From the Niagara Falls Review: They’re huuuuuge. They’re big league. And one of them is coming to Niagara Falls. They’re the first wax figures of U.S. president-elect Donald Trump, and they’ve been hand-crafted by the F/X team at Ripley’s Believe It or Not! One was put on display last week at Ripley’s Orlando, Fla., Odditorium…
From the Niagara Gazette: The owner of a pair of hotels in Niagara Falls has filed a legal claim seeking the return of nearly $300,000 in hotel room occupancy taxes collected from patrons who sought lodging at its properties last year. The notice of petition, filed by Falls attorney John Bartolomei on behalf of the…
From Niagara This Week: Tim William’s brush with notoriety started rather simple. “I found someone with the same name on Twitter,” Williams said Tuesday. “Of course, I had to follow him.” It turns out his namesake worked for a CBS affiliate in Pittsburgh and when the American Williams tweeted that he hadn’t seen any pictures…
The Kelsey’s at the top of Clifton Hill is closed for the next month. The place has been gutted.
From the Niagara Falls Review: It was a case of sibling rivalry at Queen Victoria Park. Eight-year-old Joshua Schreiber wore his prized Connor McDavid Edmonton Oilers jersey as he checked out the activities at the Rogers Hometown Hockey event while his little sister Aimee, 4, opted for a Montreal Canadiens jersey. “McDavid is my favourite…
From the Niagara Falls Review: Wherever you go in Niagara Falls, people who work in tourism are nervous right now. Industry operators are walking on eggshells. Workers are wondering if the summer season will be strong enough to give them the hours they need to make ends meet. The American economy is in a tailspin….
From the Buffalo News: The City of Niagara Falls, which has received a grant from the New York State Environmental Protection Fund to inventory all of its local parks, create a master plan for their improvement and develop a system of trails linking the parks with the Niagara River waterfront, has been chosen as one…
The Clifton Hill Fun by the Falls blog had a posting about places to find antiques. If that is your thing, then check it out!
From the Niagara Falls Review: A road with three names could soon have just one in downtown Niagara Falls. Regional council’s public works committee has recommended letting the city rename Roberts St. and Newman Hill to Falls Ave., matching the stretch of road running through the city’s tourist area. What about Victoria Ave, Ferry St,…
You may be familiar with the Snopes.com site. It tries to debunk urban legends. They’ve recently posted one about Niagara Falls freezing over in 1911. The fact that Niagara Falls has frozen over several times is not in disbute, but the year(s) that it happened. The web site also has a forum where they talk…