$129 Dinner Package

Earlier this week I received a newsletter from Niagara Hospitality Hotels, the operator of the The Oakes Hotel Overlooking the Falls. It seems to be the same offer they have had at least twice before. To subscribe to the newsletter, click on the Email Deals link on the main page of their site.

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Wallenda feat devolves into a political football

From the Buffalo News: It seemed like an event that even Niagara Falls couldn’t screw up.The son of a famous wire-walking family wanted to tempt fate at the region’s natural wonder. A national television network agreed to give the city more free advertising than it could buy. And thousands of people were vying to get…

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    Niagara Falls in Spring

    Technically Spring ended just 5 days ago, so I’m not really that late… Several weeks ago I took a series of pictures of Niagara Falls in Spring. This is something I try to do each year (Spring 2003, Spring 2004, Spring 2005), and although the pictures generally look the same year to year (the Falls…

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    NU alumnus returns favor

    From the Buffalo News: The Vincentian virtue of charity as taught at Niagara University helped James V. Glynn become a successful businessman, as well as president and owner of one of the world’s most popular tourist attractions — the Maid of the Mist boat ride at the base of Niagara Falls. Monday, it was Glynn’s…

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      Louis Tussaud’s Waxworks Opening Today!

      As you can see by this sign that was just inside Tussaud’s, they are opening today at 5 pm. Below is another picture of the front of the building, this time taken from the north side looking south. The other pictures I’ve taken are from the south side looking north.

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      Twitter updates for 2011-04-16

      RT @GetontheGO: GO Transit will be once again offer weekend train service between Toronto and Niagara Falls: http://bit.ly/f3xwfE" # RT @NiagaraParksPR: NPC staff have completed the spring planting of the Floral clock with pansies – check it out! http://bit.ly/hSUrEc #

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        Council wants casino commitment

        From the Niagara Falls Review: City councillors are putting the pressure on provincial candidates, with an election looming, to secure the long-term future of Casino Niagara. But Liberal MPP Kim Craitor, Conservative challenger Bart Maves and local NDP president Sharon Shearing say the issue has been settled – it should stay open. “Nobody has ever…

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