Tourists report person going over Niagara Falls

From the Buffalo News: The Niagara Parks Police are checking the water below Niagara Falls after an unconfirmed report that someone may have gone over the Falls, a dispatcher said Sunday afternoon. See also: Albany Times Union – Witnesses see body go over Niagara Falls WGRZ Channel 2 in Buffalo – NYS Park Police: Report…

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Would you go over the Falls in this barrel?!

The other day when out for a walk I went past Henri’s Motel. Out front they have a white barrel that is painted with the words: The original Hill’s Barrel July 1949 I supposed they are referring to Major Lloyd Hill who went over the Falls in a barrel on July 30, 1949. NiagaraFallsInfo.com has…

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Man goes over Niagara Falls as tourists look on

From the Norwalk Reflector: A Norwalk native and her husband received an unpleasant surprise when they visited Niagara Falls. Jill (Morr) Spildener, along with her husband, Jamie, visited the Falls area on Friday. The Berea couple parked on the American side, walked across Rainbow Bridge to Canada, and then made their way down toward Horseshoe…

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Pokemon Go helps boost tourism at Niagara Falls to all-time high

From Syracuse.com: Everyone who makes their living in the tourism industry in the Niagara Falls area is talking about it. Summer 2016 was reported as an all-time high, with the Niagara USA Official Visitor Center, assisting over 103,000 people, a 16 percent increase over 2015. “I watched the old movie ‘Niagara’ with Marilyn Monroe and…

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Novel peers over the edge

From Niagara This Week: As a highly successful fantasy writer, Chris Van Allsburg knows first-hand that the only limitation on a great story is one’s imagination. But when it comes to dabbling in reality, the renowned children’s novelist and illustrator had to peer over the edge and simply hope for the best with his latest…

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