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.
Cheers to 10 years of NC beers: Canada’s first Brewmaster program celebrates decade of excellence
Niagara College and craft beer lovers across the country have...
Tim CurtisSpecial to The Lake Report
Niagara-on-the-Lake Hydro is donating $4,000 to Newark Neighbours.
Other than matching employees in the annual United Way drive, NOTL Hydro...
The St. Davids Lionesses were out Saturday morning collecting food donations to support local families in need this holiday season.
The group started out at...
Still fighting pancreatic cancer, longtime volunteer sings praises of his adopted community
Santa Claus hits the streets of NOTL this weekend for a COVID-friendly drive-by...
The Rotary Club of Niagara-on-the-Lake is collecting beer, wine and liquor bottles, and beer and pop cans to raise money for the organization’s local...
The pandemic left many gig economy workers struggling to earn a living, but Shaw Festival costume specialist Truly Carmichael joined New York-based Erin Slattery...
Tony ChisholmSpecial to The Lake Report
The Friends of Fort George asked Parks Canada about the latest information on the Federal Infrastructure and Investment Projects...
A picture is worth a thousand words, so here are a few pictures from my new book, "Secrets of the Great Ocean Liners," published by the Bodleian Library at Oxford University.
For nine years now, since the fall of 2012, residents of The Village neighbourhood of NOTL have taken it upon themselves to make the holiday season a little bit brighter.
Dear editor;
"The famous personages of Randwood," (The Lake Report, Dec. 3), part one in a series on the Rand Estate is an interesting article written...
The following is a letter sent to Lord Mayor Betty Disero and members of Niagara-on-the-Lake council.
We would like to bring your attention to the proposed...
The Town of Niagara-on-the-Lake’s new chief administrator Marnie Cluckie officially started her new job on Wednesday.
Cluckie replaces resigned CAO Holly Dowd, whose role was...
Door-to-door blitz shows widespread support for changes, group says
The Friends of Ryerson Park had no idea they had so many friends.
The community group was...
The Niagara Nursery School is one big step closer to reaching its fundraising goal of $100,000, after receiving a major donation of $10,000.
The contribution, by...
Aubrey Blake Clements, the man charged in a head-on collision that killed Niagara-on-the-Lake resident Liz Hawley on July 29, has died.
An online obituary page for Clements said he...
Niagara-on-the-Lake town councillor Wendy Cheropita has some concerns about the safety of 5G cellular networks, but they appear to be based on widely debunked,...
Being the chief administrator of a municipality is a tough job to begin with, even before a global pandemic was thrown into the mix.
But interim CAO Sheldon Randall...
This year’s already pared down version of the Niagara-on-the-Lake Rotary Club's annual holiday house tours has been cancelled.
The last-minute decision was made this week after event organizers...
