SUBMITTED BY CRAIG CORCORAN.OPINION Attention Richard Harley: I’m whole-heartedly in agreement with your assessment of the NOTL vs. Marotta situation. One of the lord mayors’ first actions after taking office was to tell
SUBMITTED BY ALEX PATTAKOS.OPINION As someone who is proud of his Greek heritage, March 25 marks a very important day for me — Greek Independence Day. On this day in 1821, the Greeks
SUBMITTED BY CINDY GRANT, NEWARK NEIGHBOURS. Our farm workers are starting to arrive back in town and are asking for these items in our Thrift Shop. We appreciate and value the generosity of
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SUBMITTED BY SHARON FRAYNE.WRITER'S CIRCLE Do You Believe in Ghosts? (Continued) There was silence once again. I knew I was alone that night, but also that I was standing on the very spot,
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SUBMITTED BY DAVID ISRAELSON.OPINION The Lake Report’s editorial on Feb. 21, 2019, “Stop Spending Bad Money”, dealing with Niagara-on-the-Lake’s heritage designation is one of the most disappointing pieces of opinion writing I have
SUBMITTED BY BILL COCHRANE SR.OPINION As we debate Town vs. Region and which is best I thought the following letter to the editor of The Niagara Advance, published October 19, 2002, might be
SUBMITTED BY DAVID COTTLE.OPINION Dear Editor, The front-page headline and the editorial in your Feb. 21 issue are outrageous. TOWN WILL PAY ‘A FORTUNE’ IN LEGAL FEES, your headline states boldly. Has The
SUBMITTED BY BOB BADER.OPINION Dear Editor, Contrary to Mr. Marotta’s framing of the election as a SORE event, in fact a record number of voters in Niagara-on-the-Lake (and for that matter across the
SUBMITTED BY TERRY DAVIS.OPINION While I accept that Editor Richard Harley had every right to express the views of his publication in the editorial published in the same edition of the paper, I
SUBMITTED BY DOUG JOHNSON.OPINION Mr. Harley, I was very disappointed to read your editorial in the Feb. 21 edition of The Lake Report. I find it totally defeatist and assumptive. You assume that
SUBMITTED BY CAROLYN BERNACCI.OPINION I can only speak for myself, but I firmly believe that “the fight” over the proposed Randwood Development could have been almost entirely avoided had the residents and Mr.
SUBMITTED BY MARY VARACALLI.OPINION In my opinion, The Lake Report is the best local newspaper. During the council election, it was the first paper I looked for to find out about the candidates
SUBMITTED BY LORD MAYOR BETTY DISERO.MAYOR'S COLUMN It has been 10 weeks since council began discussing the budget, and on Monday Feb. 11, the 2019 Operating and Capital budgets were officially approved. I
SUBMITTED BY J. RICHARD WRIGHT.OPINION Dear Editor, I recall the original letter which spawned this issue of Niagara-on-the-Lake’s Old Town residents against the good people of St. Davids. The letter was actually a
SUBMITTED BY TERRY DAVIS.OPINION Dear Editor, It is unfortunate that NOTL Council did not set a target that kept planned increases to our 2019 municipal taxes at or below the cost of living
SUBMITTED BY RICHARD WEST.WRITER'S CIRCLE The train had been in the station for about five minutes and the passengers had already boiled out onto the platform. Being under no deadlines and with only
SUBMITTED BY SHARON FRAYNE.WRITER'S CIRCLE Do You Believe in Ghosts? (Continued) Incredible, I thought. You’d never know there used to be a building here. It’s bad enough now. What was this place like
SUBMITTED BY CLAUDETTE YOUNG.OPINION 1. Issue: Environmental concerns — garbage Fix: There are so many public events that use countless single use plastics. Ban the use of straws, plastic cutlery, and go compostable.
SUBMITTED BY ANN HANDELS.OPINION Perhaps people who think NOTLers are snobby misunderstand the reason why we fight and complain. We are passionate to retain a community of diverse buildings and some local availability
SUBMITTED BY CINDY (AND KEN) HERNDER.OPINION Just wanted to show our support for The Lake Report and all you are doing to make this publication so wonderful! We were truly disappointed in the
SUBMITTED BY GLENN YOUNG.OPINION Well done re: The Lake Report … fits the town perfectly! Very compelling and timely content. Despite the status of print media … TLR is one of the only
SUBMITTED BY MYRA GOODMAN.OPINION I couldn’t agree more with the letter writer from Cannery Park, about the snobbishness of some residents from other parts of NOTL. Especially Old Town. I don’t think these
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