From the Niagara Gazette: The Stanley Cup sure gets around. It has been in strip clubs, bedrooms, showers, the bottom of swimming pools and on television shows such as Letterman, Leno and Howard Stern, but on Wednesday it was in Niagara Falls playing tourist by taking a ride on the world-famous Maid of the Mist…
From the Niagara Gazette: The DiCienzio family has been doing hotel business on both sides of the border in Niagara Falls for years. In 2007, the family business, Canadian Niagara Hotels, sold the old Holiday Inn at the corner of Third Street and Rainbow Boulevard to make way for its demolition as part of the…
From the Niagara Gazette: This weekend the prime tourist season started with most visitors likely arriving from the Canadian side of the river. Over there, the long Victoria Day weekend celebrates the birthday of Queen Victoria of England. Banks, schools and government offices will be closed in Ontario on Monday. Traffic should be backed up…
From the Niagara Gazette: A family with a long history in Niagara Falls hotels is expanding back into the Cataract City and putting a new face and name on a familiar Third Street fixture. Under the kind of sunny skies that herald the return of tourist season to the Falls, the DiCienzo family, the owners…
From the Niagara Gazette: If you were driving anywhere near the border Monday, there’s a chance you observed the traffic lines waiting to cross the international bridges. It was, of course , the day for U.S. residents to honor their presidents. Meanwhile, in Ontario, it was a holiday called Family Day. Canadians seem to have…
From the Niagara Gazette: Credit the idea for this week’s Sunday centerpiece to Frank Croisdale, founder of the group Niagara Rises. I was chatting with him about our plans for the ongoing series on economic development when he mentioned Queen Street in Niagara Falls, Ont. Frank described it as a street not unlike, say, Main…
From the Niagara Gazette: It almost defies logic. Niagara Falls, N.Y. sits on the edge of one of the great wonders of the world. It boasts some of the highest-profile developers in America. The local governments have an array of economic development agencies and programs and assistance packages at the ready. Millions of visitors arrive…
From the Niagara Gazette: More than 50 years ago, the Robert Moses Parkway served as a modern arterial shuttling motorists along the Niagara River offering sweeping views of the gorge rim and a direct road to the brink of the American Falls. It was built in a time when Niagara Falls was bustling, small villages…
I heard about this originally this morning on the Buffalo NPR station. From WKBW Channel 7 in Buffalo (includes a video): In Niagara Falls, the term “Cataract City’ takes on new meaning after two sea lions become the first in the area to receive a unique eye surgery. Thousands of guests come to the Aquarium…
From the Niagara Gazette: A bid to remove a section of the Robert Moses Parkway has drawn interest from a few groups in Canada. Several Ontario-based organizations have signed an online petition advocating for the elimination of the 6.5 mile parkway section along the top of the Niagara Gorge between Niagara Falls and Lewiston. The…