From the Buffalo News: We’re happy to see that Nik Wallenda is returning to this area, even if it’s not back to Niagara Falls, where the wire walker gained fame. Wallenda has kept a special place in his heart for Niagara Falls since his walk across the Horseshoe Falls in June 2012. Live television allowed…
From the Buffalo News: The Lewiston Arts Council has chosen local poet and retired college English professor E.R. Baxter III to launch its new poetry/music series beginning at 7 p.m. Feb. 11 in the Lewiston Opera Hall, 732 Center St. Eva Nicklas, the council’s artistic director, said, “I loved his book, ‘Niagara Digressions,’ and look…
From the Buffalo News: The just-announced $15 million in renovations to Niagara Falls State Park over the next few years, on top of the $25 million in ongoing work, is proof that the nation’s oldest state park is finally getting the attention it deserves. The visitor experience at the park has to be improved if…
From the Buffalo News: Beginning today, the TD Rink at the Brink, the outdoor ice-skating rink next to Table Rock House overlooking the Horseshoe Falls, will extend its operating hours for the holiday season. The rink will be open from noon to 10 p.m. daily through Jan. 5, except on Christmas Eve, when hours are…
From the Buffalo News: A tourism mecca at the edge of one of the world’s most famous natural attractions. That’s the idea behind Niagara University’s plans to establish a center for high-tech innovation in the tourism in downtown Niagara Falls. Called the Niagara Global Tourism Institute, it would be the second institution of higher learning…
From the Buffalo News: The annual Holiday Lights of Niagara Trail will open tonight in Hyde Park. A free kickoff event will be held near Sal Maglie Stadium at 5:30 p.m. and include an appearance by Santa Claus and performances by local dance and choir groups. The lighted displays will be illuminated at the conclusion…
From the Buffalo News: The best ideas for new downtown development projects will have a crack at $40 million in public incentives, state and city officials announced Thursday. The state and the City of Niagara Falls are offering access to public dollars over the next five years as part of a competition dubbed the “Downtown…
From the Buffalo News: This year marks 35 years since residents in the Love Canal neighborhood of Niagara Falls sounded the alarm on toxic chemicals. Over 800 families were relocated and the federal Superfund program was created to clean up the nation’s most polluted toxic waste sites. During the last century, the U.S. side of…
From the Buffalo News: The agency responsible for promoting Niagara Falls and Niagara County tourism will have its effectiveness evaluated under an agreement reached this week. A Canadian firm will be hired to conduct a “performance audit” of Niagara Tourism & Convention Corp., a key term that got the Niagara Falls City Council to approve…
From the Buffalo News: North Tonawanda police Tuesday said that a body pulled from Canadian side of the Niagara River this weekend has been positively identified as Douglas Vaillancourt, a 23-year-old North Tonawanda man who was reported missing last week when he failed to report to his job at the Niagara Falls Post Office. North…