Twitter updates for 2009-12-02

http://twitpic.com/rv2qn – There has been some concrete work done in that hole behind the Niagara SkyWheel. # http://twitpic.com/rv1cf – The latest issue of Hotel Business Magazine has a full-page ad from the InterContinental Hotel Group (IHG) has a # Don't forget about the contest… Send me your reasons why you love Niagara Falls and win…

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    Fallsview Casino Resort bartender hottest in Canada

    From the Niagara Falls Review: Canada’s Hottest Bartender of 2008 is Valentin Stefanov, and if you wish to try his award-winning drink, stop into the Fallsview Casino Resort in Niagara Falls because that’s where he works. The drink is a refreshing summer cocktail called “Eden’s Ember” and it was judged to be the best in…

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    Free WIFI could be coming to Niagara Falls

    From WKBW Channel 7 in Buffalo: The Niagara Global Tourism Institute (NGTI) has asked the city of Niagara Falls for $50,000 to create three blocks of public WIFI between the Seneca Niagara Casino and Niagara Falls State Park on Old Falls Street. The purpose of the WIFI is to help tourists avoid the “roaming” charges…

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    Sailing through rough waters

    From the Lockport Union-Sun & Journal: This year, like so many other years before it, Maid of the Mist Corp. helped mark the unofficial start of spring in Western New York and Southern Ontario by lowering its fleet of boats into the lower Niagara River on Friday. The company has been preparing for tourism seasons…

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      “Key to Niagara” magazine

      There are lots of different magazines, leaflets, pamphlets, and maps that are offered free to visitors. Almost all of them are made up entirely of ads and coupons. (getting off track for a bit, don’t get me started about the whole coupon thing… coupons are everywhere and hardly anyone pays full price… let’s save some…

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      Familiar faces return to iconic Falls tourism hot spot

      From the Niagara Falls Review: The new-look Oh Canada Eh? has an old face running the show. Three years after he retired and sold his share of the company he co-founded in 1994, Jim Cooper has returned to the award-winning dinner theatre. And he’s bringing some friends along. Veteran show member Melissa Penner, who left…

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        Mr. Sub and Baskin Robbins closed

        My wife and I love Baskin Robbins pralines and cream ice cream. The other day we drove to Niagara Falls (we don’t live in the city) to get some, but the store was closed. The sign on the door said they were open from 11 am to 11 pm, but it was closed with the…

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        Something sweet on Queen Street

        From Niagara This Week: Here comes the fudge. Things just got a little sweeter on Queen Street with the arrival of the Niagara Falls Fudge Company. But while the store may be new, there’s a lot of tradition being packed into those near half-pound bricks being sold in 12 different varieties. That’s because co-owners Ross…

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        DEC investigating a new ‘potential discharge’ at Niagara Falls

        From the Buffalo News: The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation reported Tuesday that it was investigating a — possible, not confirmed — discharge into the Niagara River from the Niagara Falls Wastewater Treatment Plant. A statement from the DEC Tuesday evening said conservation officers and technical staff went to the main outfall from…

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