From the Buffalo News: The first Maid of the Mist tour boat of the season was launched on a test run Wednesday under a cloudy sky and even cloudier concerns over the new U.S. law requiring passports to enter the country from Canada. The 83-ton Maid of the Mist V “tested the waters” for the…
From Global News: Country superstar Keith Urban and pop heartthrobs Nick Jonas and Shawn Mendes will get Canadians warmed up for 2015 on ET Canada‘s New Year’s Eve at Niagara Falls. The line-up, which also includes Lights, was announced Monday. The two-and-a-half-hour show, live from Niagara Falls, Ont., will be broadcast on Global beginning at…
From WIVB Channel 4 in Buffalo: “We’re going to make this place a better place,” Gov. Andrew Cuomo said while visiting Niagara Falls Thursday. Cuomo, and those who spoke before him, touched on a number of topics involving the improvement of the city through his $1 billion NY Parks 2020 program. The most significant change…
Out front of the new Zombie Attack ride (beside/behind Kelsey’s) there is a figure sitting there that is supposed to be a zombie that you can get your picture taken with.
Last week I received a newsletter from Niagara Hospitality Hotels, the operator of the The Oakes Hotel Overlooking the Falls. To subscribe to the newsletter, click on the Email Deals link on the main page of their site.
This isn’t really about Niagara Falls in particular, but the intro to this Toronto Star article is all about a woman fishing in the gorge: Tarah Cherwoniak knows how to get attention. It was deep in the Niagara Gorge, just beyond the bottom of the Falls, and there were a few dozen fishermen gathered. Despite…
Last week I received an email newsletter from the Marriott Niagara Falls Fallsview & Spa. You can subscribe to the newsletter by filling out the “Sign Up and Save” form on the side of the Marriott Niagara Falls Fallsview & Spa main page
There is a “Notice of Liquor License Application” on the window of the TGI Friday’s on Victoria Avenue: This could mean anything, but where would these additional facilities be? Are they building a patio or some other addition?
As I’ve been posting, the cartoon Drabble family has been on vacation this week in Niagara Falls. I contacted the artist, Kevin Fagan, and asked him a few questions (had he ever been to the falls? why did they come to Niagara Falls? where else might they go?, etc). Below is his response: I live…
From the Niagara Falls Review: Janice Thomson has been selected chairwoman of the Niagara Falls Illumination Board. The board made the appointment during its Jan. 25 meeting. Thomson will replace Mark Thomas, who was chairman of the illumination board since December 2014.