Note: I was in Niagara Falls on Saturday and had meant to be there (I’ve been there the last two years), but just didn’t make it. From the Welland Tribune: A large crowd of people gathered around Ripley’s Believe It Or Not! museum Saturday afternoon to watch — many with their hands covering their mouths,…
From the Welland Tribune: It’s a bird. It’s a plane. It’s Superhero Day at Dave & Buster’s. The Clifton Hill venue will host Superhero Day on Sunday and children will be able to interact with a handful of superheroes including Spider-Man, Wonderwoman, Batman and Incredible Hulk. The event starts at 2 p.m. and runs to…
From the Welland Tribune: The king-size, blue-velvet vibrating bed was just the start of Dave and Sandy Carson’s classic Niagara Falls honeymoon. But when the vibrating bed wouldn’t shut off after they put in a few quarters, the novelty wore off quickly. They had to unplug it. Now retired and living in Fort Erie, they…
From the Welland Tribune: The smiling new face in the anchor chair at Global National is no stranger to travel. As a foreign correspondent, Dawna Friesen has had some of the toughest assignments you can get in a post 9/11 world, including reporting from Iraq prior to the downfall of Sadaam Hussein and from Morocco…
From the Welland Tribune: Call it the $10,000 scream. As seven-year-old Kieran Atkinson prepared for a trip on the Sky Screamer ride at Marineland last August, she wasn’t happy. With dad Tim zooming in with his video camera, she went to say, “I don’t like this ride.” But before she could finish, the thrill ride…
From the Welland Tribune: The Christmas spirit has arrived at the Niagara Parks Floral Showhouse. A Festival of Winter Colours includes traditional red, white and pink poinsettias as well as many unusual varieties and forms. Cyclamen, azaleas, Christmas cactus and paperwhite narcissus add to the display. The Floral Showhouse is also adorned with lights, garland,…
From the Welland Tribune: Green Oaks trailer park residents have lost their bid to have city hall get between them and Marineland owner John Holer, who is evicting 47 families from the Stanley Ave. property. But some say the attention they raised might help Niagara Falls renters in the future. “They don’t want to protect…