Cantina Charlies Niagara Falls now hiring
I mentioned a couple of months ago that the old Wacky Wings was going to reopen as Cantina Charlies. There is now a sign up in the window saying they are hiring.
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Canada’s March Break Niagara Getaway Packages Fun for the Whole Family March 10-14, 2008
From The Open Press: Families looking for wave pools and water slides have an array of Niagara getaway packages to choose from this March Break, March 10-14, 2008. And when everyone’s waterlogged, Niagara sightseeing and Clifton Hill kid distractions keep the fun going all week long. One- and two-night Fallsview Indoor Waterpark Packages are available…
Excellent March Break Packages Still Available!
On Friday I received the latest newsletter from the Marriott. They are promoting March Break packages. You can subscribe to the newsletter by clicking on the Special Email Offers link on the side of the Marriott Niagara Falls Fallsview & Spa main page.
NCAA Games at Hooters
On Friday I received the latest newsletter from Hooters. With March Madness starting soon, they are promoting the games and the fact that you can watch them in the restaurant. To subscribe to the Hooters newsletter, visit the Hooters web site, then click on the Niagara Falls location, then click on the Newsletter link.
Tourism hopes ride on state budget
From the Buffalo News: A decrepit Goat Island pedestrian bridge and a leaking roof in the visitor center at Prospect Point are just two repair jobs in a $650 million backlog in park improvements statewide, State Parks Commissioner Carol Ash said at a tourism meeting Friday. Ash hailed Gov. Eliot L. Spitzer’s proposed $100 million…
Demand development: Changing the course of Niagara Falls should be priority for city, state leaders
From TMCnet: It’s a tale of two cities, and from the American standpoint it’s a pressing one. At just about every step of the way through the years, leaders in Niagara Falls, Ont., have made good economic development decisions — and leaders in Niagara Falls, N.Y., have bungled them. Growth and prosperity on the Canadian…
More on the “Niagara This Week” article
Niagara This Week is a local, free newspaper that started up a few years ago. Editions in other cities have been printed for years, and it was nice to have a free alternative to the local, pay newspaper. They publish on Wednesday and Friday. I don’t know anything about the demographics of their readers, but…
March Break at the Americana Resort
Yesterday I received the latest newsletter from the Americana Conference Resort & Spa. They are promoting packages for the March Break. To subscribe to the newsletter, click on the “Stay Informed with the Americana Newsletter” link on the left of the every page of the Americana Conference Resort & Spa web site.
A contest the falls cannot lose
From the Niagara Falls Review: April will mark 18 years since I moved to Niagara Falls, and while we haven’t always seen eye to eye I’ve never loved the actual falls more. I’m convinced everyone who moves here has a relationship with our namesake in three stages. First is infatuation: You can’t believe you can…
“We shouldn’t tolerate the Canadian idle”
The St. Catharines Standard has an editorial about car idling and its environmental impact. It also mentions Niagara Falls. I’m sure this is a common problem in essentially all tourist areas: I spent two summers working in the Clifton Hill tourist area of Niagara Falls, and the number of people I witnessed idling their vehicles…