Kurt Russell movie shooting in the Falls
As I tweeted yesterday, there is a movie shooting in Niagara Falls. It stars Kurt Russell, Matt Dillon, and others. WIVB Channel 4 in Buffalo and the Niagara Falls Review both reported on it.
- WIVB Channel 4 in Buffalo – Kurt Russell movie shooting in the Falls
- Niagara Falls Review – Kurt Russell, Matt Dillon filming on Clifton Hill
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Maid of the Mist decision delayed
From WIVB Channel 4 in Buffalo (including video):
The Niagara Parks Commission is buying more time before it decides who will award a lease to operate the premier attraction at Niagara Falls, the Maid of the Mist boats.
It has taken the commission more than 11 months to mull the matter, but it says it needs another five or six weeks before deciding who will be awarded the 25- year lease to run the boats at the base of the Horseshoe Falls.
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Wallenda outlines plan for N Falls walk
From WIVB Channel 4 in Buffalo (including a video):
Nik Wallenda presented new plans to the Niagara Parks Commission, this week.
The proposal outlined his exact path across the falls. Still, he’s walking a fine line with the Canadians and some in Niagara Falls.
Niagara Falls historian Paul Gromoziak said, “Oh my God, it’s ridiculous to even contemplate such a thing! Leave the falls alone! If you want to walk on a rope, go some place else.”
Gromoziak is outraged over Wallenda’s proposed stunt. Wallenda wants to cross the falls, on a tight rope, no wider than a nickel. Gromoziak says the state has reneged on its promise to keep the falls “natural” consenting to Wallenda’s walk.
“And now by permitting this, this stunt to be performed, in the park, it’s opening the flood gates, I think, to many things similar to that come,” argued Gromoziak.
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Schumer: Falls State Park a top priority
From WIVB Channel 4 in Buffalo:
Senator Charles Schumer is calling on the Niagara Falls Heritage Ara Commission to aggessively work to restore and rejuvenate the Niagara Falls State Park.
Recent reports illustrated the run-down condition of the park which Senator Schumer says needs to be a top priority. The park needs a plan to boost tourism and economic development in the Niagara Falls area.
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New $6.2M hotel planned for Niagara Falls
From WIVB Channel 4 in Buffalo:
Plans are in the works for a new $6.2 million Hampton Inn in the City of Niagara Falls.
Falls Hotel LLC is planning to construct a new 45,000 square foot, four-story Hampton Inn featuring 72 guest rooms. The business would be built at 6501½ Niagara Falls Boulevard on a vacant lot by the northbound exit ramp from I-190.
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Falls tourists treated to free trolley
From WIVB Channel 4 in Buffalo:
Tourists can enjoy free trolley rides in Niagara Falls – starting today.
The Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority is providing the service to visitors at participating hotels.
The service runs via the Niagara Falls Blvd. and Pine Avenue bus route. Service will be available only on weekends in may and from Thanksgiving weekend through the end of the year, but will be a seven day week service from June 1 to Oct. 31.
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How did Sept. 11 affect Falls tourism?
From WIVB Channel 4 in Buffalo:
A new study is expected to shed light on how changes along the northern border since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks have affected tourism and business in the busy Niagara Falls corridor.
The study was commissioned by a consortium led by the Binational Economic & Tourism Alliance. Preliminary findings are being released during a conference in Niagara Falls, Ontario, on Friday.
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More reporting about “Niagara Miracle”
I linked to an article last week about the 50th anniversary of Roger Woodward going over the Falls. Here is some more coverage of the anniversary:
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Rally to save parks from budget ax
WIVB Channel 4 in Buffalo had a report (including video) on an upcoming rally to try to save the NY State Parks system.
Wednesday in Albany, a rally to save the state parks from the budget ax.
Residents and state leaders will hold a rally to protest cuts in the governor’s budget, which could mean the closing of 90 state parks and historic sites statewide.
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Officials say popular parks could close
From WIVB Channel 4 in Buffalo:
No nuptials at Niagara Falls? Jones Beach off limits on a 90-degree day? The “Grand Canyon of the East” devoid of campers?
New York’s state parks system, the nation’s oldest, is facing another round of funding cuts that is likely to result in the first budget-related closures in the system’s 125-year history.
State officials say even popular parks at Niagara Falls and Jones Beach, with attendance figures in the millions, could be closed, along with such destinations as Letchworth, a popular hiking and camping spot ringing the rugged Genesee Gorge south of Rochester.
“It’s going to be pretty bad. As bad as I’ve ever seen it,” said Robin Dropkin, executive director of Parks & Trails New York, a 25-year-old nonprofit advocacy group.
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