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On Monday I received the following email newsletter from Safari Niagara. To subscribe to the “The Wild Times”, the Safari Niagara newsletter, click on the subscribe link at the top of any page.

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Parks commission launches new stewardship website

From Niagara This Week: The Niagara Parks Commission is taking its environmental stewardship online with a new website dedicated to nature. Niagara Parks Nature (http://niagaraparksnature.com) will put the focus back on Niagara’s parks, with information on upcoming events such as community cleanup days, environmental initiatives and information about hiking, cycling, bird watching and geocaching in…

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Rare Film Of 1938 Niagara Falls Bridge Collapse

From WGRZ Channel 2 in Buffalo: Jim Grimaldi, a West Seneca, NY based filmmaker and television producer, also operates a business where he’ll take your old home movies and convert them to a modern format. Recently, the family of a long ago local dentist named Harold Sipple approached him with a box of 8mm films,…

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SEARCH ENGINE: Hanging three million lights

From the Niagara Falls Review: Q: How long does it take to put up the Festival of Lights in Niagara Falls? I’m also curious as to where they are stored in the off season. A: It takes more than two times longer to put up all those lights than it does to take them down….

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Train making a stop at Fallsview Casino this summer

From a PR Newswire press release: It all started with two guys and one guitar in 1994. Becoming a runaway success with their breakout album Drops of Jupiter and chart-topping singles like “Meet Virginia” and “Calling All Angels”, Grammy Award-winning pop-rock band Train will perform live for two nights in July at Fallsview Casino.

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Twitter updates for 2010-04-06

RT @NiagaraFallsUSA: Watch the Cave of the Winds decks being built: the Cave of the Winds Gorge Trip is now open daily http://bit.ly/aQFwIq #

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    Niagara Falls: Spectactular sight

    From the Salisbury Post (in North Carolina): This summer, my wife Sammie and I visited Niagara Falls for the first time. You hear about it for years and you think it can’t be that big. Then you see it and … oh my gracious!

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      Falls Mist Motel demolished

      As Dan and Smoke mentioned, the Falls Mist Motel is being demolished. This is at the corner of Murray St and Stanley Ave. The address was 5551 Murray St.

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      Former Fallsview Inn looking good

      The former Fallsview Inn on Stanley Avenue is coming along nicely. It is quite large, and the modern stucco is looking good.

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