Former Niagara Falls, Ont. mayor offers advice to NY side

From WGRZ Channel 2 in Buffalo: Wayne Thomson can remember exactly where he was when he heard the province of Ontario was considering a law to allow casino gambling at two border towns. “At first I was skeptical,” the former mayor and current councillor of Niagara Falls, Ont. said. The Canadian resort city was eventually…

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Wallenda Negotiating For Temporary Venue In Falls

From WGRZ Channel 2 in Buffalo (includes video): For one night last year Nik Wallenda returned Niagara Falls to its past glory with his daredevil wire walk. Now a source tells 2 On Your Side that Wallenda may return to the Falls next July, this time with his family’s acrobatic show to perform for up…

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Holiday Lights Shine in Hyde Park

WGRZ Channel 2 in Buffalo has a report (with video) of the Holiday Lights of the Niagara Trail: Families can now visit the Holiday Lights of the Niagara Trail. The first lighting took place Wednesday night. There are 50 displays located throughout Hyde Park in Niagara Falls. There are an additional 10 displays on Pine…

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More on approval by NY for Wallenda to talk over Falls

Yesterday I posted a few links to articles about Nik Wallenda and how Governor Cuomo has approved his proposal. If you are interested, here are bunch more links. Note that many of them use material from the Associated Press, but then add in their own comments: Niagara Frontier Publications – Statement from Wallenda and Western…

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Canadian Developers Bullish On Niagara Falls, N.Y.

From WGRZ Channel 2 in Buffalo: Thursday evening, the Four Points Sheraton hotel in Niagara Falls will have its grand opening. “It’s a smart place to invest money,” said Faisal Merani. Merani and his family are investing a lot of money in Niagara Falls, New York. They are hotel developers from Niagara Falls, Ontario. 2…

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Niagara Falls (NY) Rocks 2011 New Year’s Celebration

From WGRZ Channel 2 in Buffalo (includes video): Old Falls Street was packed with thousands of patrons for the 2nd annual Hard Rock Cafe New Year’s Eve Guitar Drop Friday night. The event was headlined by a live performance from Smashmouth and also included food, drinks and fireworks.

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More articles about “historic first photo” of Niagara Falls

If you’ve been hanging around the Niagara Falls Blog for a while, then you might remember that on April 18, 2006 I posted something called “Oldest picture of Niagara Falls?“. I included some links to the Newcastle University Special Collections where there were some old photos of Niagara Falls. The links don’t work anymore, but…

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Leadership Niagara Wonders What Can Be Done To Help Niagara Falls

From WGRZ Channel 2 in Buffalo: Community leaders from Niagara County spent a full day on Thursday delving into a question that many of us have asked for years- why is Niagara Falls, Ontario so vibrant and Niagara Falls, N.Y. is so troubled. When we compared the two sides of Niagara Falls in a half…

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‘Office’ ratings higher than normal in WNY but not tops

From the Buffalo News: Jim and Pam’s wedding in Niagara Falls on NBC’s “The Office” Thursday night had an unusually high rating for the comedy series but the hourlong episode still finished third locally in its 9 p.m. time slot. “The Office” had a 7.8 rating (representing 7.8 percent of area households) on Channel 2,…

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