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Originally printed in the Niagara Gazette

Politically tinged punk comes to Falls
Published: November 16, 2006 02:32 pm

BY ALAN SCULLEY
Night & Day

For a time, it looked as if Rise Against, performing Friday in Niagara Falls, might regret leaving Fat Wreck Chords for DreamWorks Records.

Around the time the band was releasing its first CD for DreamWorks, “Siren Song Of The Counter Culture,” the label was shut down and absorbed into Geffen Records — a situation that, to say the least, was less than ideal for the launch of the CD.
“I think when ‘Siren Song’ came out, we were still a very new band on their (Geffen’s) roster,” McIlrath said. “We didn’t know anybody over there. We didn’t even have an A&R person, actually, at all. We were just kind of floating around the office.”

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Originally printed in Buffalo Business First

Last ride for Niagara Falls attraction
Business First of Buffalo – November 16, 2006
by James Fink

Business First

Say good-bye to a Niagara Falls, Ont. landmark.

The Falls Tower Ride, a landmark along Clifton Hill and for many years a popular tourist attraction because of the bird’s eye view of the famed waterfalls, has closed and will be demolished — beginning early next week.

The reason?

The tower has been surpassed by the Skywheel ferris wheel, its Clifton Hill neighbor, that opened this year. Both the tower and Skywheel are owned by Niagara Falls developer Harry Oakes, whose company, HOCO Ltd., is in the early phases of a $100 million redevelopment effort along Clifton Hill.

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Originally printed in the Niagara Gazette

WHAT’S YOUR PROBLEM? Whirlpool Bridge sign

Hotlines, radio station offered no help to tourists

By Aaron Besecker
Niagara Gazette
A Canadian rock radio station and out-of-service information hotlines probably weren’t what local tourism officials wanted to use to greet visitors crossing the Whirlpool Bridge into the Falls.

But that’s just what appeared on a tourist information sign that hung on Whirlpool Street until Wednesday afternoon.

The Gazette began inquiring last week about the outdated sign, posted on a fence in front of the American side of the Whirlpool Bridge.

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Printed from Niagara This Week

NIAGARA FALLS — International rock legends Foreigner, Juno Award winning blues artist Colin James and the Little Big Band and up-and-coming Canadian talent Justin Hines will headline this year’s New Year’s Eve festivities by the falls.The Niagara Parks Commission and the Niagara Falls New Year’s Eve event partners made the announcement Thursday.

The annual “Party in Niagara” features an outdoor licensed area, food and beverage vendors, and spectacular fireworks over the falls to ring in the New Year.

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Originally Published: November 13, 2006 01:18 pm in the Tonawanda News

Seven Wonders of WNY: No. 2 – Niagara Falls

BY DON GLYNN
The Tonawanda News
For millions of people around the globe the mere mention of Niagara Falls evokes images of a great natural wonder.

Since Father Louis Hennepin became the first white man to describe the cataracts after his visit in 1678, the falls have drawn countless tourists to both sides of the border.

The numbers have often varied, but it has been generally agreed by tourism officials and park commissioners that an estimated 8 million tourists annually gaze in awe at the American and Canadian Falls, the rugged canyon below and the water-tossed rapids above and below the cataracts.

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From Niagara This Week

Fine wine, art for grabs at first Shaw Guild auction

Eddie Chau
Nov 10, 2006

NIAGARA-ON-THE-LAKE – Peter Gill carries a 10-pound bottle of VQA wine from a corner table to a suitable location in his basement next to a few bottles of some of the world’s rarest vintages.

“This bottle is very heavy,” said the Shaw Guild member of the large bottle as he gently rests it against a wall. “There’s 25 bottles of wine here. Some from Niagara and others from as far away as Italy and Bordeaux, France.

“It’s quite a big collection.”

The collection of wine in Gill’s basement pales in comparison to the large collection of works of art which inhabit the same cosy room. Gill attaches price tags to the items as he prepares for the Shaw Guild’s first Fine Art and Rare Wine Evening Nov. 24.

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Printed in the Nov 8th edition of Niagara This Week

Roads to be closed for development
Sections of Grassy Brook and Crowland Roads off limits

Robert Lapensee
Nov 8, 2006

NIAGARA FALLS — Access to sections of Grassy Brook Road and Crowland Road will be closed off to neighbours of the Grand Niagara Resort once the $300-million tourism complex reaches a significant amount of development.

Council voted 7-2 in a recorded vote to close sections of the roads after a public meeting Monday. Aldermen Carolynn Ioannoni and Janice Wing were opposed. The roads include a section of Crowland Road between Biggar Road and Grassy Brook Road as well as a section of Grassy Brook on either side of Crowland.

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NIAGARA FALLS — Jolly ol’ Saint Nick is coming to the city just in time for the annual Niagara Falls Santa Claus Parade Saturday, Nov. 18. The parade begins at MaCrae Street at 11 a.m., traveling along Victoria Avenue until it meets Valley Way. The parade then continues along Valley Way to Queen Street where it will make its way to city hall.The Christmas spirit continues at city hall with rides, music, entertainment, a Santa party plus food and refreshments.

Printed in the Nov 8th edition of Niagara This Week

NIAGARA FALLS –An evening of fine food prepared by apprentice cooks raised more than $1,000 for the Niagara Parks Commission’s cooks apprenticeship program.The fast-learning chefs and their mentors fabricated a six-course dinner Oct. 26 at Queenston Heights Restaurant. A sold-out crowd of 88 attended the evening feast, which was completed with wine from seven local wineries.

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