NCCC Culinary Institute to get facade lift

[From BuffaloNews.com]

Niagara County Community College is planning a roughly $200,000 upgrade to the facade of the Niagara Falls Culinary Institute.

A bid request was issued last month for engineering and architectural work for the Old Falls Street project.

READ THE FULL STORY HERE: http://www.buffalonews.com/city-region/niagara-falls/nccc-culinary-institute-to-get-facade-lift-20131130

Image of the Day – November 30, 2013

Third Street in Downtown, Niagara Falls lookin’ very festive!  Check out the window displays!

Niagara Falls City Hall tree lighting and Holly Trolley times announced

[From Niagara-Gazette.com]

With Thanksgiving in the rear-view mirror, Niagara Falls is getting into the holiday spirit with a couple of Christmas traditions in the city.

Niagara Falls City Hall’s annual holiday tree lighting ceremony will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at city hall, 754 Main St.

Council vote on South Junior, Walnut Avenue projects draws puzzlement, anger

[From Niagara-Gazette.com]

The Niagara Falls City Council has rejected tax break agreements for two of three agencies looking to move forward on housing projects throughout the city.

The council defeated payment-in-lieu-of-taxes agreements for proposed projects from two out-of-town agencies — both with only one no vote — and approved a 40-year PILOT on a joint project from developer Norstar and the Niagara Falls Housing Authority during Monday’s city council meeting…

READ THE FULL STORY HERE: http://www.niagara-gazette.com/local/x517509381/Council-vote-on-South-Junior-Walnut-Avenue-projects-draws-puzzlement-anger

Image of the Day – November 30, 2013

Hub at Dusk… our little tree shop is now open for business! Get your Christmas tree at
630 Main Street, Niagara Falls – USA!

Deck the Eco-friendly Halls

Join the Aquarium of Niagara in bringing creative conservation into your holiday. The Aquarium of Niagara is holding its first ever ornament contest. The only catch is that the ornaments must be made from recycled or repurposed materials. The winner of the ornament contest will win an original piece of artwork from one of the Aquariums penguins or sea lions. All ornaments will be on display throughout the holiday season.

You can drop off your creations at the aquarium or mail them to 701 Whirlpool Street, Niagara Falls NY 14301, Attn: ornament contest and be sure to include a name and phone number. Deadline for your ornament to be considered for the prize is December 19th.

For more information call 716-285-3575 ext 206.

Christmas tree sale at NiagaraHub begins!

We are selling Christmas trees starting Friday at the NiagaraHub – with proceeds to benefit Niagara Beautification Commission – so be sure to visit us and choose us as your Christmas tree place this year – just a few blocks away from the waterfalls.
Sale will start this Friday (that’s right, we’re up to the Black Friday challenge). Trees delivered in the morning, should be ready to sell by 10am. Stop on down to the NiagaraHub (right across from the Main Street Post Office) and purchase one of our Premium Frasier Firs!

Image of the Day – November 29, 2013

And so it begins…

Why do the Lions and the Packers always play on Thanksgiving?

[From MentalFloss.com]

 

Every year since 1934, the Detroit Lions have taken the field for a Thanksgiving game, no matter how bad their record has been. It all goes back to when the Lions were still a fairly young franchise. The team started in 1929 in Portsmouth, Ohio, as the Spartans. Portsmouth, while surely a lovely town, wasn’t quite big enough to support a pro team in the young NFL. Detroit radio station owner George A. Richards bought the Spartans and moved the team to Detroit in 1934…

READ THE REST OF THE STORY HERE: http://mentalfloss.com/article/31525/why-do-detroit-lions-and-dallas-cowboys-always-play-thanksgiving#ixzz2lxVEScFo
–brought to you by mental_floss!

Image of the Day – November 28, 2013

One of the best holiday episodes in television history, WKRP’s “Turkeys Away!”

Mr. Carlson decides to take a more hands-on managerial approach by doing the greatest Thanksgiving promotion in radio history – dropping live turkeys from a helicopter.

Note- In 1997 TV Guide ranked this episode number 40 on its ‘100 Greatest Episodes of All Time’ list. It is based on a real event that happened at WQXI, the station many of the WKRP characters were based on.

From YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lf3mgmEdfwg

Happy Thanksgiving!