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Graham on May 12th, 2010

From the Tonawanda News: This is, by far, the shortest distance I have ever trekked to do a travel story. Yet even though the Ontario portion of the cataract is only about 70 blocks from where I live, it is pretty much another world. Not to knock the natural beauty of the U.S. side of [...]

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Graham on February 24th, 2010

From the Buffalo News: State legislators from the Assembly and Senate and from both sides of the political aisle were quick over the weekend to criticize the proposed closing of state parks and historic sites as part of Gov. David A. Paterson’s effort to close an anticipated budget gap of $8.2 billion in the fiscal [...]

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Graham on July 9th, 2009

According to StudentUniverse.com, Niagara Falls is one of the top 10 best summer trips on a budget: Niagara Falls, Ontario The falls are free to look at and walk around various gardens. Maid of the Mist, White Water Walk, and Journey Behind the Falls are the top sights and are fairly priced. Nightlife can be [...]

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Graham on June 5th, 2009

From World Village: With the price of gas going up again this summer and the need to keep expenses down, you can create a vacation itinerary that ends up being a lot more fun than you might have imagined. Even if you did have more money to spend on a vacation it wouldn’t necessarily translate [...]

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Graham on March 25th, 2009

From the Niagara Falls Review: After raising the prospect that Greg Sorbara would ride to the rescue of Ontario’s tourism industry, now’s the time for the provincial Liberal government to put its money where its mouth is. Ontario Finance Minister Dwight Duncan is scheduled to bring down the province’s 2009-10 budget on Thursday. No doubt [...]

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Graham on February 18th, 2009

From the Niagara Falls Review: The bill isn’t in yet for Greg Sorbara’s tourism study, but the former Liberal finance minister says there will be “a full accounting of every single cup of coffee” that went into preparing his “road map” for the industry. “I don’t do the bookkeeping.” Sorbara said after a presentation in [...]

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Graham on October 8th, 2008

From the Niagara Falls Review: The slump in the U. S. economy is bound to hurt Niagara’s key tourism sector as people tighten their wallets and cut out luxury spending, say many experts. With constant hits to international stock markets, dropping house prices and higher borrowing costs, people are likely to have less discretionary income [...]

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