Niagara-on-the-Lake residents and visitors packed pubs, donned green and embraced Irish traditions Tuesday as St. Patrick’s Day celebrations brought music, food and festivities across town.
The town is looking to rebuild Mississagua Street from Mary Street to Queen Street, with construction potentially starting in the summer or fall this year.
Spring’s beloved furry mascot will be making a stop at the Niagara-on-the-Lake Community Centre in the early hours of April’s first Saturday to leave a special surprise for the children of NOTL.
Niagara-on-the-Lake is offering a variety of activities for people of all ages during March Break from March 16 to 20. Here’s a look at what’s happening in town this week.
In a now-deleted Facebook post on Thursday, Coun. Erwin Wiens said Gale misrepresented the town’s position by suggesting Niagara-on-the-Lake would support a weighted voting model at regional council.
Cousins John Eymann and Michael Frendo, the duo behind Virgil’s Bricks and Barley, opened the doors to their new dining venture, Mdina Fine Dining, inspired by their Maltese heritage.
More than 20 years after taking a job decorating cakes at a Sobeys store, Lindsey Bridgeman now owns Niagara-on-the-Lake’s newest grocery store and says getting offered to run the store was “one of the greatest honours I’ve had.”
Romance, acclaimed for Christmas and family life paintings, and a longtime former resident of the historical McArthur Estate, said she views herself as a woman artist, rather than an artist who happens to be a woman.
Whether it’s working on her farm, waitressing, setting up cable network connections, or making her award-winning jams and jellies, McQuhae says she’s always done things on her own terms.
A roadside art project dedicated to celebrating farmers is taking shape in Niagara-on-the-Lake, with organizers aiming for a late summer or early September installation.
Yoshi Takaoka says reaching the master level required years of work and study beyond his previous certifications: “We need to know everything regarding sake.”
Here in Niagara-on-the-Lake, while some business owners say shoppers have taken a greater interest in supporting all things Canadian, one says there are factors beyond what people choose to buy impacting the success of homegrown products.
Linda Grimo’s presentation, “Growing Chestnuts in Canada: Progress Through Perseverance,” focused on the recovery of chestnuts in North America after widespread disease.
The Royal Canadian Legion Branch 124 in Niagara-on-the-Lake presented awards Monday to students at St. Michael Catholic Elementary School and Royal Oak School for artwork and writing created to honour Remembrance Day.
The public policy expert says he’s doubtful merging Niagara’s cities and towns together will lower costs and make governance more efficient.
The expansion of the Niagara-on-the-Lake Museum moved another step closer to reality Monday as the town hosted an open house to gather community input on the proposal.
The five-storey residential building, to be located at 1544-1546 Four Mile Creek Rd., would include 31 apartments and rooftop amenity space on the fifth floor.
Reactions are pouring in from across Niagara in response to letters sent this week from regional government chair Bob Gale backing the amalgamation of Niagara’s municipalities. “We need all parts of the town coming together. This is existential,” said Lord Mayor Gary Zalepa.
The Rotary Club of Niagara-on-the-Lake is getting a big lift from Peller Estates Winery and Restaurant, to the tune of $3,470, raised through the restaurant’s Holiday House Tour silent auction the previous week.
Within the town of Niagara-on-the-Lake once existed a community of people who escaped a life in captivity and worked to forge a new future for themselves and people like them.
Peyton Leigh, a decorated swimmer from Garrison Village who’s been in the water all her life, says that all kids should get a taste of some of the training she has received.
The Niagara-on-the-Lake Museum is once again opening its doors to visitors this February, offering free admission from 1 to 5 p.m. until the end of the month.
For Brittany Nyenhuis, affectionately known as Mrs. N by her students, the game offered Royak Oak’s pupils a chance to show their patriotism and learn about the role sports play in life and culture.
Want to have your say on how Niagara-on-the-Lake can be more energy-efficient and reduce greenhouse gases? The town is hosting a workshp at the community centre on Feb. 18, where it’s inviting participants to help develop a community energy and emissions plan.
The sound of pickleball paddles striking whiffle balls likely won’t return to Virgil Sports Park this spring and summer, as the long-standing issue of noise complaints, which led to a prior two-year ban on pickleball at the Virgil courts, persists.
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