“On this side of the river, we’ll have to deal with a situation new in our lifetimes. Religion, race, tribalism, patriotism and a battle between left and right make the coming presidential vote a rising risk to wealth,” writes Garth Turner.
Some days you never forget. It was Monday. I was a columnist and business editor for one of the city’s big dailies (remember them?). Without warning, stocks crashed. The New York market shed
Sure, it’s a nice place. Most folks would be happy living in the coach house. But is it $4.5 million nice? The latest listing on my Old Town street (one block from the flip now on sale at $3.9 million) is part of a larger local story.
It was raining, so we drove. But forget about parking. The streets of Old Town were jammed. Dorothy and I ended up walking through the wet and the dark halfway back from where we started.
Who hasn’t stood on the river bank and stared across at Fort Niagara? In Niagara-on-the-Lake, America is close. No wonder so many from New York state and beyond trek here. They love us.
This marks the debut of columnist Garth Turner as a regular contributor to The Lake Report. He’s a longtime journalist, commentator and former federal cabinet minister. We look forward to his insightful contributions.
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