Dear editor: The Niagara Foundation presented to council last Tuesday about a proposed land use change for 325 King St., the former location of Parliament Oak school. We would like to repeat and

Dear editor: The June 6 story, “New crossover lights are a safety hazard, residents say,” is an interesting article, however I think more reporting and research is needed. I live nearby and use

Dear editor: I think that Chris Jennings has a good and valid reason to be very concerned about the underground parking garage proposed by Mr. Hummel for his Queen Street hotel, (letter, June

Dear editor: The June 13 edition of The Lake Report is rife with rage from various NOTL residents about the plans of Niagara developers to simply ignore local concerns before erecting huge structures

Dear editor: The basis for councillors approving the zoning change for the former Parliament Oak school site is that the town is desperately in need of a five-star hotel. According to developer Benny

Dear editor: With the ever-increasing approvals of multi-storey condo buildings, highrise hotels, Dairy Queen, the Tour de France every weekend on our roads and residential streets, overtourism etc., is it any surprise that

Dear editor: The process for considering development applications in Niagara-on-the-Lake needs to be more transparent. Of late, it appears, almost anything goes, regardless of the town’s official plan. The rationale given by town

Dear editor: I am appalled and beyond disappointed that our town representatives could conceive, in their wildest nightmares, of the proposed hotel at Queen and Mississagua streets. This drastically enormous modern design is

Dear editor: Last week’s charity golf tournament organized by Evan and Jessie MacDonald, of MAC Inc. in Niagara-on-the-Lake, was a remarkable success, raising $16,268 for Ronald McDonald House Hamilton. We were fortunate that

Dear editor: Further to your June 6 editorial, “No more fatalities — cut down the tree,” clearly, much more analysis and cogent thought must be engaged before rushing to your premature conclusion. Fatal

Dear editor: I wish to comment on The Lake Report’s weekly articles on the Ontario Land Tribunal hearings into Randwood, starting with the April 18 issue. Richard Hutton’s article says Leah Wallace worked

Dear editor: I agree with the viewpoint of columnist Brian Marshall that some towns listen to their residents and some do not, (The Lake Report, column, June 6). The subject is developer Rainer

Dear editor: Land developers buy properties for which they hope to be able to increase the intensity of use in order to increase the land’s financial value and therefore be profitable for their

Dear editor: I have lived for many years at 184 Queen St., at the corner of Simcoe Street, and I am very concerned about the proposal to build a three-level underground parking lot

Dear editor: Exactly 10 years after Willowbank first received royal patronage from the then-Prince of Wales, in mid-May, marking the first anniversary of the coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla, we

Dear editor: Kudos on behalf of the community to St. Davids boxer Mckenzie Wright on her brave and commendable attempt to qualify in Bangkok, Thailand for the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics. Following two

Dear editor: I’ve never been prouder to live in Chautauqua. Last Saturday marked an extraordinary day for the Chautauqua Residents Association with its inaugural Chautauqua Art & Garden Tour. Hundreds of visitors flocked

Dear editor: Contrary to some of the comments made at recent Town of Niagara-on-the-Lake planning meetings, I don’t think that the staff and councillors are being personally or individually criticized. I understand that

Dear editor: I was going to be facetious and segue into this letter by claiming that our council had finally resolved the decades old residential parking problem, while observing that the blacktop and

Dear editor: It seems I am risking my life every time I walk to the Niagara-on-the-Lake Public Library. Last Thursday, I witnessed other dumbfounded pedestrians unable to cross Niagara Stone Road at Anderson

Dear editor: Despite pressure from locals and a well-written article last year in The Lake Report by Somer Slobodian (“Kayakers are feeling pushed out of Balls Beach,” July 19), kayakers still have no

Dear editor: Without question there is a worldwide rise in antisemitism. But what is antisemitism other than an irrational and general hatred of Israel and the Jewish community? There are those who do

Dear editor: In The Lake Report on May 16, physician assistant student Lara Fluri (“Physician assistant would enhance health care in NOTL,” letter) tells us that her profession could help solve the family