Dear editor: Perhaps I’m naive, but what is the purpose of the municipality having zoning bylaws? Presumably we elect municipal officials and pay municipal taxes to live in an ordered community planned such that

Dear editor: There is an old adage: never remove a fence without finding out why it was put there in the first place. Were I to upgrade that adage I would say: never

Dear editor: Climate change is one main contributor to the creation of the cycle of poverty, which has been sustained throughout multiple generations. It is great that Canada intervenes with emergency funds in

Dear editor: Dr. William Brown’s very interesting column, “Differences between Neanderthal and human brains” (Feb. 23) was certainly enlightening. However, the long and descriptive list of discoveries and scientific procedures did not produce

Dear editor: I was disappointed in the latest proposal for the Parliament Oak property since after spending a decade here I thought the developer would have come to appreciate what makes Niagara-on-the-Lake unique.

Dear editor: The ongoing debates over the Rand Estate, Parliament Oak, Mary Street apartment and St. Davids’ Tawny Ridge developments are but a few challenges facing our new council. Accordingly, to what extent

Dear editor: I was a candidate last fall for the position of trustee for the District School Board of Niagara. Had I been successful it was my plan to restore a secondary school

Dear editor: My aunt says that a good-natured child chooses her own punishment for her crime. Well, some children are a bit obtuse and it has taken me a few decades to get

Dear editor: I am not an advocate for developer Benny Marotta. I have never met the gentleman, any of his family members or, to my knowledge, any of his employees. Mr. Marotta has

Dear editor: Applications have been made for an official plan amendment and zoning bylaw amendment to permit a 41-unit apartment building at 223-227 Mary St. It would be 18 metres (59 feet) high and

The following was to council members and Town of NOTL officials. A copy was submitted to The Lake Report for publication. Dear editor: I received a ticket the afternoon of Jan. 25 from

Dear editor: There’s lots of free parking at our new Village Medical Centre. The big problem is getting to it. If you look at the map sent out by the Niagara North Family

Dear editor: In response to Ross Robinson’s ramblings on “Will private roads lead to gated communities in our town?” (column, Jan. 26), I would simply like to suggest that Ross do some research

Dear editor: Newark (now Niagara-on-the-Lake) was the first capital of Upper Canada and sessions of Parliament were held in the Free Mason’s Lodge on King Street. In the extreme heat one summer, the

Dear editor: I am writing in reply to Alexander Evans’ letter, “Just ‘ask why,’ when debating property rights in NOTL,” published Jan. 26, addressing “development that respects history and architecture.” Why? Because we are only

Dear editor: Although I have enjoyed Ross’s Ramblings in the past, his column on January 26 (“Will private roads lead to gated communities in our town?”), left me dismayed on two counts: it

Dear editor: In reading some of the readers’ letters regarding the future use of EVs in Ontario in response to NOTL Hydro CEO Tim Curtis’s guest column, (“The future is electric vehicles and

Dear editor: I never thought that when I asked NOTL residents to “ask why” when debating property rights I’d be afraid of the answers given. I never thought I’d see quasi-xenophobic views such

Dear editor: The news is always quick to highlight complainers and negative reactions to whatever new is happening, or, if there is any sort of change in the air. I prefer to promote

Dear editor: I urge every Canadian to read the overview summary of events by a very sincere clerical whistleblower, whose research into the horrors of the Canadian residential schools led to his persecution

Dear editor: I am writing regarding your story about a plan for a four-storey apartment building on Mary Street, “Neighbours unhappy with revised plan for 41-unit apartment building,” (The Lake Report, Jan. 26). This

Dear editor: I am writing regarding Alexander Evans’ Jan. 26 letter, “Just ‘ask why,’ when debating property rights in NOTL.” Why does heritage negate individual rights? Because official plans and zoning bylaws have