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Letter: Story on farm sign had a direct impact

Dear editor: Since your June 20 story (Signs of trouble: Town removes farmer’s roadside ads), we have had an overwhelming number of customers stop by and call to say the report by Evan

Letter: Use revenue from accommodation levy to give taxpayers a break

Dear editor: So the town’s municipal accommodation tax has been given full approval, “NOTL’s 2% hotel room tax begins July 1,” (The Lake Report, June 23). It passed with Couns. Clare Cameron, Gary Burroughs,

Letter: Reflections on the Pope, reconciliation and moving forward

Dear editor: I wonder if you overlooked the hateful and vindictive language used by Kaspar Pold in his rant against Pope Francis, “Pope’s planned apology for abuse is travesty,” Letter, June 16). Even

Letter: Pickleball isn’t worth one resident’s discomfort

Dear editor: The Lake Report has provided media cheerleading for the Pickleball Club, disregarding the other side of the issue and published a ditty designed to sneer at and humiliate someone, a particular

Letter: Town needs to consider farmers in its sign bylaw

Dear editor: This letter is in response to your article (The Lake Report, June 30, 2022: Signs of Trouble: Town removes farmer’s roadside ads) depicting the sign issues being experienced by White Orchard

Letter: Listen, pickleball noise isn’t just a NOTL problem

Dear editor: We are in polarizing times and so I get suspicious whenever I hear of two sides staring across a divide. Take the Great Pickle Ball Controversy. I decided I wanted to

Letter: Light’s out and nobody’s coming to fix it

Dear editor: There is a street light outside my home that has not worked for over three months. The area just outside the house is unusually dark so I made all the required

Letter: Pickleball Karen and the saga of the noisy courts

There was motion in the town, till they locked us all back down And NOTL closed their shops and tourist stores. But the numbers kept increasing, putting pressure on policing And they

Letter: Americans, guns and the never-ending carnage

Dear editor: I’ve written numerous letters to your newspaper, but none as important as this one. As we all know, there have been more deaths in the United States in the hands of

Letter: Commentary about derogatory ‘Toronto people’ term was spot on

Dear editor: Thank you to Beth MacDonald for speaking out about the attitude of some native NOTLers (“NOTLers need to stop with derogatory ‘Toronto people’ criticism,” Letter, June 9). We newcomers have been

Letter: Pope’s planned apology for abuse is a travesty

Dear editor: The Pope’s anticipated apology for decades of clergy abuse likely will be along the lines of: “I have tortured, raped and murdered thousands of children in my care as a holy

Letter: NOTL Cats Rescue desperately needs foster homes

Dear editor: NOTL Cats Rescue, our only local cat rescue group, needs the community’s help. We are in desperate need of foster homes for many kittens and cats. What is involved with being

Letter: Grandfather designed NOTL’s clock tower cenotaph

Dear editor: My attention was caught by your front page feature of June 2, “The Monuments Men” and especially by mention in Exploring Photos of the architect of the memorial clock tower, “Charles

Letter: Rainbow crosswalk, benches and maybe a garden

Dear editor: I read the article regarding the three possible locations of the rainbow crosswalk. I read further that a rainbow garden would not be possible until next year. I object to the

Letter: NOTLers need to stop with derogatory ‘Toronto people’ criticism

Dear editor: This is a call out, request or beseeching Niagara-on-the-Lake residents to stop using “Toronto people” as a derogatory term. It has sadly become accepted lingo of divisiveness in our town. I

Letter: Council’s noise bylaw change is cockamamie

Dear editor: Council’s rationale for its recent decision to allow recreational noise in all town parks defies logic. The issue of concern is not the noise made at the Stampede and other similar

Letter: Companies really don’t seem to care about customer service

Dear editor: Are you happy when you receive a message like this when calling for necessary home services: "All agents are currently busy assisting other customers. Please continue to hold and your call

Letter: Appalled by Mary Street townhouse design

Dear editor: We were appalled with the design of the townhouse project proposed for 355 Mary St., ("Townhouse project proposed for Mary Street," The Lake Report, May 19). Why in the world should

Letter: Mary Street project is a nice surprise

This new Mary Street project is really a nice surprise, ("Townhouse project proposed for Mary Street," The Lake Report, May 19). It actually stands out among the offensive and poorly thought-out designs we are usually offered.

Letter: Parking ban near Grist Restaurant is unnecessary

The following is a letter written to regional Coun. Gary Zalepa. A copy was submitted to The Lake Report for publication. I am a St. Davids resident and want to bring to your

Letter: Delighted as a visitor to read The Lake Report

Dear editor: On my recent trip to Niagara-on-the-Lake, I picked up a copy of The Lake Report from a local sub shop, and diverging from my usual online news outlets, I ended up

Letter: Continually caught in a voters’ list conundrum

Dear editor: The good news is I have received a voter information card. The bad news is they’ve still got my name wrong. For several elections after I moved here 26 years ago

Letter: Mary St. project is only two storeys

Dear editor: Thank you for your article in the May 19 edition of The Lake Report that profiled the proposed townhouse development on Mary Street. The reason for my letter is to dispel the

Letter: NOTL does not yet have an approved official plan

Dear editor: In Bob Bader's response (“Town passed its new official plan and now it's up to region,” May 19) to my recent op-ed, he questions the accuracy of my observations of the town's alleged

Letter: More criticism of NOTL winery design

Dear editor: When I read Christopher Allen’s little critique of the proposed design for the new Stone Eagle Winery in the April 14 edition of The Lake Report ("Proposed winery design is overpowering"), I laughed

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