Cantina Charlies Niagara Falls

    Yesterday when I was on Victoria Avenue, I noticed that there was a new sign in the window of the former Wacky Wings Sports Lounge. It was a notice for a Liquor License Application (due by February 2). Apparently that location is becoming Cantina Charlies Niagara Falls. I did a quick search and there is…

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    Floral Clock vs. Love Canal…we win that one…

    From Tim Denis on 610 CKTB (his “View From the Drive Thru” commentary): Americans and Canadians have a lot in common but we do some things very differently. There are many examples of the US doing a much better job of preserving their history than Canada but one example of how the Canadian Government was…

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    “Come Dine with Me Canada” casting in Niagara Falls

    I have to admit that I’ve never heard of this show, but apparently the W Network in Canada has a show called “Come Dine With Me Canada”. A few weeks ago I saw an ad in Niagara This Week with information about how to apply to be on an episode that will be based in…

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      The former Teddy Town

      Back in June I posted some pictures of the new Teddy Town store that was underneath the Burger King on Clifton Hill. As Lisa from Rochester pointed out in a posting, the store is now closed. I barely l2 months! \

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        Free Christmas travel offered on 3 bridges

        From the Buffalo News: The Niagara Falls Bridge Commission will offer free travel on the Rainbow, Whirlpool-Rapids and Lewiston-Queenston bridges from 11:30 p.m. Sunday to 11:30 p.m. Monday. Commission chairman Robert Lewis said waiving the $2.50 toll for 24 hours “is a gesture of gratitude to the community.”

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        From weddings to rescues, Niagara pilot helps out

        From the Associated Press via the San Francisco Chronicle: Up here, it becomes clear what helicopter pilot Ruedi Hafen has said on the ground: A helicopter offers a view of Niagara Falls like no other, and no one wants to leave without a picture, or 10. It’s also obvious just how imposing the landscape really…

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        Is Screamers closed?

        It is possible that it has been like this for a while and I just missed it, but the other day I noticed that the signs on the front of Screamers House of Horrors are gone. For those who don’t know, Screamers is/was a haunted house attraction on Victoria Avenue. I don’t know if they…

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        New Saturday rock concert series announced in Falls

        From the Buffalo News: The family-oriented free concerts on Saturday evenings in the former E. Dent Lackey Plaza are long gone, but downtown Niagara Falls soon will be rocking with a new Saturday night concert series that will be more upbeat and more modern and may appeal to a more diverse audience of active tourists…

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