From WIVB Channel 4 in Buffalo: Crews in Niagara Falls are hard at work getting the Maid of the Mist ready for the winter. The tour boat company must remove its vessels from the lower Niagara River before the water freezes over. But before that can happen, a giant crane from Germany has to be…
From WKBW Channel 7 in Buffalo: With his walk over the Grand Canyon now over, Nik Wallenda has returned his focus to Western New York. On Wednesday, the daredevil announced that he is planning on walking a 200-foot high-wire at next year’s Erie County Fair. Wallenda is also moving ahead with plans to build an entertainment…
From WIVB Channel 2 in Buffalo: If you drive around downtown Niagara Falls you see constantly see vacant pieces of land with “Niagara Falls Redevelopment” signs on them. The properties, totaling 140 acres in all, are owned by New York City billionaire developer Howard Milstein. Milstein has done nothing with the properties since he bought…
From Canada.com: Three U.S. lawmakers have launched a bid to scrap the “dysfunctional” binational agency that has overseen operation of the Peace Bridge between Ontario and New York for nearly a century, part of the escalating fallout from a dispute over planned improvements to the U.S. approach to the crossing that has pitted Canadian board…
From WKBW Channel 7 in Buffalo: A vacant Niagara Falls building that once housed Moore Business Forms is being eyed as the site of new hotel. That, and another Cataract City hotel is due for a major face lift. Indian Ocean LLC, a company run by local hotelier B.F. Patel, is working with the Niagara…
From the Oneida Daily Dispatch: On Sunday, I had company in from New Orleans and they wanted to take a trip to Niagara Falls. They had never been there, and I hadn’t visited since I was 12 years old. I had forgotten how long that drive is, past Buffalo. But, it was a fun trip…
From a PR Web press release: Niagara Scenic Tours, a leading New York motor coach company, recently announced that the day tour company it owns has published its winter tour schedule. Know How Tours, a division of Niagara Scenic Tours, offers the largest selection of one day motorcoach tours in Buffalo, N.Y. and the surrounding…
From WIVB Channel 4 in Buffalo: Further improvements are getting underway in Niagara Falls State Park. On Tuesday, the governor’s office announced that NY Works is investing $2 million into the viewing areas at Three Sisters Islands and Luna Island in the park
Several news outlets covered the protests at Marineland on the weekend. Apparently there were in the neighbourhood of 400 people outside protesting the conditions. Niagara Falls Review – Hundreds gather for largest ever protest at Marineland CTV News – Animal advocates hold protest outside of Marineland AM980 in London – Marineland Mistreatment Case Mobilizes London…
From the Niagara Falls Review: Border crossings in Niagara using Nexus now account for 12% of all bridge traffic according to the local bridge authorities. The agencies that manage the four bridges in the region put out a press release Tuesday saying a campaign to get more Nexus users in the first half of 2012…