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

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 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

Dear editor: Thank you to the “people’s” councillors (Tim Balasiuk, Gary Burroughs, Wendy Cheropita, Maria Mavridis and Sandra O’Connor), who passed a motion against the town staff’s recommendation to approve the King Street

Dear editor: Excellent commentary on the new proposed speed limits for Chautauqua streets and the tireless work of the Friends of Ryerson Park, especially Brian Crow, Shaun Devlin and John Scott. But, as