From Cleveland.com: Spectacular natural beauty. Gloriously tacky man-made fun. Niagara Falls is overflowing with both. We experienced the dual sides of the falls on a long family weekend excursion to Canada to see the holiday lights — and then some. And we loved most of it, especially our 4-year-old. So if you decide to head…
WGRZ Channel 2 in Buffalo has a report (with video) of the Holiday Lights of the Niagara Trail: Families can now visit the Holiday Lights of the Niagara Trail. The first lighting took place Wednesday night. There are 50 displays located throughout Hyde Park in Niagara Falls. There are an additional 10 displays on Pine…
Another in my series on keycards… I’ve previously posted about Best Western room key cards I’ve found. You can see them here, here, and here. I recently came across a fourth kind.
From the Niagara Gazette: Mark Rivers is calling it the “anti-mall.” While thousands of eager shoppers will be running through department stores and retail outlets Thanksgiving night and early Black Friday, the man behind the new Holiday Market in downtown Niagara Falls is encouraging his customers to take it easy, avoid the rush and get…
The work sure seems to be coming along nicely where the Stanley Motor Inn and Fallsview Inn used to be. It is now going to be a Wyndham hotel.
From WBEZ.org: Niagara Falls, like most Rust Belt cities, has fallen on hard times. Even its tourist attraction, which once made it America’s honeymoon capital, has not saved it from economic woes. But there seems to be hope in Niagara Falls, thanks to a rising current of East Indian tourists. East Indians are visiting the…
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From the Buffalo News: Niagara Falls isn’t just a place where newlyweds go to snap pictures. It’s an international treasure that feeds into Lake Ontario and provides drinking water to Toronto and beyond. And now, its future is in the hands of Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, both…
From Niagara This Week: After almost five months in the interim position, Janice Thomson has been appointed the chair of the Niagara Parks Commission’s Board of Directors. While the announcement was made by Tourism and Culture Minister Michael Chan on Wednesday, the appointment was actually effective Nov. 16. Thomson, executive director of the Niagara-on-the-Lake Chamber…
From the Niagara Gazette: Niagara Falls Redevelopment. For many years, candidates seeking elected office in the city of Niagara Falls have been asked how they would advise the city to deal with the company which, through its various affiliates, owns more than 400 parcels of prime real estate near the heart of downtown. This year’s…