As requested by Karen, here are a couple of pictures of Niagara Falls being lit with the colours of Virginia Tech: The American Falls are bathed in maroon and orange light, in honor of the victims of the Virginia Tech shooting, as seen from Niagara Falls State Park in Niagara Falls, N.Y. Sunday, April 22,…
From Niagara This Week: The city now has a site for its new twin-pad arena big enough to make it a four-pad down the road, thanks to a gift from a family of prominent hoteliers in the Falls. The city will have six hectares, or 15 acres, to build its new twin-pad arena complex, which…
From the Niagara Falls Review: How about “The Queen on Queen” as the theme for this year’s downtown summer festival in Niagara Falls? The real Queen of Canada in the real downtown. After a couple years of hit-and-miss festivals aimed at bringing people downtown, the Queen could give Niagara Falls a regal shot in the…
From a press release esen on Hospitality Net: Renowned Chef Anna Olson is bringing her farm-fresh philosophy to the Niagara Convention & Civic Centre in Niagara Falls Canada — set to open in Spring, 2011. Guests are sure to be delighted by the contributions of popular host of Food Network Canada’s “Fresh with Anna Olson”…
From the Niagara Falls Review: An historic Canadian landmark is getting a spruce-up thanks to $500,000 in federal infrastructure spending announced Monday. Queenston Heights in Niagara-on-the-Lake will see its worn interpretive signs and deteriorated wood stairways and railings replaced. A series of interpretive plaques will also be installed along the Niagara Parkway exploring themes from…
Many properties are taking advantage of the good weather and getting their Christmas lights up. # 241 Pizza on Stanley Ave (near Robinson St) is selling pizza slices (they are quite large) for only $1 a slice! # I'll have to settle for Reese's Pieces fudge from Fudge Factory instead… # I'm craving a Reese's…
From Niagara This Week: The Niagara Parks Commission unveiled its 2013-2017 Accessibility Plan at a public meeting last week. The plan identifies and addresses barriers to information, communication, employment and transportation for people with disabilities. The first phase of the legislated requirements under the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) comes into effect in…
From the Buffalo News: A significant majority of partisans on both sides of the issue agreed Tuesday that there is hope for a compromise on the future of the Robert Moses Parkway that would please some people but would anger others. An unscientific poll among 180 people at a meeting in the Earl W. Brydges…
Starting this morning I’ll be posting some articles that I’ve had bookmarked. Some are only a few days old, some are several weeks old. As I always say, they may be old, but they are still Niagara Falls related, so I’m going to post them anyway. And besides… some of you may not have seen…
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….