Season’s Greetings from Whirlpool Jet Boat Tours

Last Thursday I received the latest email newsletter from Whirlpool Jet Boat Tours. You can sign up for their newsletter by entering your email address in the form at the bottom of the main page of the Whirlpool Jet Boat Tours web site.

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    Hard Rock Niagara Falls corporate site

    The other day I came across the corporate site for the Hard Rock restaurant chain. The Niagara Falls section includes basic contact information. It also has some nice still shots of both the interior and exterior, as well as some nice 360° shots.

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    Twitter updates for 2009-11-17

    http://twitpic.com/pwfxl – I saw this in a phone booth at the Cadillac Motel on Ferry St # http://twitpic.com/pwegz – Nice shot of the Niagara SkyWheel and the clouds above #

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      Niagara Falls is small (relatively speaking)

      Chris gets a daily email from Ripley’s Believe It or Not! with an interesting fact. The one he got yesterday mentioned Niagara Falls: The frozen waterfall of Mount Beardmore in the Antarctic has a height of more than ten thousand feet—sixty times that of Niagara Falls. Mount Beardmore is essentially now a high glacier, but…

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      New stairway into Niagara Gorge planned near Whirlpool Bridge

      From the Buffalo News: A new stairway will descend into the Niagara Gorge from a scenic overlook near the Whirlpool Rapids Bridge under a plan to enhance trails and viewpoints at three points in Niagara Falls and Lewiston. The new stairs will descend about 300 feet to a second overlook above the lower Niagara River,…

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      Niagara Falls Has 2 New Must-See Attractions This Summer

      From StepOutBuffalo.com: As locals, it is easy to think we’ve done it all when it comes to visiting Niagara Falls. From your first boat ride on the Maid of the Mist, to the drenching walk through the Cave of the Winds, to paying your two quarters (apparently it’s a dollar now —inflation) to walk the…

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      Bergamo: ‘NFR is the last man standing’

      From the Buffalo News: For more than a decade, Niagara Falls Redevelopment has been buying properties in downtown Niagara Falls, leaving residents to wonder what the company has planned for the land. The company, controlled by Howard Milstein, now controls roughly 85 acres. The following are full responses provided by Anthony Bergamo, chief executive officer…

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      Leadership Niagara Wonders What Can Be Done To Help Niagara Falls

      From WGRZ Channel 2 in Buffalo: Community leaders from Niagara County spent a full day on Thursday delving into a question that many of us have asked for years- why is Niagara Falls, Ontario so vibrant and Niagara Falls, N.Y. is so troubled. When we compared the two sides of Niagara Falls in a half…

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      Town of Niagara officials believe Factory Outlets will be expanding into Sabre Park land

      From the Tonawanda News: The Factory Outlets of Niagara Falls mall may be planning an expansion. Town of Niagara board members discussed the mall’s expansion during a budget meeting on Wednesday night but said that they had been offered no specifics by Macerich Partnership L.P., the company that owns the mall. Charles Teixeira, a town…

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        Trip to Marineland Canada – The Rides

        Along with the animals, there are also a fair amount of rides. Among the 16 currently in operation, there are several different kinds and sizes that should suit all ages. The first area that we went to after the show at King Waldorf’s Stadium was the Family Rides section. They have several rides that are…

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