From the Niagara Falls Review: After 10 years, the Winter Festival of Lights and its general manager Dino Fazio have parted ways. Fazio confirmed in an e-mail to the media Wednesday that he has left the long-running festival to pursue “personal projects.” He had been on a leave of absence “for awhile,” according to festival…
From the Niagara Falls Review: It’s a Wednesday afternoon a few days before Christmas and the last thing Dino Fazio wants to see is weather like this. As winter begins, rain is pouring onto the outdoor skating rink built near the Table Rock building. After seven years of heading up the Winter Festival of Lights,…
From the Niagara Falls Review (includes video): With the push of a button by Mickey and Minnie, the CAA Winter Festival of Lights kicked off its 29th year Saturday night. The festival got under way in familiar fashion with a pair of free shows at Queen Victoria Park featuring magician Greg Frewin, the cast of…
From the Niagara Falls Review: With its 30th anniversary looming next year, the CAA Winter Festival of Lights is adding more juice to its lineup. Sponsored by beverage maker Cintron, a new three-day sports festival will take place throughout the city to conclude this year’s event. It’s expected to attract about 1,300 athletes in a…
From the Niagara Falls Review: The leaves have fallen, the pumpkins are gone and the Christmas decorations are out of storage. But around Niagara Falls, the season doesn’t formally start until Mickey Mouse says so. The Disney icon will once again flip the switch Saturday night at Queen Victoria Park to get the 28th CAA…
From the Niagara Falls Review: A new era of the Winter Festival of Lights began with a name change Wednesday. For the first time in its 27-year history, a title sponsorship has been secured for the nearly three-month-long event. It will now be known as the CAA Winter Festival of Lights. The partnership with CAA…
From the Niagara Falls Review: The Rink at the Brink might see another winter after Niagara Parks Commission and Winter Festival of Lights officials smoothed over some of the commission’s concerns about the fledgling tourist attraction’s first season. “We are cautiously optimistic the parks commission board will approve the rink operating within the parks’ land…
From the Niagara Falls Review: The lights will stay on this winter after city council agreed to guarantee a $400,000 line of credit for the Winter Festival of Lights its manager said was needed to pay its outstanding bills. The finance department staff opposed the move, saying the city shouldn’t act as a bank for…
From the Niagara Falls Review: With its own finances at the brink, the Winter Festival of Lights has turned to city hall to back up its bid to get a line of credit it needs to pay the bills on the new Rink at the Brink skating attraction. Festival manager Dino Fazio said his organization…
On Monday, I received the latest email from the Niagara Falls Comedy Fest and Winter Festival of Lights. You will notice that a link to a video was included, and there is a “0” on the line below it. If you had gotten the email and clicked on the link, it would have taken you…