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Penny souvenirs
I traditional souvenir for travelers is a squished/smashed/elongated/pressed penny. I’m sure you’ve seen those machines where you put in a buck or two and a penny and the penny will be stretched and imprinted with a design. These days you generally don’t put pennies in (I think it is against the law to deface currency/coin),…
2007 full of highlights, says mayor
From Niagara This Week: With the announcement of $70 million in provincial and federal money for the city’s long-awaited convention centre project, 2007 may be marked as the year everything changed in Niagara Falls. It’s one of the highlights of a busy 2007, says Mayor Ted Salci, reflecting recently his inaugural year of a four-year…
New openness at Parks
From the Niagara Falls Review: It’s hard to know how many chairs to put out when you’re not sure who is coming to the party. The Niagara Parks Commission is gearing up now to accommodate the press and members of the public at its first public board meeting Friday, after more than a century of…
More Brick City pictures
I went to Brick City again last Thursday and took some more pictures. You can see them in the Brick City gallery.
Angry residents say council target of jet boat protest
From the Niagara Falls Review: Joe Mazeika couldn’t say anything bad about his jet boat tour of the Niagara River. His only complaint was about what happened in the wake of his Sunday afternoon ride. As he and his family, visiting from New Jersey, left the Whirlpool Jet Boat Tours’ dock in Niagara-on-the-Lake, they were…
Cast ballot for Most Notable
From the Niagara Falls Review: Now is the perfect opportunity to brush up on the city’s history, while having a little fun trying to decide who is Niagara Falls’ Most Notable. There is still time to pick up a ballot because the nomination deadline has been extended for a contest that is being sponsored by…
More on the Maid of the Mist running this year
On Wednesday I posted an article about how the Maid of the Mist is going to be running this year (no surprise there). Here are a couple more articles: Buffalo News – Maid tours of falls to continue this summer PR Web Press release – Maid of the Mist Will Operate Boat Tours in 2012…
More information on Earth Hour
The Niagara Falls Review has another article about Earth Hour. After several introductory paragraphs, they get into more details about local businesses: So far, 18 businesses including Niagara Fallsview Casino, the Niagara Parks Commission and big hotels like the Brock Plaza, Hilton, Embassy Suites are on board, the city’s website says. The Embassy Suites hotel…
Wallenda Walk: Big Task At Hand
From WGRZ Channel 2 in Buffalo: The crew that put up Nik Wallenda’s practice cable outside the Seneca Niagara Casino two weeks ago spent most of Wednesday dismantling it. Now that same crew looks forward to rigging a similar cable -twice as long – across the Niagara Gorge a few days before Wallenda’s scheduled crossing…