Twisted Olives restaurant opens in Niagara Falls hotel

From the Buffalo News: A new restaurant opened two weeks ago in the Wingate by Wyndham Niagara Falls, a hotel on Rainbow Boulevard. Twisted Olives, 333 Rainbow Blvd., boasts some of the roomiest patios downtown, with a total of 135 feet of patios stretching along two sides of the building. Despite its hotel location, the…

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Clifton HillBilly’s sign

When this was first opened, you could barely see the sign. Now they’ve put up some better positioned signs and you can actually tell what it is from further away.

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DiCienzos buy two hotels

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…

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Twitter updates for 2009-12-01

http://twitpic.com/rq88l – Here is a picture of the crane at the Fallsview Plaza Hotel # http://twitpic.com/rq119 – I've never noticed this nice Niagara's Fury sign before. #

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Wingate by Wyndham nets $980K state grant

From the Niagara Gazette: The state is continuing its investment in downtown Niagara Falls with a $980,000 grant to a hotelier. Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s office announced the incentive package, set to be awarded to Plati Niagara Inc. for its $10.2 million Wingate by Wyndham hotel project in a press release Thursday.

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    Niagara: Miracles, Myths and Magic – The Legend of Lelawala

    The first part of the Niagara: Miracles, Myths and Magic movie is just under 8 minutes long and tells the native story of the legend of Lelawala, the original maid of the mist. It is well told, and quite dramatic. The movie is fantastic, whether in the IMAX theatre or at home. Pictures and reviews…

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      Chamber survey reveals disappointment with casinos’ impact on city

      From the Niagara Falls Review: Niagara Falls has not experienced the kind of benefits from hosting casinos the province of Ontario promised and the government should re-evaluate its casino policies, a survey conducted by the Niagara Falls Chamber of Commerce suggests. “I don’t feel the community is getting the bang for the buck that it…

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        Reshma’s Space – Niagara Falls

        One of my alerts took me to a Windows Live Spaces blog where a person named Reshma writes about her visit to Niagara Falls: Yesterday I spent the entire day visiting the sights in Niagara Falls. I’d bought the Adventure Pass and decided to take full advantage of it – Maid of the Mist, Journey…

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        In Niagara, the falls aren’t the only way to play in the water

        From the Cleveland Plain Dealer: Tere’s more than one way to get wet in Niagara Falls: • Hop on a Maid of the Mist boat tour and hang out at the base of Horseshoe Falls, letting the spray surround you. • Take a Cave of the Winds tour, carefully navigating the steps next to the…

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