SUBMITTED BY TOM THORNTON.OPINION Dear Editor, Every year we see those gaping holes in our roads and if we miss seeing one or two we end up with a bent rim or an

SUBMITTED BY ALISON HEPBURN.OPINION Dear Editor, My name is Alison Hepburn and I live in the Old Town. My husband and I have a number of concerns with regards to the short-term rentals

SUBMITTED BY JAMES TUPMAN.OPINION Dear Editor, As intended, Jim Smith’s picture of the Shepherd Boat Works on Ricardo Street brought back many memories, some pleasant, some less desirable. When the Shepherd company closed

SUBMITTED BY RICK & BETTY ANN CHANDLER.OPINION Hate Posters in Niagara-on-the-Lake? You can’t be serious!! I checked the date to see if it was April 1! However, it was the March 28 issue. If

SUBMITTED BY BRENDA TANFARA.OPINION *This letter references a CBC News report from March 29, 2019. Dear Editor, Canada’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Chrystia Freeland recently voiced something that is so evidently true, and

SUBMITTED BY ANONYMOUS, VIRGIL.OPINION Thanks for bringing attention to the hate speech posters that are placed throughout the town. I first noticed them while walking around Old Town in the summer of 2017

SUBMITTED BY TOM THORNTON.OPINION Do you remember when you needed surgery you could get it in a matter of days, not years? Do you remember when doctors made house calls? In 1945, when

SUBMITTED BY NANCY MACRI.OPINION Dear Mr. Harley, A good report, covering all the bases. I see that the minimum 10 acres for a farm winery is a proposal in the final draft of

SUBMITTED BY STEPHEN OPRICI.OPINION Councillor Norm Arsenault should be commended for his independent analysis of specific roads or sections within Niagara-on-the-Lake that may warrant speed limit reduction. His suggestions include gravel road sections

SUBMITTED BY SAL FLORIO.OPINION Dear Editor, I am writing to you regarding your “Resident’s speak out on official plan” article in your paper of Feb. 28, 2019. I am a small farmer in

SUBMITTED BY PETER HOWE.OP-ED In the Lake Report’s Feb. 28 edition, the paper achieved a modicum of redemption to the editorial of its previous edition by posting a number of cogent letters to

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 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.