ahead with a project on two sections city…
Someone with a WordPress blog has posted about a recent trip to Niagara Falls: My second major goof came at Niagara Falls – but in the end, it turned out not to matter. I’d chosen to stay on the US side to catch this morning’s train; had successfully negotiated the border (through the door marked…
From the Buffalo News: A 56-year-old city woman handed her purse to a man walking on the Rainbow Bridge Tuesday night and jumped to her presumed death a short time later, Niagara Falls police said today. The woman, who was seen jumping from the bridge by the man and a U.S. Customs agent, would have…
From “The Morning Call” TV Watchers blog: Visitors to Horseshoe Falls at Niagara Falls, N.Y., were pleasantly surprised last Thursday when they walked onto the set of NBC-TV10’s “The Office” and found actors John Krasinski and Jenna Fischer taping a scene for the upcoming season’s fourth episode, according to The Buffalo News… Fischer’s makeup was…