Holly Trolley rides into Niagara Falls

From the Buffalo News: Music and holiday cheer will start at City Hall and spread to all of Niagara Falls aboard the Holly Trolley on Dec. 2. The City of Niagara Falls tree lighting will be held from 4:15 to 5:15 p.m. Dec. 2, in the lobby of City Hall, 745 Main St., with refreshments…

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Wallend to meet with tourism minister

This happened on Friday, but I neglected to post the articles leading up to it. It is always interested to see how things are presented before in the news, and then afterwards. I’ll have a posting later with the articles after they met. Niagara Falls Review – Wallenda to meet tourism minister Friday Niagara This…

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Hamister says new hotel will have banquet room overlooking Niagara Falls

From the Lockport Union-Sun & Journal: Downtown visitors may have another view to enjoy after a proposed development project is completed. Mark Hamister, the CEO of the Hamister Group, said that his company’s planned hotel will have a top floor banquet room with access to a 5,000 square-foot patio overlooking the Niagara Gorge and Niagara…

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WEGO bus service rolls into NOTL

From Niagara This Week: Visitors coming to the area now have a way travel between Niagara Falls and Niagara-on-the-Lake without access to a car. The Niagara Parks Commission launched a daily summer shuttle service on June 23. The service will travel along the Niagara Parkway from Queenston to Niagara-on-the-Lake. It will be a continuation of the…

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Buffalo, New York Area Congressman Asks Canada To Increase Border Staffing To Reduce Delays

From Niagara at Large: Congressman Brian Higgins is encouraged that progress will be made to address staffing issues on the border between the United States and Canada following today’s Northern Border Caucus meeting in Washington, D.C. with Canadian Ambassador David MacNaughton. Prior to the meeting with the entire caucus, the Congressman and the Ambassador met…

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Jimmy Buffett’s Margaritaville construction update (lots of work going on!)

Here are some pictures that I’ve taken over the last few days of the construction at the new Jimmy Buffett’s Margaritaville location in Niagara Falls (corner of Fallsview Blvd and Murray St). They are doing some major renovations!

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Tweet: It’s supposed to be warmer over the next couple of…

It’s supposed to be warmer over the next couple of days. I wonder how that’ll affect the @RedBullCanada @CrashedIce course in @NiagaraFalls

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Diodati takes note of Airbnb booth at conference

From the Niagara Falls Review: One exhibitor booth in particular at last week’s Association of Municipalities of Ontario conference caught the attention of Mayor Jim Diodati. “One of the booths this year that I’ve never seen before was an Airbnb booth. We (Diodati and the city’s chief administrative officer Ken Todd) spent a lot of…

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I’m falling behind…

Some of you may have noticed that I haven’t been doing a very good job keeping up with things on the site. I’ll go several days without posting things, and then post a bunch over a couple of days, and then go days without posting things again. Don’t worry, I’m not abandoning the site. I…

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