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Horoscope: A day of tension for 9/11 anniversary

Bill Auchterlonie Special to The Lake Report This week Venus leaves her home sign of Libra for sexy Scorpio and Mars leaves Virgo for peaceful Libra, Thursday, Sept. 9: As the moon moves

Ross’ Ramblings: Lets all stop and smell the flowers around our town

Ross Robinson Special to The Lake Report Stop! Shut down for an hour or so. This week every NOTLer needs to enjoy a ramble around our town. Take a break from being beaten down by

Eye for Art: ‘Milky Way’

Penny-Lynn CooksonSpecial to Niagara Now/The Lake Report We want to claim him as ours, not only for the formative years he spent in Canada but for the influence those years had on his

Grace Church’s Festival Market includes mammoth book sale

John SayersSpecial to The Lake Report/Niagara Now The final NOTL festival of every summer – the Festival Market at Grace United Church – will go on as planned this Saturday, Sept. 4, to relaunch a new round

Pumphouse presents ‘Beautiful Ontario’ exhibit inspired by travel

Aimee MedinaSpecial to The Lake Report/Niagara Now The Niagara Pumphouse Arts Centre has opened an exhibition featuring the paintings of Toronto-based artist Madeleine Greenwald. “Beautiful Ontario” will be on view in the Joyner Gallery until

Growing Together: Yes, fall is an excellent time to be planting

Joanne Young Special to The Lake Report Are you thinking of adding some new gardens or extending any existing gardens this fall? I am often asked if they are too late to be planting

Horoscope: A new moon brings some new beginnings

This week we have an amazing new moon in Virgo on Monday, Sept. 6 and much to do about Neptune in Pisces. Thursday, Sept. 2: While a strong moon in Cancer is in

Horoscope: Diplomatic days are on the horizon

This week, Mercury moves from its home sign of Virgo into peaceful Libra on Monday the 30th. That’s also the day of the third-quarter moon in Gemini. Thursday, Aug. 26: With the moon

Growing Together: The colourful world of hydrangeas

Joanne Young Special to The Lake Report At this time of year, you cannot walk or drive too far down any street without noticing a gorgeous display of hydrangeas. This is especially true

Shaw Guild hosts first fall garden tour

Gail Kendall Special to The Lake Report For the first time in 15 years, the Shaw Guild Garden Tour is stepping away from its regular early summer date in June, to now take

Ross’ Ramblings: A moment of pure sportsmanship at NOTL tennis tourney

Ross Robinson Special to The Lake Report Two aging and wily high-level tennis players and two teenaged and upcoming athletes competed fiercely in the opening round of the NOTL Tennis Club Gentlemen’s Doubles

Eye for Art: ‘Where are we going?’

Penny-Lynn CooksonSpecial to Niagara Now/The Lake Report In a time of increasing uncertainty in the world, we may well find ourselves dreaming of tropical paradises or perhaps engaging in spiritual and secular reflections

Letter: There’s little support for queer community in Niagara

Dear editor: ?In your original article about Virgil resident Rudi Koller's “Celebrating Our Traditional Marriage” sign, (” 'Traditional marriage' lawn sign decried as homophobic, hateful,” July 8), he said he feels the town doesn't support his lifestyle, and

Young entrepreneur launches business to help businesses

Molly BowronSpecial to The Lake Report Organization and planning are key to having a successful business and with most things being online, having a clean website for a company is non-negotiable. Niagara-on-the-Lake teenager

Growing Together: How to keep your annuals blooming through the fall

Joanne Young Special to The Lake Report Well, it has been another hot summer and we are at that point in August when our annual plants, whether they are in containers or are in

Looking to the Stars: Full moon in Aquarius helps things make sense

This week we see Uranus turn retrograde, a full moon in Aquarius and the sun leaving Leo and entering Virgo. Thursday, Aug. 19: Today, Uranus goes retrograde. When outer planets like Uranus go

Baldinelli: TheConservatives haveplan to fight climate change

Tony BaldinelliSpecial to Niagara Now/The Lake Report Climate change is an important issue facing our generation and generations that will come after us. Human activities are having a real impact on the environment

Gateau & Grace series kicks off at St. Andrew’s

Paul McHoullSpecial to Niagara Now/The Lake Report The first gathering known as Gateau & Grace took place on the evening of Wednesday, Aug. 4, at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church with about 60 people attending. There

Growing Together: How to get around those areas where nothing grows

Joanne Young Special to The Lake Report Like the old saying goes, “If at first you don’t succeed … try, try, try again!” Now don’t get me wrong, I am all for motivating others,

Swimmer makes 18-hour, 52km swim across Lake Ontario for transplant charity

J. Richard Wright Special to The Lake Report

Eye for Art: Gustav Klimts ‘The Kiss”

Penny-Lynn CooksonSpecial to Niagara Now/The Lake Report Is there a more rhapsodic image of intimate love than Gustav Klimt’s “The Kiss”? As we move on from COVID elbow taps to tentative hugs to

Needle case connects us to early NOTL entrepreneur

John SayersSpecial to The Lake Report You’ve seen the ads for online gaming and some of our readers will have agreed to “playOJO.com” or visit other gaming sites. My game is different. My game

Looking to the Stars: Is Friday the 13th really unlucky?

Bill AuchterlonieSpecial to Niagara Now/The Lake Report This week we see Venus leave Virgo and enter Libra. And Mercury is in the same place as Mars in Virgo. Thursday, Aug. 12: The moon

Exploring Photos with the NOTL Museum: Lions Beach refreshment stand

Here’s the Lions Club refreshment stand and change room at Lions Beach in Niagara-on-the-Lake. Many people would recognize this today as Queen’s Royal Park at the end of King Street, with 26 Queen St. visible in

New exhibitions for reopening of RiverBrink

Colin BrezickiSpecial to Niagara Now/The Lake Report RiverBrink Art Museum in Queenston has reopened after a long COVID closure, and director/curator Debra Antoncic and her staff are delighted to welcome back members and non-members

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