Dear editor: I’m feeling a bit of whiplash.  On Feb. 22, a half-page opinion piece headlined “Censorship and what we are allowed to read” was published. OK, I confess I gave it a

Dear editor: I read with interest, both Cathy Simpson’s original column and the letter from Matthew French. He characterizes her comments as talking points from the Foundation Against Intolerance & Racism. The talking

Dear editor: I would like to voice my alarm at the firing (pun intended) of chief librarian Cathy Simpson. After rereading her op-ed and then reviewing the reasoning for the dismissal presented by

Dear editor: The only people who should have been fired over Cathy Simpson’s column about Freedom to Read Week are the members of the NOTL Library Board for not standing with her during

Dear editor: Since the library moved from the basement of the courthouse in November 2000 to its present location on Anderson Lane, two of its head librarians have been “terminated,” the most recent being Cathy

Dear editor: As a town councillor I am always open to and welcome residents to contact me by phone or email. I want to listen to their concerns, discuss ideas and find solutions

Dear editor: Thank you for publishing Kit Andre’s Letter to the editor, “Mennonites want ceasefire in Israel-Palestine conflict,” (March 14). I am both a Methodist (by tradition) and a Mennonite (on confession of

Dear editor: I read Niagara-on-the-Lake Public Library CEO Cathy Simpson’s opinion piece about Freedom to Read Week, (“Censorship and what we are allowed to read,” The Lake Report, Feb. 22). Unfortunately, it was

Dear editor: Temporary restaurant patios on Queen and King streets in Old Town NOTL are filthy, ugly, unfair, unsafe and they take up valuable parking spaces, including those for people with disabilities. These

Dear editor: Your letter writer Kit Andres speaks of the Mennonite duty to condemn violence (“Mennonites want ceasefire in Israel-Palestine conflict,” (March 14). This is a duty that all of us have as

 Dear editor: As we await the publication of Niagara-on-the-Lake’s tourism strategy report, it was amusing to read about the committee members, and others, sanitizing particular sections of the report and collating the numerous

Dear editor: I just received the latest edition of The Lake Report and I am stunned beyond words. What a breathtaking photo on the front page of Niagara-on-the-Lake women celebrating International Women’s Day.

Dear editor: It has been years since I have read such a heartless letter by Beth Macdonald, “Time to change thinking about our environment,” (The Lake Report, March 7). In Ms. Macdonald’s world, the preservation

Dear editor: I have read Niagara-on-the-Lake Public Library CEO Cathy Simpson’s opinion piece respecting Freedom to Read Week, (“Censorship and what we are allowed to read,” The Lake Report, Feb. 22), and the

Dear editor: As a Mennonite, my ancestors came to Canada so we could live out our cultural and spiritual values — mainly our commitment to non-violence. We commit our lives to rejecting violence

Dear editor: This is an open letter to Niagara-on-the-Lake parents. Does it make sense to you that a town with 1,000-plus teens doesn’t provide a high school (Statistics Canada, 2021) or youth programming?

Dear editor: I am reading in amazement about “messy” trees and making room in yards for completely unnecessary landfill toys (the manufacturing process and environmental impact of these items alone is shocking). All

Dear editor: We read the article about town council’s discussion regarding our present tree bylaws (“Restrictions on tree cuttings are unfair, councillors say”) in the Feb. 22 edition of The Lake Report. Oh,

Dear editor: One could hardly disagree that members of the Marotta family has been treated by many in the Niagara-on-the-Lake community, including our elected officials, as pariahs. Recently this family has donated a

Dera editor: Further to The Lake Report’s Feb. 22 story, “Town’s restrictions on tree cuttings are unfair, councillors say,” this subject requires better thinking about than has been done to date by our

Dear editor: The divisive, far right American culture wars have arrived at the Niagara-on-the-Lake Public library and, shockingly, the call is coming from within the building. In her opinion piece in the Feb.

Dear editor: Over the last few years truth has been in the news and opined upon both here in Canada and in the United States. The denial of science, the promulgation of “alternative

Dear editor: When I wrote to members of town council about our tree bylaw and protecting trees on construction sites, particularly in Chautauqua, I only heard back from Coun. Wendy Cheropita. I want