Wine and Dine in Niagara
Last week I received the latest newsletter from the Days Inn Fallsview Hotel.
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In Niagara Falls visit, Cuomo hails new hotel overlooking rapids
From the Buffalo News: Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said Monday that a new 191-room hotel overlooking the Niagara River rapids was the latest evidence that the state’s efforts to strengthen the Niagara Falls economy are working. In a speech to nearly 200 local residents and officials, Cuomo said he wants Empire State Development to “step…
Company plans three high-rises on Loretto property
From the Niagara Falls Review: One of the most historic sites in Niagara Falls could become one of the biggest hotel developments the city has ever seen. Owners of the old Loretto Christian Life Centre want city council’s approval to put three high-rise towers on the 7.6-acre property now occupied by the 148-year-old school and…
Water parks flow in
From the Buffalo News: The city skipped right over spring and jumped into summer Thursday with the opening of a $210 million resort and indoor water park, the Great Wolf Lodge. The year-round destination is one of two multimillion-dollar indoor water parks opening this month on the Canadian side of the falls, a much closer…
Wallenda gets OK to cross the falls
From the Buffalo News: The walk is on — at least as far state legislators are concerned. It might be rare for the State Legislature to approve something that legitimately can be called death-defying, but final approval was given Wednesday permitting a member of the legendary Flying Wallendas to cross Niagara Falls on a tightrope….
Cochrane Postpones Skylon Wirewalks
From the July 5, 2005 edition of the Niagara Falls Review: NIAGARA FALLS – The waiting game continues for famed wirewalker Jay Cochrane’s date with the Skylon Tower. Cochrane, 61, is still fine-tuning his cable for the highly-anticipated walk, which was originally planned for July 1. It was pushed back to Monday, but over the…
Diodati wants to pitch Wallenda walk to premier
From the Niagara Falls Review: When Premier Dalton McGuinty comes to Niagara Falls later this week, Mayor Jim Diodati will have a message for him: “Let Nik walk.” McGuinty will be in town from Friday to Sunday for the Ontario Liberal Party’s Provincial Council, a post-election get-together at the Scotiabank Convention Centre expected to draw…
Flowers along the Niagara Parkway
The daffodils are coming up nicely along the Niagara Parkway. These pictures were taken along River Road right across from the Falls.
Deadly dart frogs on display
From the Niagara Falls Review: Visitors to the Niagara Parks Butterfly Conservatory have a unique opportunity to jump into the wild world of poison dart frogs during the next couple of months. The new exhibit allows visitors to witness the amphibians nestled among the lush tropical foliage of the conservatory and discover how they thrive…
Another slow week (or more) of posting
I’m on vacation again now until about 10 days from now, so there probably won’t be a lot of postings. Actually, I do have a fair number already scheduled (including this one), so you might not even notice I’m gone 🙂 While I’m off, I will be doing a couple of Niagara Falls-related things. On…