From WGRZ Channel 2 in Buffalo (includes video): Investigative Post Editor Jim Heaney interviewed Niagara Falls Mayor Paul Dyster on the impact of the Wallenda walk, the numerous challenges faced by Niagara Falls, and how the standoff between state and Seneca Nation officials is costing the city money that would otherwise be helping to promote…
From WGRZ Channel 2 in Buffalo (includes video): Nik Wallenda isn’t the only daredevil wowing crowds with a combination of balance and nerves of steel. Jay Cochrane, 68, held the first of a series of tightrope walks from the Skylon Tower to the Hilton in downtown Niagara Falls, Ontario. Cochrane’s walk started at a height…
From WGRZ Channel 2 in Buffalo (includes video): According to a survey commissioned by the Niagara Tourism and Convention Corporation, the economic impact of Nik Wallenda’s walk across Niagara Falls was immense. Niagara University’s Hospitality Training and Research Center interviewed close to 600 people throughout Prospect Park and Old Falls Street. In the nine hours…
From WGRZ Channel 2 in Buffalo (including video): “Rarely have we seen an event of this scale which requires the coordination of so many public service and emergency service agencies ,” remarked Douglas Kane, Chief of the Niagara Parks Police Service, as Canadian officials signed off on the integrated public safety plan they developed for…
While in the area to attend his Mom’s graduation, they also went to Niagara Falls (as I tweeted). I must have just missed them, as I was right by the SkyWheel around the time they went on. From E! Online: If you had any doubt that Ryan Gosling and Eva Mendes are totally together, then…
From WGRZ Channel 2 in Buffalo: The crew that put up Nik Wallenda’s practice cable outside the Seneca Niagara Casino two weeks ago spent most of Wednesday dismantling it. Now that same crew looks forward to rigging a similar cable -twice as long – across the Niagara Gorge a few days before Wallenda’s scheduled crossing…
From WGRZ Channel 2 in Buffalo: “I can’t thank you enough for all of your support and encouragement,” said Nik Wallenda, to fans assembled outside the Seneca Niagara Casino after concluding his brief training session on a high wire there Tuesday morning. But after 11 days of practice, Wallenda also informed them the session they…
From WGRZ Channel 2 in Buffalo (including video): There’s still No Timetable for Daredevil Nik Wallenda’s Walk over Niagara Falls. It is scheduled for sometime this summer. State Senator George Maziarz ( R-Newfane) explained that negotiations with TV networks that want to televise the event are what’s holding up the announcement of a date.
From the Associated Press (via WGRZ Channel 2 or Syracuse.com): The $132 billion state budget approved by the Legislature late last month includes $89 million in New York Works capital projects for the state-run system of 178 parks and 35 historic sites. The funding breakdown released earlier this month includes: — $25 million for Niagara…
I’ve been on vacation for the last week and a bit. We didn’t really do anything other than do some work around the house. I saw all the articles about Nik Wallenda, and meant to post some of them, but never got around to it. In case you’ve missed some of them, here is a…