From the Niagara Falls Review: The head of the Department of Homeland Security hinted he might be softening his stance on the requirement to show a passport to enter the U.S., during a visit to the Buffalo side of the Peace Bridge Monday. Michael Chertoff said enhanced driver’s licences might be an acceptable alternative after…
From the Niagara Falls Review: Toddlers with water-wings, splashing about in the YMCA’s leisure pool, seem a world away from the ringing bells, stacks of poker chips and whirling roulette wheels at Casino Niagara. But there’s a link that might be easy to overlook. Niagara’s casinos donated $250,000 toward the construction of the MacBain Community…
From the Niagara Falls Review: The Niagara Parks Commission will keep tweaking its process for picking a boat tour operator while it moves toward a Nov. 24 target deadline for companies to submit their bids to run Niagara River boat tours, general manager John Kernahan says. A month after the provincial agency launched a competition…
I was at Marineland again on Monday (my 4th time… that $5 extra for a season’s pass is great!) and we saw that there was a new baby Beluga whale. It was born last Thursday (July 19) and seems to be doing well. They haven’t picked a name yet for it. When we were at…
From a PR Web press release seen on Yahoo! News: Bring your kids this summer to Campark Resorts in Niagara Falls. The park features daily supervised kids activities, theme weekends and not to mention a new Splash Pad. Campark Resorts camping has become the top family campground adding new facilities each year for the kids…
Last week I received a newsletter from the Tourism Partnership of Niagara
Last week I received the following email from the Doubletree Fallsview Resort & Spa by Hilton – Niagara Falls: Lobster Fest returns to Buchanans Chophouse – located atrium level inside Doubletree Fallsview Resort & Spa by Hilton on Fallsview Boulevard. Add a 6 oz. Lobster Tail to any dinner entree for only $7.95. Offer valid…
A while ago I posted an article that mentioned a new store called Twisted Ts. The other day I came across it. It’s on Clark Ave across from that parking lot:
From the Buffalo News: Tourism officials on the American side of the border are often crying the blues about Niagara Falls, Ont., getting the bigger slice of the tourism pie. Yet, the American side has some fine attractions, from Goat Island to the Cave of the Winds to the Aquarium of Niagara. An odd attraction…
From the Niagara Falls Review: It’s run by a five-horsepower motor. The Westminster chimes that greet visitors from its tower at regular intervals is controlled by an electronic controller. The hands are made of stainless steel. The second hand is 21-feet long – the hour hand around 14.5-feet and the minute hand 17.5-feet, weighing a…