
Letter: Trying to make sense of important town issues
Dear editor: I am trying to connect the dots on a few issues but am having difficulty doing so. Take the current election as an example. The Niagara-on-the-Lake Community Centre is there to

Dear editor: I am trying to connect the dots on a few issues but am having difficulty doing so. Take the current election as an example. The Niagara-on-the-Lake Community Centre is there to

Dear editor: The burst of anger from Lord Mayor Betty Disero was telling and was by far the most dramatic performance at the Royal George Theatre during last week’s Chamber of Commerce election

Dear editor: I was aghast at the advertisements posted by the newly formed community group, WeLuvNOTL.com. A thorough check on their website spoke little of who the people are that have formed this committee.

A group of Niagara-on-the-Lake Rotarians pedalled and walked their way to raising $13,000 last week to help eradicate polio worldwide. NOTL Rotarians, including Martin Quick, Ken Schander, Cosmos Condina, Bill French, Carol Lipsett,

Dear editor: The misguided decision by the Town of Niagara-on-the-Lake chief administrator, Marnie Cluckie, and the acting town clerk to not rent the community centre auditorium to FocusNOTL was shown in full force

Dear editor: Terry Fox was not a quitter and neither was NOTL, again this year. On Sunday, Sept. 18, after two years of not gathering as a community, the Niagara-on-the-Lake Terry Fox Run

Dear editor: In principle, I am in favour of short-term rentals. We ran one a year back. Done properly, they don’t offend a sense of community and they can actually help those budget-conscious

Dear editor: On Sept. 11, just three days after installation of the new bike lane bollards on Four Mile Creek Road in St. Davids, I did a count of detectable “hits” on the

Dear editor: I am writing in response to Sil Ranucci’s letter in your Sept 22 edition, “Town leaders give in to SORE tactics.” Mr. Ranucci discloses his conflict of interest as a consultant

Dear editor: On the bright sunny morning of Sept. 13 at about 8 a.m. while driving to work, I needed to lower my visor due to the bright rising sun obstructing my view. I

Dear editor: I seldom write letters to the editor, however I could not resist complimenting Arch-i-Text columnist Brian Marshall on his insightful and practical application of development, “Breaking a development paradigm: We need

Dear editor: Virgil resident James Webber, in his letter addressing the need for a ward system for our municipal elections (“Anti-ward argument shows why wards are needed,”) closed by offering his support to

Dear editor: The group SORE has initiated a worrisome precedent in Niagara-on-the-Lake. SORE stands for Save Our Rand Estate. When has this group taken legal ownership of the Rand Estate? This means they

Mike Henry Special to The Lake Report Having lived in the U.K. for a several years, my wife Yolanda and I have a few memories of the Queen. At the old Royal Ascot,

Dear editor: I join with others in mourning the passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Over a century ago, Bahá’u’lláh, in clear and unmistakable language, wrote to the monarchs and rulers of

Dear editor: I’d like to remind your readers to send their questions for FocusNOTL’s all-candidate Meet & Greet sessions to notlelection2022@cogeco.ca. This is a great opportunity for all residents to directly ask candidates

Ron Fritz Special to The Lake Report In a Sept. 3 letter to the editor, Kenn Moody asks for a reasoned discussion about a ward system for Niagara-on-the-Lake. What follows is my attempt to

Dear editor: As the chair of the Chautauqua Residents Association, I wanted to take a moment to thank our wonderful community for coming together for a fantastic event last week – our annual

Dear editor: Regarding the Sept. 8 letter from Leslie Moulson, (“Site for candidate debates is not easily accessible“), we fully understand the issue with accessibility at the Niagara-on-the-Lake Legion hall. However, it was

Dear editor: Most, if not all, road traffic studies across both North America and Europe conclude that roundabouts are far more sustainable than traffic lights (no hydro, no equipment breakdowns and little long-term

Steve Hardaker Community Correspondent This evening, Thursday, Sept. 8, I am feeling very nostalgic. Today, we lost our Queen, the only monarch many, if not all, of us ever knew. Growing up in

Dear editor: Absent among most of our current elected officials are the following traits: strong leadership, decision-making, achievers and problem-solving. From my viewpoint and my engineering and business experience, I view them as disjointed,

Miranda Krause-Chivers Special to The Lake Report During the Royal Family’s visit to my hometown of Portage la Prairie, Man., on July 13, 1970, I met Queen Elizabeth, Prince Philip, Prince Charles and Princess

Dear editor: A big thank you to our Niagara-on-the-Lake Museum staff and volunteers for organizing Saturday’s polo matches on the Commons. We appreciated all the work that was involved both before and during, and by

Dear editor: Did you know that “It’s Miller Time,” a brewery established in 1855 in Milwaukee, Wisc., has now been replaced by “It’s White Knuckle Time” in the village of St. Davids? Much
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