Richard Harley, Author at Niagara Now

Editorial: Town needs to get back to business

We’ve all had it with COVID-19. For two years, most of us have been following the rules, patiently waiting to get back to normal, or the new normal. But while many municipalities have

No NOTL Christmas parade, but Santa will do adrive-byagain

Niagara-on-the-Lake traditional Christmas parade is cancelled this year – again – but the big man will still be coming to town. Instead of the regular parade through Old Town, the town is again hosting “Santa Around the Town,” which

Condos or hotel planned for former American Hotel site

Niagara Falls builder Blythwood Homes buys waterfront property for $1.9 million The site of the former American Hotel on Niagara-on-the-Lake's waterfront could become condominums or a hotel, says its new owner. Blythwood Homes purchased the 61 Melville St.

Chautauqua Residents Association elects new president

The Chautauqua Residents Association has a new president. The neighbourhood organization held its annual general meeting and election at the Niagara-on-the-Lake Community Centre last Thursday. The meeting is typically held in May but was delayed due

Harvest Barn gets new name, mandate as Alitura

The iconic Niagara-on-the-Lake Harvest Barn has a new name and with it a new mandate to be more local. The produce market and bakery has changed its name to Alitura, which is Latin for “to feed or

Letter: Thanks for positive editorial on NOTL

Dear editor: Thanks for taking the time to remind us of all the great things in NOTL and how lucky we are to live here, (“Plenty for which to be thankful,” Editorial, Oct.

Bench dedicated to NOTL’s Jaena Thompson

The family of Niagara-on-the-Lake's Jaena Thompson has dedicated a bench at Sunset Beach in her memory. They also have started a GoFundMe to help raise funds to go toward the cost of the bench.

Editorial: Again, council focuses on trivial issues instead of important problems

The sheer silliness of some of town council’s decisions is again in evidence as councillors have unanimously passed a bylaw banning all parking near or in Niagara-on-the-Lake parks. The bylaw was put in place to address

Editorial: Plenty for which to be thankful

At the risk of repeating ourselves, with Thanksgiving Day officially in the rear-view mirror, let's reflect a bit on a few of the things for which Niagara-on-the-Lake can be thankful. To the NOTL Rotary

GALLERY: Final summer market wraps up, organizer says season was a busy one

Caught in the middle: Confusion over whether single-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine is acceptable

With proof of vaccine requirements rolled out across the province, there has been some confusion among restaurant employees on just how to enforce the order – and how to determine which vaccine receipts are

Robots help to serve sushi at Niagara restaurants

If you build them, they will serve you sushi. Or more accurately, if you program them, they'll know where to take it. Niagara sushi restaurant East Izakaya has become the first in the

Editorial: Guess who shouldn’t be coming to dinner?

We all have much to be thankful for again this year. And, thankfully, vaccines have brought us closer to defeating COVID-19. Last week Niagara’s top medical doctor didn’t mince words when talking about the risk

NOTL leather crafter turns passion into business

Gabriel Betton doesn't hide his passion for leather. The 24-year-old, who moved to Niagara-on-the-Lake about a year ago, says it's sort of like wine — there's so many different types of leather, each with

COVID cases appear to be flattening, vaccines coming for kids five to 11

Niagara's chief medical officer has some good news regarding COVID-19. So far, in Ontario and Niagara, cases seem to have flattened out and even be dropping. During a public health news conference Monday,

Unvaccinated should not be invited for Thanksgiving: Hirji

Niagara's chief medical officer of health says people, including family members, who aren't vaccinated against COVID-19 shouldn't be invited to Thanksgiving gatherings this year, to help reduce the risk of spreading the potentially deadly

Editorial: Short-term rentals: Part 3 — Council must take action now

While there is a long list of problems created by short-term rentals in our community, there are also some benefits. These businesses do create a small opportunity for jobs for the people who manage them. Presumably,

Woman seriously injured in ATV crash

A 28-year-old woman is recovering in hospital after crashing her all-terrain vehicle on Sunday evening near Carlton Street and Seaway Haulage Road in Niagara-on-the-Lake, police say. The woman, from the Hamilton area, was

NOTL’s own Santa rides 1,000 kilometres for Palliative Care

How long does it take to cycle to Quebec City? That depends who you ask. For Tim Taylor, who just virtually pedalled the 1,000-kilometre journey, it was about 20 days. Taylor biked every day, about 50

Shaw unveils dates, cast details for fall shows

The Shaw Festival’s 2021 season continues into fall and winter with the American classic “Desire Under the Elms,” Irving Berlin's beloved musical “Holiday Inn” and perennial favourite “A Christmas Carol.” “Over the past few months,

Editorial: Short-term rentals: Part 2: Too much influence

They don’t pay commercial tax, they pay a nominal annual fee per room and now they’re being excluded from collecting Niagara-on-the-Lake's planned accommodation tax. Short-term rentals have taken hold in our community and are having a lasting, damaging

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