From Niagara This Week: For the better part of the 1980s and in to the 1990s, Niagara Falls was in an economic downward spiral. Residents were losing good-paying manufacturing jobs as large factories in the city’s industrial sector were shutting down. The unemployment rate was among the worst in the country, reaching a high of…
From the New York Post: Fame can be a real pain. Take Niagara Falls, for instance. The stuff of legend. Even if you’ve never set foot on the Rainbow Bridge and gazed down on the majesty with your own eyes, you’ve probably got an opinion about the place. You probably think you know it. The…
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The other day I received the following press release about an event at the Great Wolf Lodge: Monster Truck Makes Pit Stop at Great Wolf Lodge Niagara Falls from Sept. 1 through Sept. 4 Special Labour Day weekend event to raise money for cancer centre NIAGARA FALLS, ON. (August 12, 2011) – Experience the thrill…
I'm out for a walk (currently on Stanley Ave) wearing a very light jacket. It's so nice out I'm boiling with it on! # There is some kind of dance competition on this weekend. There are lots of tween and teen girls with fancy outfits and glitter on their face # Lots of people around…
From the Tonawanda News: In the wake of bone-chilling temperatures over the past couple of weeks, Niagara’s top off-season attraction has formed below the falls. The ice bridge, as it is known, was spotted Friday morning by Emil Bende, general manager of marine operations at the Canadian Maid of the Mist landing. “It (the ice)…
From the Niagara Falls Review: Niagara’s DiCienzo family has picked up two of the best views of the Horseshoe Falls after buying the Marriott Fallsview and Sheraton Fallsview hotels last week. “We’ve been looking for acquisitions for a little while. This move seemed to make sense,” said Dino A. DiCienzo, one of four children of…
From the Buffalo News: It seemed like an event that even Niagara Falls couldn’t screw up.The son of a famous wire-walking family wanted to tempt fate at the region’s natural wonder. A national television network agreed to give the city more free advertising than it could buy. And thousands of people were vying to get…
From WBFO News: Cross-border travelers have more than Canada’s sesquicentennial to celebrate this summer. Canada’s history is going to change recent history on the Niagara Falls Bridge Commission’s three crossings this summer.
From the Niagara Falls Review: Go ahead. Try to trip up the Maytag Repairman. He has an answer for everything. “Are you actually handy? Can you even fix anything at all?” an intrepid reporter asks, grilling Clay Jackson, the actor who plays the longest-running advertising character in TV history. “I don’t need to,” Jackson answers…