Cuomo Talks Toppling Taxes, Defends Thruway Signs, Tourism in Niagara Falls

From Time Warner Cable News: …Cuomo says he won’t stop his call for development on Goat Island in Niagara Falls, despite a petition calling for the park to remain focused on nature and having funds instead go toward other parts of the city. Cuomo says the state is still pushing forward with a request for…

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Aquarium of Niagara hosts ‘716 Weekend – Part 2’

From Niagara Frontier Publications: The Aquarium of Niagara is celebrating Western New York one more time this year by offering $7.16 admission now through Feb. 20.

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Howard Johnson keycard

Another in my series on keycards… This is the first keycard that I’ve seen for Howard Johnson. It has a nice generic travel image on the front (not Niagara Falls-specific) and the standard instructions on the back.

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Ice Boom Thwarts Nature and Tourism for the Profit of NYPA

From the Niagara Falls Reporter: It’s been over ten years now since I addressed New York Power Authority executives at their re-licensing hearing seeking the elimination of the ice boom on Lake Erie – Niagara River.

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Mayors highlight community development

From the Niagara Falls Review: Six mayors fielded questions from the Niagara business community Wednesday and highlighted some recent developments in their municipalities.

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Niagara Falls development financing falling into place

From WBFO News: Across Niagara Falls, there are projects suggesting the tourism boom – and development that feeds off tourists – are here to stay for the long haul.

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The good, bad and ugly sides to visiting the Niagara Falls

From Post Magazine: Iguaçu Falls, in Argentina, may be the largest waterfall system in the world and Angel Falls, in Venezuela, the highest, but, when it comes to attracting crowds, no­where beats Niagara. Each year, 12 million tourists, many of them honey­mooners, peer through the spray as the equivalent of an Olympic size swimming pool…

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CITY DESK: Cuomo called out over Goat Island ‘lodge’

From the Niagara Gazette: The “bottom-up,” “community first” approach to development and redevelopment has been all the rage in recent years. It seems, after decades of essentially telling the people what’s best for them, public officials and entities finally figured out that there are advantages to getting what they like to call “community buy-in” before…

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