From Wired.com: If you had taken the Niagara Wine Trail tour several summers ago, the entrance to the Arrowhead Spring Vineyards would have presented an unexpected image: Lots of shiny CDs protecting the precious wine-yielding grapes. In a former life, the CDs were beta versions of programs that Robin Ross, co-owner of the winery, tested…
From the Niagara Falls Review: Walter Urban now has the weight of the world off his shoulders. Well, not quite the weight of the world, but the weight of a 14-passenger business jet at least. As part of CBC’s Sports Day in Canada on Saturday, the Guelph resident set a new Guinness World Record by…
From Bullet News Niagara: The Niagara Parks Commission and city of Niagara Falls have settled a two-year spat over voluntary payments that the provincial agency makes to the municipality in lieu of property taxes. With no public discussion at Tuesday’s council meeting (the matter was passed in a bulk reading of bylaws) Niagara Falls politicians…
From a Marketwire press release: Courtyard by Marriott is proud to be the official sponsor of the NFL. To celebrate this affiliation, Courtyard Niagara Falls is offering a special NFL travel package now through February 3, 2013. This hotel in Niagara Falls, Canada, is just minutes from the falls, casinos and major attractions. Football fans…
From Niagara This Week: Jay Cochrane came before City politicians Tuesday night bearing gifts for the Tender Wishes Foundation, the Boys and Girls Club of Niagara and the City. The 68-year-old funambulist raised more than $10,000 to be split evenly between the two organizations. “He’s really an angel of men,” boys and girls club board…
From Bullet News Niagara: As a steady crowd of the curious strolled past the large information placards, standing off to the side, watching and chatting, were the curious and the informed – the business stakeholders who have more than a passing interest in where the Niagara Parks Commission goes with its plans to possibly add…
From a PR Web press release: Niagara Scenic Tours, a leading New York motor coach company, recently announced that the day tour company it owns has published its winter tour schedule. Know How Tours, a division of Niagara Scenic Tours, offers the largest selection of one day motorcoach tours in Buffalo, N.Y. and the surrounding…
From WIVB channel 4 in Buffalo: Plans are underway for a new zip line attraction in Niagara Falls, Ontario, but first the idea has to pass muster with the community. The Niagara Falls Review reports that residents will have a chance to voice their opinions on the plan in two public meetings to be held…
From the Niagara Gazette: Area residents who frequently use the Robert Moses Parkway between Youngstown and Niagara Falls will find their driving habits changed for the next two months due to roadway work. Starting at noon Tuesday, the parkway will be closed between the Village of Lewiston and Devil’s Hole State Park until mid-November.
From the Concord Monitor: Mention Niagara and most travelers think of the famous falls, which deserve their reputation as the mother of all tourist attractions. But there’s another place with Niagara in its name just a half-hour drive from the falls that should be part of any visit to the area: Niagara-on-the-Lake, a lovely Ontario…