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Obituary: My big sister

My Big Sister Pauline was the first born in February 1936 to Frank and Phyllis Wright, who lived in Catford, South London. One year later she was joined by a new baby sister

Letter: Keep opinion columns on opinion pages

Dear editor: I have thoroughly enjoyed reading The Lake Report since it began publishing a few years ago. Coverage of our town council meetings, our business community, developments affecting our all-important agricultural community and

Eye for Art: Absinthe and isolation

Penny-Lynn CooksonSpecial to Niagara Now/The Lake Report In this time of lockdowns and isolation and bans on social gatherings in restaurants and pubs, sales of wine and spirits have increased with quiet, at home

Letter: Mocking letter was cruel and clumsy

Dear editor: It is difficult to understand how anyone can look so unkindly on the suffering and chronic disabilities, for example hyeracusis (acoustic shock disorder), caused by bird bangers. To quote the author

Letter: Short walk generated a bag full of litter

Dear editor: I am writing in response to Kyra Simone's Keeping it Green column (“Celebrate nature’s essential services this Earth Day,” April 15) about cleaning up garbage around town. I just finished a 45-minute walk down King

Letter: Anne St. raceway needs stop signs installed

Dear editor: When Richard West expressed his views about unnecessary sidewalks on Anne Street in the April 15 issue of The Lake Report, (“Is new sidewalk essential or ‘nice to have’?”), I couldn't help but surmise,

Prest House named ‘sexiest’ building in NOTL

Bernard LansbergenSpecial to The Lake Report/Niagara Now After four months and 28 rounds of voting the Niagara-on-the-Lake Museum has finally declared a winner. The Prest House, located at 1755 York Road, is the

Prest House named ‘sexiest’ building in NOTL

Bernard LansbergenSpecial to The Lake Report/Niagara Now After four months and 28 rounds of voting the Niagara-on-the-Lake Museum has finally declared a winner. The Prest House, located at 1755 York Road, is the

Letter: Paying it forward, NOTL-style

Dear editor: So, I was in line at the Starbucks drive-thru in Virgil on Tuesday afternoon. Turns out the individual in the vehicle in front of me had paid for my coffees. I have

Letter: Keep old hospital building intact

Dear editor: I am writing regarding your story, “Town hires 'fairness monitor' to oversee potential sale of old Niagara-on-the-Lake hospital site,” (April 8). I may be one of the few or possibly the

Letter: Memories of meeting Prince Philip

Dear editor: As the Queen and her family mourn the passing of the much loved, admired and respected Prince Philip, I reflected on the time I met him in 1956 during his launch of The

Letter: Developer’s lawsuit is ‘insidious’

 Dear editor: I take exception to your reporting on the Hummel Properties Inc. lawsuit against the Town of NOTL headlined as an alleged “insidious scheme” by the mayor and council on the front page of The Lake

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