Twitter updates for 2009-10-19

It has turned into a beautiful Fall day! # http://twitpic.com/m5435 – GooEe's Oriental Grill House now has a sign out front. # http://twitpic.com/m4zg3 – Gettijng the Zimmerman Fountain ready for the Winter Festival of Lights #

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    Fan Favourite John Daly makes the world his stage; Tomorrow, he takes on Niagara Falls!

    From Canada NewsWire Group: NIAGARA FALLS, ON, Aug. 2 /CNW/ – Everyone’s talking about it! Tomorrow, Wednesday, August 3rd, from 7:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M. Eastern time, John Daly will drive 20 golf balls from Canada to the U.S.A., over Niagara Falls. Daly will pull fans to the edge of their seats as he tees…

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      DongBu Tours building progress

      I’ve posted about the DongBu Tours building several times before. The original notice of public meeting said it was going to be a restaurant and retail outlet. I don’t know for sure what’s going in there, but it has a nice Asian pagoda look to the corner:

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        New casino gallery is a work of art

        From the Niagara Falls Review: Within the Niagara Falls arts community, it has to qualify as a victory: One fine art gallery closes, and another takes its place. No sooner did the Wyland Gallery inside the Niagara Fallsview Casino close shop than Toronto dealer Trevor Sandquist was packing his bags. Out with the old art,…

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        Teens fall from jet boat into river

        From the Associated Press (via WIVB Channel 4 in Buffalo as well as the Wall Street Journal): Authorities say three passengers fell from a jet boat into the lower Niagara River downstream of Niagara Falls and were pulled back aboard by the crew and other passengers. The Buffalo News says it happened Monday during a…

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        Parks commission ‘neglecting’ maintenance, citizens group alleges

        From the Niagara Falls Review: If Queen Victoria Park looks bad, all of Niagara Falls looks bad, says a citizens group concerned about what its members say is the deterioration of buildings, roads, sidewalks and streetlights on Niagara Parks Commission property. The Preserve Our Parks group acquired about 60 photographs of what its members call…

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          Tourism’s night to shine

          From the Niagara Falls Review: He’s not one for the limelight, but Len Cade took home the biggest prize of the night at the 41st annual Misty Awards Thursday. The co-owner of the Best Western Cairn Croft won the Grand Misty award, presented to the person who has contributed the most to the tourism industry…

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