Graham on March 9th, 2010

I realize that we’re still near the beginning of March, but this weather is awesome. It’s supposed to stay well above freezing for the rest of the week. While I was walking through Queen Victoria Park I saw some crocus and daffodil shoots coming up.

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Graham on February 23rd, 2010

From WIVB Channel 4 in Buffalo:
No nuptials at Niagara Falls? Jones Beach off limits on a 90-degree day? The “Grand Canyon of the East” devoid of campers?
New York’s state parks system, the nation’s oldest, is facing another round of funding cuts that is likely to result in the first budget-related closures in the system’s 125-year [...]

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Graham on January 22nd, 2010

From USA Today (including a picture):
“I had no idea how beautiful they were,” the photographer, Abby Stanglin, says of the Niagara Falls. “I really want to go back, when there isn’t 10 feet of snow!”

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Graham on December 24th, 2009

I first saw this video on the Clifton Hill Blog, and have since had someone else email me a link to it as well.
This is a very cool time-lapse video hosted by Vimeo by Matthew Wartman of various parts of the Niagara Falls tourist area. Very well done!

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Graham on November 19th, 2009

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 the [...]

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Graham on November 11th, 2009

The USA Today web site has a nice photo that someone took of the Niagara River:
“It was cold, rainy and windy but the fall colors were fabulous,” says the photographer, Julie Siegel. “I was more impressed with the potential energy in the waters leading to the falls, than the falls themselves. Miserable weather and a [...]

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Graham on October 22nd, 2009

From the Niagara Falls Review:
Many a tourist has returned from a trip to Niagara Falls with photographs of rainbows above the mighty cataracts.
The Horseshoe and American falls are great locations for rainbows. When the sunshine reflects off the mist, it results in stunning hues of red, orange, green, blue and violet.
What many visitors don’t realize, [...]

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Graham on October 21st, 2009

From the Niagara Falls Review:
Niagara Falls is blooming brilliant!
That’s the consensus from a group of judges who toured the city during the summer as part of the Communities in Bloom contest.
Recently, judges awarded Niagara Falls five blooms in the annual competition, the highest rating available.
This was the city’s first entry into the program that’s designed [...]

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Graham on October 14th, 2009

From the Buffalo News:
An environmental group wants to use Niagara River Greenway money to develop a Niagara Gorge restoration plan that would remove the Robert Moses Parkway.
Wild Ones Niagara, the local branch of an organization with chapters in 12 states, has sought the endorsement of the Niagara River Greenway Commission for its project in the [...]

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Graham on September 29th, 2009

From the Niagara Falls Review:
Hikers and anglers should find it easier and safer to get to the Whirlpool area, thanks to a group of volunteers who installed new stairs on the steepest part of the trail.
More than two dozen volunteers lent their hands to put in place 70 new stairs, making a safer descent to [...]

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