SUBMITTED BY DEBORAH SYMINGTON.OPINION As a resident living behind one of the Garrison Village short-term rentals (also called “airbnb”) I would like local residents to know that both of these properties appear to
SUBMITTED BY JESSE LEPP.OPINION I wrote this letter to the editor of the new The Local. But since I can’t find their website, and since they’d never print it, I decided to send
SUBMITTED BY WILLIAM L. COCHRANE SR.OPINION If “imitation is the sincerest form of flattery” the staff of The Lake Report should be walking on air with puffed up egos and pride. To have
SUBMITTED BY MAUREEN POSPIECHOPINION This letter is now so redundant to give the word redundant new redundancy! In the middle of all the celebration and hoopla over your paper’s well-deserved success (yet you
Dear Richard, While I agree the Sentineals deserve a break, I don’t agree that the Lord Mayor and council can “get these protesters out of our town.” Whether you like it or not
Dear Richard, Thanks for your well-written editorial in support of the Sentineals and the horse carriages. Hopefully your message will be taken to heart by the powers that be. Love the paper by
SUBMITTED BY SELINA APPLEBY.FEATURED The heat of the summer had made playing baseball in the playground impossible. The field was so dry that the three baseball bags stood like clumps in a desert
SUBMITTED BY SELINA APPLEBY.FEATURED She was a divine gardener. Every day she appeared in her garden as soon as the sun settled in the sky. Slight and trim with her wispy white hair
SUBMITTED BY RICHARD WEST.WRITER'S CIRCLE Backstory The following is a version of the original short story that eventually morphed into a 150-page book – The Lightning People. This piece blossomed into Chapter 1
SUBMITTED BY HERMINE STEINBERG.OPINION Disruption doesn’t necessarily mean progress, and reform doesn’t always equal improvement. What these terms do mean is change, and the next big disruption on the horizon will be in
SUBMITTED BY SANDRA DAVIS.OPINION Concerns expressed by the NOTL Chamber of Commerce regarding a parking fee increase for tour buses using the lot at Fort George fail to consider three key issues: the
SUBMITTED BY SUZANNE KAVANAUGH.OPINION Dear editor, I respectfully suggest that the Town of Niagara-on-the-Lake make an effort to purchase some much needed snow removal equipment. Surely with the higher fees being charged for
SUBMITTED BY TERRY DAVIS.OPINION If the garden project being built opposite the Pillar & Post is anything to go by, NOTL’s approach to urban planning is seriously flawed. At the public meeting held
SUBMITTED BY KRYSIA ZYGMUNT.OPINION
SUBMITTED BY SCOTT GAULD.OPINION I have been following closely all of the events of council since your new terms began, and I am getting very concerned. What I am seeing is a council
SUBMITTED BY ANN HANDELS (on behalf of local working horses).OPINION It has come to our attention, the gainfully employed horses of NOTL, that there is a movement afoot to challenge our right to
SUBMITTED BY CLAIRE CRONIER.OPINION I was quite disappointed to read in The Lake Report that a tree bylaw was passed by council on Dec. 5, 2018. How is it that a topic of
SUBMITTED BY JANET GUY.OPINION Dear Mr. Harley, Some of your letters to the editor speak disparagingly of Cannery Park in St. Davids. “The finishings in the Model Homes cried ‘cheaply built.’ The homes
SUBMITTED BY ANN HANDELS.OPINION Central Virgil has become the place where architecture goes to die, all creativity crushed beneath the weight of proliferating uniform square boxes. Irritated defenders of this “progressive” building often
SUBMITTED BY BETHANY POLTL.OPINION December of 2018 was a busy month for the Lord Mayor Youth Advisory Council! We are happy to report our Second Annual Niagara Youth Holiday Celebration was a great
SUBMITTED BY JOHN & PATRICIA, BRAMPTON.OPINION My wife and I have been frequent visitors to Niagara-on-the-Lake for many years and have developed an affinity for the people and lifestyle of this town. We
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