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Earlier this week I received the latest email newsletter from the Falls Avenue Resort.
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Penny Machine near Hornblower
I’ve posted numerous times about penny press machines (they create elongated coins). I haven’t seen one around here for a while, but recently I saw one in the open plaza area above Hornblower.
New Saturday rock concert series announced in Falls
From the Buffalo News: The family-oriented free concerts on Saturday evenings in the former E. Dent Lackey Plaza are long gone, but downtown Niagara Falls soon will be rocking with a new Saturday night concert series that will be more upbeat and more modern and may appeal to a more diverse audience of active tourists…
I’m baaack!
I had a fantastic 10 days off. We didn’t do much, but maybe that is what made it great. Plus, the weather was incredible. Anyway, I’m back now and will start posting things today. It will probably take a couple of days to get caught up. Thanks for taking care of things while I was…
Labour’s lethal weapon
From the Niagara Falls Review: Actor and special United Nations Ambassador Danny Glover joined hotel workers in a “rally for workplace justice” along Falls Avenue Saturday afternoon. The workers, all members of UNITE HERE local 2347, work in three hotels owned by Canadian Niagara Hotels – Sheraton on the Falls, Brock Plaza and the Skyline…
Baskin Robbins returns
Last fall I reported that Mr. Sub and Baskin Robbins closed. These were the stores that were in the little plaza where Little Caesars is now located. Little Caesars opened a while ago, and recently Baskin Robbins reopened.
From preserving the past to embracing the future
From the Niagara Falls Review: When the Victoria Avenue branch of the Niagara Falls Public Library was built in 1974 it included the Sir Harry Oakes Room, an area filled with local history books and other paraphernalia. Forty years later, the collection was relocated to a larger, climate-controlled area of the building in order to…
Parks Police may get 11th hour reprieve from province
From Niagara This Week: Niagara Parks Police may soon get a new lease on life — at least for five more years. Just days before the 123-year-old police force faced being shut down, the Niagara Regional Police Services board voted last week to recommend to Community Safety and Corrections Minister Rick Bortolucci that the Parks…
Doubletree Sign is Up
This isn’t anything terribly exciting, but I did notice it so I thought I’d pass it along. After taking along to complete, the Doubletree Resort Lodge & Spa Fallsview – Niagara Falls opened about a year ago. For the longest time they just a banner on each side of the hotel with the Doubletree logo….
S Maracle Photography: Niagara Falls Butterflies
A photographer with a Blogger blog has posted about a recent trip to the Niagara Parks Butterfly Conservatory (including pictures, of course): We are back home now (as of late last night). We had fun in Niagara Falls!! We stayed at the Sheraton Fallsview, with an ACTUAL view of the falls. It was pretty cool!!…