Pictures/videos of Dean Sullivan’s jump/rappel off the Skylon Tower

    So, yesterday morning I headed over to the Skylon Tower and got there a little after 11:15. I thought Dean Sullivan was going to be jumping at 11:30. It was a beautiful Summer day, with a slight wind. The wind would pick up a bit from time to time (at one point the rope going…

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      Free Christmas travel offered on 3 bridges

      From the Buffalo News: The Niagara Falls Bridge Commission will offer free travel on the Rainbow, Whirlpool-Rapids and Lewiston-Queenston bridges from 11:30 p.m. Sunday to 11:30 p.m. Monday. Commission chairman Robert Lewis said waiving the $2.50 toll for 24 hours “is a gesture of gratitude to the community.”

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      Toronto casino would be ‘totally inappropriate’: Craitor

      From the Niagara Falls Review: Is it just hogwash from hogtown? Only time will tell. Recent media reports out of Toronto that Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. plans to recommend a casino be built in Toronto have some Niagara Falls businesspeople and politicians nervous. Provincial government officials insist the 2005 moratorium it placed on building…

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      Cash-tight festival needs help from city

      From the Niagara Falls Review: With its own finances at the brink, the Winter Festival of Lights has turned to city hall to back up its bid to get a line of credit it needs to pay the bills on the new Rink at the Brink skating attraction. Festival manager Dino Fazio said his organization…

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        Craitor a frequent user of parks commission free golf

        From the Niagara Falls Review: Niagara Falls MPP Kim Craitor has booked 158 tee-off times for free rounds of golf at Niagara Parks Commission golf courses since he was elected in 2003. He uses the perk the parks commission offers public officials to promote the community to guests and to make up for time his…

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          GRAND OPENING OF FAMOSO FRIDAYS w/ WBLK 93.7FM & DJ Noodles!

          On Tuesday I received the latest newsletter from Cantina Charlies Niagara Falls. They are promoting a new Friday night special.

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          Niagara Falls State Park getting upgrades after critical NY Times article

          From an Associated Press article seen on Yahoo! News Canada: Niagara Falls State Park, the oldest state park in the U.S., is getting some special attention after its condition was criticized in a recent New York Times article. State parks officials say they’re launching a three-part plan to improve the 126-year-old park along the brink…

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          American side of Niagara Falls to go silent

          From North Country Public Radio: Parks officials in New York are planning a project of historic significance: temporarily shutting off the American Falls. That will dramatically alter a natural wonder that attracts millions of tourists from around the world. The Niagara Falls State Park project is designed to replace two pedestrian bridges that are over…

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