Niagara Parks begin parkway, trail improvements

From the Niagara Falls Review: The Niagara Parks Commission began road work this week on the Niagara Parkway, and will be making improvements to five locations along the Niagara River Recreation Trail. Each year, Niagara Parks invests capital funding toward the maintenance of its properties, gardens, parklands, facilities, recreational trails and parkway.

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Road removal plan seeks to connect Niagara Falls to ‘greatest waterfront in the world’

From the Buffalo News: The plan calls for removing a 2-mile section of the Niagara Scenic Parkway in Niagara Falls. And it’s getting some good reviews. “We certainly see it as a positive opportunity for us,” said Gary K. Siddall, executive director of the Aquarium of Niagara. “There’s a lot of obstruction (now) with the…

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Reshaping Niagara’s scenic parkway

From the Niagara Gazette: For many years it served as a battleground of sorts in an at-times bitter community conversation about the value of the roadway. Today, the parkway formerly known as Robert Moses has been renamed the Niagara Scenic Parkway and substantial portions on both the north and south ends have either been slated…

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New Sign on Parkway shows Cuomo’s Contempt for City, Reporter, Feds

From the Niagara Falls Reporter: Gov. Andrew Cuomo, through his associates at State Parks and the New York Power Authority, sometime over the past week perpetrated an act of such petty vindictiveness and blatant contempt for Niagara Falls that we thought it appropriate to come up with a special name for his attitude towards us……

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Robert Moses Parkway changes appear unlikely anytime soon

From the Buffalo News: With the summer tourist season fast approaching, the controversial Robert Moses Parkway between Niagara Falls and Lewiston appears likely to remain unchanged for the immediate future. The city’s Tourism Advisory Board has endorsed dismantling that section of the parkway, a committee chairman said last week. But the state Office of Parks,…

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Moses Parkway poll supports compromise

From the Buffalo News: A significant majority of partisans on both sides of the issue agreed Tuesday that there is hope for a compromise on the future of the Robert Moses Parkway that would please some people but would anger others. An unscientific poll among 180 people at a meeting in the Earl W. Brydges…

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Moses still on meandering detour

From the Buffalo News: The Robert Moses State Parkway, hailed a half-century ago as a marvel of modern highway engineering that would give millions of motorists a new perspective of the Niagara River and its famous falls, may have become a road to oblivion. The objective was to provide a fast, efficient and safe way…

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Long-term future of Moses Parkway will be focus of Wednesday meeting

From the Buffalo News: Ways to influence the long-term future of the Robert Moses Parkway between Niagara Falls and Lewiston will be discussed at a meeting Wednesday in the Town of Lewiston. Organizations with an interest in the parkway have been invited to send one or two people “to present the concerns” of their groups….

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Festival stretched an extra three weeks

From the Niagara Falls Review: The 28th annual CAA Winter Festival of Lights will be brighter, larger and most definitely longer. This year’s event will stretch an extra three weeks, running Nov. 6 to Jan. 31 to accommodate holiday-weary visitors who don’t have time to visit during the Christmas rush. In addition, the festival’s scenic…

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A few “Rink at the Brink” pictures

On Saturday I walked down to the “Rink at the Brink” to take a few pictures. It was around 1 pm, and there were about 15 people skating. I had read the article in the Review about the fences, and they’re right! It is very difficult to actually get in. This first picture shows the…

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