April 14, 2021

Rand Estate off the market, Marotta says

Developer Benny Marotta has taken the Rand Estate off the market, after putting it up for sale for $19 million in October of last year. Marotta...

Town sees drop in visitors with rainy Sunday

Vast majority of travellers are from Niagara region, mobile data shows Niagara-on-the-Lake had fewer visitors last weekend with a provincewide shutdown and rainy weather, but still saw thousands...

Small businesses struggling during back-and-forth pandemic lockdowns

Bernard LansbergenSpecial to The Lake Report/Niagara Now Joe Marchese of Virgil restaurant Twisted Vine wants to know: “How can we do the same things over...

Letter: Paying it forward, NOTL-style

Dear editor: So, I was in line at the Starbucks drive-thru in Virgil on Tuesday afternoon. Turns out the individual in the vehicle in front of me...

A hawk’s eye view: ‘Tripping the Niagara’ documentary highlights NOTL history and sights

Chatting with documentary director Mitch Azaria

Eye for Art: ?ouard Manet, ‘A Bar at the Folies-Berg?,’1882

Penny-Lynn Cookson Special to The Lake Report Oh, to be in Paris at the Folies-Bergère, home of opera, dance, comedy and acrobatics. Built in 1869, it was...

Drinking in parks was already illegal, town says in response to resident outcry

Evan SaundersSpecial to Niagara Now/The Lake Report Town councillors have come under pressure from residents over a new bylaw that says consuming alcohol in public parks...

Abandoned baby squirrels what to do?

Over the weekend, my partner and I had the unfortunate experience of watching a mother squirrel be separated from her two babies after a...

Letter: Vaccine still much safer than contracting COVID

Dear editor: There has been a lot of information published about the possibility of blood clots in persons taking the AstraZeneca vaccine. As the science...

Editorial: We need science over politics: Round 2

If you went down to Niagara-on-the-Lake’s downtown core on Saturday morning, you might have thought people were finally listening to the province’s lockdown orders. But...

Exploring Photos with the NOTL Museum: April ice jam of 1909

Here’s a photo of the Niagara River ice jam that occurred in April 1909. This photo was taken in Queenston looking south from the...

Dr. Brown: Our leaders have failed us too often in pandemic

Too little, too late and sometimes wrong: That about describes the state of the pandemic for most countries around the world. Thank goodness for success stories...

Arch-i-text: Reincarnation of old hospital

It is a fact that well-constructed buildings will often outlive the purpose for which they were originally intended. Churches without congregations, factories that cannot support...

Former Mori Gardens property could be a farmers’ market, Marotta says

The former Mori Gardens property could become a temporary farmers' market or something similar, says developer Benny Marotta, who purchased the 26-acre property in...

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