Niagara Falls prints going to NU

    From the Buffalo News: “The Charles Rand Penney Collection of Niagara Falls Prints” – a renowned 754-piece collection covering prints of the falls from as early as the 1680s to as recently as 2000 – will soon be at home in the Castellani Art Museum on the Niagara University campus. In a pending agreement between…

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      Tim Hortons front

      Is it just me or does the Tim Hortons that is being built on Clifton Hill look like a Montana’s? I’m sure once the signs go up it will look like a Tim Hortons, but it really does remind me of the Montana’s that was built last year.

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        Fall in Love in Niagara Falls this September!

        Last Thursday I received the latest newsletter from the Radisson Hotel & Suites Fallsview. They are promoting several different packages in September. You can sign up for their newsletter on their web site.

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        From Hennepin to hydro

        From the Niagara Falls Review (including a video): The area around Niagara Falls was to be preserved as “a mecca of peace” for the “millions of overworked and tired humanity” to enjoy, according to John Langmuir, the second chairman of the Niagara Parks Commission. A century and a quarter after it was created, the parks…

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          Passport delay a relief for local operators

          From the Niagara Falls Review: Niagara’s tourism industry let out a collective sigh of relief over the weekend in light of the latest delay in the controversial passport issue. The U.S. government Friday voted overwhelmingly to delay implementing the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI) until at least the summer of 2009. The plan had been…

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          Caustic but sweet, Behar pleases her audience in Niagara Falls

          From the Buffalo News: Joy Behar can make people laugh. That we know. But can the recently departed co-host of “The View” work a crowd? Can she thrive in what might be the entertainment industry’s most intense spotlight – that of a stand-up comic? That was the question Saturday night when Behar stepped onstage at…

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            @ Niagara Falls (25 May) << Thoughts of a Diurnal

            Someone with a WordPress blog posted about a recent trip to Niagara Falls (including being unimpressed with the non-tourist area): Well, this was what we saw when we got off the bus that was suppose to bring us to Niagara Falls. This got us questioning ourselves whether we had got off the bus at the…

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            Access to Thompson’s Point closed for Wildplay work

            From the Niagara Falls Review: Viewing access at Thompson’s Point on the Niagara Parkway will be closed from March 13 to 31 for the final stages of construction of WildPlay Niagara’s Whirlpool Adventure Course.

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              7 WONDERS: No. 2 Niagara Falls

              From the Niagara Gazette: For millions of people around the globe the mere mention of Niagara Falls evokes images of a great natural wonder. Since Father Louis Hennepin became the first white man to describe the cataracts — after his visit in 1678 — the falls have drawn countless tourists to both sides of the…

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