A hotel next door. A tax bill that makes you question what you’re getting. Parked cars that block your view of the road. For residents who shared their thoughts with The Lake Report, the municipal election comes down to decisions they can feel close to home.
In its Oct. 13, 2022 election edition, The Lake Report outlined the top issues facing voters, including regional taxes, overdevelopment, tourism management and transparency. Four years later, many of those same concerns remain part of the conversation.
Looking at the participation of Niagara-on-the-Lake’s eligible voters during the last four election cycles, turnout has tended to oscillate between either slightly less than or slightly more than half of the eligible population of electors casting their ballots.
Most people know this lifelong Niagara-on-the-Lake resident as Karen Taylor-Jones. But as a candidate for town council in the upcoming election, she is listed and will appear on the ballot as Karen Jones-Taylor.
The Niagara-on-the-Lake Residents' Association spent weeks putting election candidates in the hot seat. But when it comes to telling voters who deserves a seat at the table, the group is staying out of it.
Fatima BaigSpecial to Niagara Now/The Lake Report
The Niagara-on-the-Lake Rotary Club is working with Rotary International to raise money to donate an oxygen concentrator to India.
Many people in...
Permit system to be explored for residents of Niagara on the Green area
Niagara-on-the-Lake town council narrowly rejected a motion to stop enforcing a bylaw...
Jean Baker's 'Albatross Hall' features famous historical characters, including Napoleon and Duke of Wellington
Brittney Cutler
Special to The Lake Report
At 85, Jean Baker is a lover of...
Data shows 10% increase in people leaving home over past two weeks
Ontario's provincial lockdown is bringing cases down, but not quite as quickly as...
With the provincial stay-at-home order extended until June 2, Niagara's top doctor suspects things won't start to fully reopen till July.
While he "very much" agrees with the two-week...
Vaccine supply is 'much smaller' than number of people becoming eligible
The province has opened up vaccine bookings Tuesday to anyone 18 and over, but Niagara's chief...
Lakeside park could help ease traffic problems around nearby Chautauqua neighbourhood
Niagara Shores Park, a natural gem on Lake Ontario with beautiful sunsets and stunning...
An authentic Italian pizza, on the house.
Niagara-on-the-Lake's Pie'za Pizza will be giving away free margherita pizzas all day on Sunday, to celebrate the store's five-year...
Fatima BaigSpecial to Niagara Now/The Lake Report
Niagara-on-the-Lake's St. Michael Catholic Elementary School has received a $5,500 grant to boost its music program.
Principal Janice Barretto-Mendonca said...
Years from now, when the COVID-19 pandemic is long-forgotten, the Niagara-on-the-Lake Museum wants to ensure area residents will be able view artifacts that help them understand...
UPDATE: On Friday the province announced it will be giving second doses of AstraZeneca vaccines, starting with people who received their first dose of between...
Registration for Niagara-on-the-Lake’s 2021 Step Challenge has begun. Residents can sign up as individuals or in teams of up to four people.
The program is being run...
Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Niagara-on-the-Lake and the Region of Niagara expressed their gratitude to nurses and long-term caretakers during National Nursing Week May 10-16.
And if there...
Barbara WorthySpecial to The Lake Report
Each year across the country May is Museum Month and in these very different times museums around the world have continued...
Lord Mayor Betty Disero pushed through a motion Monday to install a four-way stop sign at the intersection of Garrison Village Drive, Perez Road and...
Fatima BaigSpecial to Niagara Now/The Lake Report
The NOTL Youth Advisory Council is working on several projects in the community to encourage youth to get...
Penny-Lynn CooksonSpecial to Niagara Now/The Lake Report
In February 2020, I was in Paris to see the Leonardo da Vinci exhibition at the Louvre. The...
Niagara-on-the-Lake's Megan Vanderlee didn't expect to wake up on Friday to discover her 2007 Cadillac Escalade had been stolen from her driveway in Virgil.
She...
Niagara's COVID-19 cases are starting to trend downward but we are probably a month away from safely winding down restrictions, says the region's chief...
The Niagara-on-the-Lake Rotary Club is donating $20,000 toward the Niagara Nursery School's expansion project.
This donation will support one of six interior rooms of the new...
