Daredevilry, Rescue And The Family That Couldn’t Escape The Niagara Falls

WBFO, the NPR affiliate in Buffalo, had a short segment recently about Niagara Falls and the heroics of Red Hill Sr.: Michael Clarkson grew up along the banks of the Niagara River. As a young reporter, he collected stories of people who challenged the river’s dangerous 165-foot Falls, including the first three to do so……

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    Parks unveils its Fury

    From the Niagara Falls Review: The secret’s out. On Wednesday, the Niagara Parks Commission let its staff hear details about Niagara’s Fury – the $7-million attraction being built at Table Rock that has been kept tightly under wraps since plans to overhaul the facility were announced last year. Over the U.S. Memorial Day weekend in…

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      Great big gingerbread house at Great Wolf Lodge

      From Niagara This Week: There’s a new little sugar shack open in the Falls that may just be the first restaurant where the walls taste just as good as the food on the plates. The Great Wolf Lodge unveiled a giant gingerbread house in its lobby last week as a spot a family of six…

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        Niagara Falls and other honeymoon-worthy wild water

        From the LA Times: After recent trips to Spain and Ireland, and cruises to Alaska and Panama, I racked my brain for a jaunt worthy of our 35th wedding anniversary. After all, for our 25th, we’d stayed at a seaside resort on the Big Island of Hawaii. How could we top that? “How about Niagara…

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        Major changes for Clifton Hill

        From the Niagara Falls Review: Expect to see some multi-million dollar changes taking place near the top of Clifton Hill in Niagara Falls. Older buildings like the Comfort Inn are slated for demolition, businesses like Ripley’s Believe it or Not Museum and Kelsey’s Restaurant are being renovated or expanded, and new interactive entertainment features are…

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        Tweet revenge: Demers says Marineland called cops over Twitter post

        From Niagara This Week: Marineland and animal rights activist Phil Demers have been talking at each other, through their lawyers, for the past six years. But it took just six words to bring the police to his door this week, Demers says: “Life is short, steal a walrus.” He put out the six-word Twitter post…

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        Tweet: I have 1,000 followers now. Cool! Thanks to everyo…

        I have 1,000 followers now. Cool! Thanks to everyone who follows. Lots more @NiagaraFalls tourism, hotel and attraction info to come!

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