Before we get into this week’s Arch-i-text, I want to correct an inadvertent error in last week’s column about the role of the town’s urban design committee. When I submitted my overly long
A great week of doubles tennis culminated on the weekend with the crowning of men’s and women’s champions and consolation winners at the Niagara-on-the-Lake Tennis Club. The women’s championship ended when Coral MacKenzie
The annual Chautauqua Open golf tournament last week attracted 60 players, its biggest turnout ever, and raised about $700 for the community association. “Sixty golfers is the most we have ever had,” organizer
The Niagara-on-the-Lake Pickleball Club will soon triple the number of indoor courts its members can play on, thanks to a pilot project in conjunction with the Central Community Centre on York Road. The
Completing 14 out of 15 tasks would generally inspire compliments. In sport, winning 14 of 15 games, stopping 14 of 15 shots, hitting 14 of 15 from the floor … all exceptional efforts.
Inaugural fundraiser for museum could become an annual event More than 700 homes in Niagara-on-the-Lake are over a century old and Catherine Novick sees this as a great, untapped historical legacy that
Familiar names topped the leaderboard at the Niagara-on-the-Lake Golf Club’s junior championships on Sunday. Sam Walker was crowned junior boys champ and Keira Dexter took the junior girls title, both for the third
The Niagara Thunderhawks U7 team got a taste of what it’s like to play in the big leagues on Saturday as they participated in the first U7 Extravaganza hosted by the Burlington Blaze.
The Wood Trophy is staying at the Niagara-on-the-Lake Golf Club. A team from NOTL recaptured the historic cup for the second straight year (and eighth time since 2012) by coming out on top
Niagara-on-the-Lake has a problem with people driving too fast in quiet residential areas. Just ask the folks who live in some of those quiet residential areas. Actually, that’s exactly what The Lake Report
Two Niagara-on-the-Lake lacrosse teams returned home as divisional champions after a weekend tournament in Grimsby. The U9 major Niagara Thunderhawks team won the Zone 9 U9 “B” divison championship Saturday with a 10-2
The Davis Cup is coming home – to Niagara-on-the-Lake. The most prestigious trophy in international men’s team tennis – which Canada won last fall for the first time ever – will be in
“The joint was rockin,’ goin’ round and round.” With apologies to the late, great Chuck Berry, his lyrics might be appropriate locally almost 70 years later. It won’t be long now that Niagara-on-the-Lake residents, visitors
A mother and son from London, Ont., are facing a long list of charges in connection with a series of break-ins at Niagara businesses, including four locations in Niagara-on-the-Lake. Niagara Regional Police detectives
Yolanda Henry had a stellar day on the links Tuesday, winning the Criers’ Tournament during the 18-hole women’s league competition at the Niagara-on-the-Lake Golf Club. As well, Henry had the best gross score
There’s something magical and certainly satisfying about planting a seed – or a seedling – and watching it grow. Going back more than two years ago, Julian Traschel single-handedly convinced the Town of Niagara-on-the-Lake
We have shared this message before. The food bank at Newark Neighbours needs help from the generous folks of Niagara-on-the-Lake. The agency is holding another food drive this Saturday and has a long
Six-year-old Kohen Barszcz loves playing golf. And after last week, he’s loving it a whole lot more. The youngster accomplished something that very few people of any age can brag about — he
Lefty Glen Murray was a winner on the course and on the putting green last Thursday, becoming the first golfer to cash in on the Niagara-on-the-Lake Golf Club men’s league putting contest.
As we all endure road construction season during the summer months, let’s check out this photograph of a 15-ton steam roller that was laying new pavement on King Street near Queen in Niagara-on-the-Lake.
Niagara-on-the-Lake is no longer the quaint small town that many people who grew up here long for. Now, among many things, it is a major tourist destination, a thriving agricultural community and
In the wake of Niagara-on-the-Lake’s Canada Day celebrations, it is worth taking a few minutes to reflect on some of events and news of note in our fair town over the past few
Dear editor: I read with great interest the opinion piece written by Brian Marshall in the June 1 edition of The Lake Report, “Of lights and rights and other things.” As an emeritus
Members of the Friday evening Couples League at the Niagara-on-the-Lake Golf Club turned out in their red-and-white finery last week to celebrate Canada Day. Winners on the course were Julie and Bill Smethurst,
Rainy weather and soggy fairways forced cancellation of several leagues the past few days at the Niagara-on-the-Lake Golf Club. However, the weather wasn’t a factor in last Thursday’s men’s competition. Sharp-shooting former hockey
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