Bankruptcy Filings Drop

From WKBW Channel 7 in Buffalo: A popular Niagara Falls, NY hotel is changing hands. A report in today’s Business First says Canadian Niagara Hotels will buy The Crowne Plaza Hotel on 3rd Street. Last March, a New York City investment trust bid $21 million for the hotel during a court-ordered foreclosure auction. It has…

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Experience Niagara’s Winter Wonder!

Last Wednesday I received the latest email newsletter from the Hilton Hotel and Suites Niagara Falls Fallsview. To subscribe to the newsletter, fill out the form on the Special Offers page on the Hilton Hotel and Suites Niagara Falls Fallsview web site.

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Niagara Falls Canada Welcomes Summer with Music, Festivals & More

From a PR Web press release seen on Yahoo! News: Summer in Niagara Falls Canada brings beautiful weather for enjoying the Falls and an array of special events to keep everyone entertained–especially music lovers. Weekend visitors will enjoy the Niagara Falls Fireworks & Concert Series with free concerts and Falls fireworks at Queen Victoria Park…

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    Maid of the Mist lease deal questioned

    From the Buffalo News: Boats have chugged through the waters below the American and Horseshoe falls as far back as 1846, but unusual lease arrangements as old as the Maid of the Mist Steamboat Co. have gone largely unnoticed — until now. Today’s Maid of the Mist Corp. holds one of only two 40-year leases…

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    Twitter updates for 2012-03-24

    What a beautiful evening! (@ Ball’s Falls Conservation Area & Centre For Conservation) http://t.co/esiwlhcr # What a beautiful nature area! (@ Ball’s Falls Conservation Area & Centre For Conservation) http://t.co/XB2vtxGq #

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    Twice in a lifetime? American Falls could go dry again

    From the Niagara Falls Review: The possibility of the American Falls going dry for the first time in 47 years isn’t a concern to the Niagara Parks Commission. In fact, it may create a tourism boom. “I think it would have a positive impact,” says Parks chairwoman Janice Thomson, reacting to reports the New York…

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      NCAA Games at Hooters

      On Friday I received the latest newsletter from Hooters. With March Madness starting soon, they are promoting the games and the fact that you can watch them in the restaurant. To subscribe to the Hooters newsletter, visit the Hooters web site, then click on the Niagara Falls location, then click on the Newsletter link.

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      ‘Rink at the Brink’ gets the thumbs up

      From the Niagara Falls Review: Outdoor skating is on its way to Table Rock. The Niagara Parks Commission has approved a plan by the Winter Festival of Lights for the ‘Rink at the Brink,’ putting a 20- by-40-metre sheet of ice next to the Horseshoe Falls. Festival of Lights manager Dino Fazio envisions a family…

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      Feb. 10, 1961: Moses Parts the Waters at Niagara

      From Wired.com: Niagara Falls is a beautiful marvel of nature indeed, but urban planners were more interested in the falls’ potential to generate copious amounts of electricity. Of course, to produce power, the project needed a reservoir with a pumping plant, which would require land. Robert Moses, a famously elitist urban planner, didn’t wish to…

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