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
Dear editor: This is in response to self-described tree hugger Mary Kilmer whose letter, “What’s not to like about trees?” appeared in the Feb. 15 edition of The Lake Report. Thank you for
Dear editor: Thank you for the great editorial, “The future of news in NOTL,” (Feb. 15), about The Lake Report’s plans to continue publishing its printed edition while also regularly updating your news
Dear editor: Further to The Love Report section featured in The Lake Report on Feb. 15: I have spent more than 60 summers in Niagara-on-the-Lake, ever since my dad first rented a cottage
Ruth Denyer Special to Niagara Now/The Lake Report My oldest brother Bob (a.k.a. Butch) died in a gliding accident when he was 25 in 1974. Recently, a childhood friend of his contacted my
Sharon and Bob Woodley We began as coworkers, became friends, dated (long-distance), fell in love and 45 years of married life later, we think Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes summed it up best
Sonia and Paulo Polonio In 2007, upon returning from a vacation in the Bahamas, I buried my husband of 10 years on my 32nd birthday. I spent the next six years keeping myself
Kate Polchak and Joe McQueen My name is Kate Polchak. I first met my partner Joe McQueen back in 2005 through a mutual friend. We both were dating other people, but we all
Terry and Donna Belleville The year was 1972, at Playhouse 66, a small theatre in Scarborough. The play was “Tiger at the Gates” by Jean Giraudoux. In the story, a Trojan prince named
Danielle Gault and Harold (Hal) Watson Love: as King Charles said, what is love? If you have great love, you feel happy, and uplifted, enjoying life more because you have a love. I
Dear editor: I was shocked upon reading the headline over a report of Natalia Benoit and her political troubles. The headline, “Reports show Natalia Benoit had links to far right groups,” appears to
Dear editor: I enjoyed reading about the community support provided to the Fish family after the loss of their home and the family dog, (“Community rallies to help after family’s home destroyed by
Blake LeBlanc & Lorraine Brown-Shaw She was a Ridgeway girl and he was a Port Dalhousie boy, who found themselves in rooms 1113 and 1109 during the pandemic. Lorraine was a spirited, spunky
Dear editor: There has been a lot of talk in various circles about the pressure on Niagara-on-the-Lake from the province to meet housing starts and increase density. Consultants acting on behalf of various
Dear editor: Reading Kip Voege’s letter, “Sometimes trees just need to be taken down,” (The Lake Report, Feb. 1) was disheartening if not downright bewildering. What an attitude. Trees sometimes do need to
Dear editor: It is no coincidence that the negative views on Canada’s rainbow coalition, and our very own version in Niagara, are uttered by a Catholic, (“NOTL Catholic trustee suspended for Nazi and
Wayne Gates MPP, Niagara Falls riding Special to Niagara Now/The Lake Report On Feb. 13, I celebrated the 10th anniversary of my election to represent Niagara-on-the Lake, Niagara Falls and Fort Erie as
Dear editor: In John Morley’s guest column last week (“No harm in connecting Rand and heritage trail“), he points out that the Niagara Parkway bike trail was planned in 1985. We are very
This is the text of Elizabeth Masson’s presentation Tuesday to Niagara-on-the-Lake councillors regarding the Rand Estate’s character study. A copy was submitted for publication. Masson was the author of a four-part series on
Dear editor: There was a day when the words “bylaw” and “official plan” meant something. A bylaw by definition, is a regulation, something that has been given much serious thought in order to
Dear editor: The zoning amendments for phase 2 of the Tawny Ridge development that intended to densify St. Davids with stacked townhouses, etc. were rejected on Jan. 30 in a 4-3 vote of
Dear editor: The fact that some people have nothing better to do with their time than complain about the removal of trees on other people’s property, just amazes me. Look at town council’s
Dear editor: I must applaud columnist Brian Marshall for his insightful takedown of one of the foremost fads of the ’90s-era, dubbed “mergers” in business and “amalgamation” in the public realm, (“Health care
The following letter was sent to members of Niagara-on-the-Lake town council. A copy was submitted to The Lake Report for publication. I am including photographs in the hope a picture is better than
Dear editor: Now that the St. Catharines hospital has been renamed the Marotta Family Hospital, isn’t it time for our town council to change the name of Niagara-on-the-Lake to Marotta-on-the-Lake? Of course, the
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