Melanie Farquhar on Johnston Street has watched the shooting of the film adaptation of romance novel “Beach Read” next door for a week. She says it’s been a front-row seat to something special.
The program offers municipalities up to 90 per cent funding for eligible projects to support housing, but they must reduce residential development charges by 30 to 50 per cent, or more, for at least three years.
Council backed recommended long-term funding targets, which would mean tax and rate increases over the next five to 20 years in an effort to close that gap.
One councillor questioned how much say the town has when regional work affects local traffic, saying the relationship between the region and NOTL appears to be a “top-down relationship.”
Pleasant Manor’s next transformation just got a six-figure push from the community: Two donations totalling $150,000 were presented Friday afternoon for Radiant Care’s planned intergenerational community hub and fitness and wellness centre in Virgil.
The facility would house local fruit and include the sale of agricultural tools and equipment. Neighbours worry the project will lead to more small plots of farmland like it being handed over for commercial use.
For months, Jim Burton and his foundation pushed the town to consider a wider range of possibilities for the site, arguing it should remain a community asset.
Niagara-on-the-Lake’s mayor says the conflict of interest that once kept him out of parts of the Rand Estate debate is no longer relevant to the latest development proposal before council.
Frustrated by development battles, worried about traffic, concerned about Niagara-on-the-Lake’s character or convinced council is getting it wrong? Now’s the time to put your name on the ballot.
Benny Marotta’s latest plan for the Rand Estate received a frosty reception Tuesday night, as not one public speaker backed his proposal to build a five-storey hotel on the historic site.
Council voted Wednesday to start a two-stage search for qualified proponents for 176 Wellington St., the former hospital site that has sat in town hands since 2017.
When the Rand Estate hotel proposal came to council Tuesday night, Save Our Rand Estate came armed with lawyers, planners, engineers and other experts to articulate its questions and objections.
The ceremony was held without Pride Niagara, the region’s most prominent LGBTQ+ non-profit organization. However, town officials maintain that this year’s flag-raising was no different from past events.
Brian Crow does not describe his wife’s move into long-term care as a joyful occassion. But her move this year into the new building at Pleasant Manor has allowed her to access the care she needs, he says.
Ahead of this fall’s municipal election, Coun. Gary Burroughs says Niagara-on-the-Lake’s next council needs to start by asking why some residents no longer trust town hall.
Resident concerns ranged from doubting the merits of the Ritz-Carlton Hotel Comany deal and questioning why the NOTL community would have no access to the site.
Lord Mayor Gary Zalepa attempted to use of his provincially given “strong mayor powers” to save the project, but failed when council voted against the proposal for a second time.
Niagara-on-the-Lake council rejected a plan Tuesday to spend $95,029 in leftover community and youth grant money, leaving the full amount with the town for now.
The sculpture, “Vinifera,” features 110 polished steel spheres roughly the size of cantaloupes arranged along a vine structure to resemble oversized vinifera grapes.
A proposal for a storage hub on protected farmland that Niagara-on-the-Lake council already killed last month is back from the dead, with the lord mayor using his “strong mayor powers” to revive it.
Firefighters and paramedics were on the scene for 45 minutes to rescue the 55-year-old man and provide him medical assistance, one witness says.
Lyle Hall, member of Save Our Rand Estate, says this project proposed for the historic Rand Estate lands in Old Town is “a classic wolf in sheep’s clothing.”
Several big questions continue to hang over the race, including whether the 2022-26 council table will largely stay intact or if NOTL voters will deliver a major political shakeup this year.
A fenced-off piece of waterfront property in Niagara-on-the-Lake that neighbouring homeowners thought was part of their backyard will stay under ownership of the town after council voted against selling the land.
Steve McGuinness, a retired Bay Street financial executive, is pitching himself as a financially experienced candidate focused on affordability, growth and protecting the town’s character.
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