"A&M are pumping their latest project. It’s a whopper. If the sisters get their way with local politicians (once again), the old Rand Estate will turn into a five-storey, 111-room luxury Ritz-Carlton hotel," writes Garth Turner.
"Should any future council enact an interim control bylaw, underwritten by a duly compliant study, it will be largely legally unassailable," writes Brian Marshall.
"Niagara-on-the-Lake should not be treated as an extension of a 'Vegas North' casino economy. We are not a desert entertainment strip," writes Keith McNenly.
"I have heard that during his 26 years as mayor, Henry Paffard advocated for the planting of over 1,000 trees. By any measure, that’s a lot of limbs and leaves and shade and oxygen. And with trees come squirrels," writes Ross Robinson.
"Regardless of differences of opinion over development projects, I recognize that public discourse should be conducted respectfully and without casting aspersions on others," writes Stewart Hall.
Dear editor:
When the going gets tough…
For the last several weeks the news media has pummelled us with COVID-19, raising a generalized fear in people...
New expressions have found their way into the everyday lexicon in the past week or so.
Social distancing.
Flattening the curve.
Self-isolating.
And COVID-19.
Yes, these are scary times...
In 1874, on the shores of Chautauqua Lake in New York, the Methodist minister John Vincent (in partnership with entrepreneur Lewis Miller) opened an...
Dear editor:
We have been reading many letters in regards to short-term rentals and would like to share our perspective. We purchased a beautiful property...
Dear editor:
Caroline Rigby’s letter in The Lake Report of Feb. 13, suggesting a shuttle service solution to NOTL’s parking problem caught my eye and...
Dear editor:
The prettiest town in Canada seems to be dividing itself from the inside. The current “residents against tourism industry” climate scares me. Twelve years...
Sometimes the undertakings of government leave me confused. Take, for example, the recent draft bylaw addressing garage setbacks introduced by town council on Feb. 3.
In...
Dear editor:
Last week’s story, “Tourism rep unhappy with mayor’s advocacy for accomodation tax,” on Lord Mayor Betty Disero’s efforts to improve the appearance of the community...
Dear editor:
We would like to address the idea of hollowing out of NOTL that was mentioned in three letters in your recent Feb. 27 edition.
Two of the...
Dear editor:
I would welcome the opportunity to discuss with editor Richard Harley his solutions to the supposed short-term rental problem in Niagara-on-the-Lake, (editorial, Feb. 20,...
Niagara College Teaching Winery
135 Taylor Rd., NOTL
One of the wine experts at the Niagara College Teaching Winery will lead your group out to their vineyards (weather permitting)...
Dear editor:
I am writing regarding editor Richard Harley’s Feb. 20 editorial, “Solution needed for short-term rentals.”
There needs to be a response to this editorial because...
Dear editor:
This very morning I had the pleasure of reading your detailed and extremely informative editorial on short-term rentals and the like, (“Solution needed...
Congratulations to town council for declaring a climate emergency on Monday.
It’s good to see that our elected officials recognize the advice of the world’s...
Dr. William Brown
Special to The Lake Report
In 1979, Frans De Waal, then a young primatologist, wrote what turned out to be a bestseller, “Chimpanzee...
Dear editor:
I am writing regarding the story “South Landing Inn still operates today,” published on Feb. 13.
I enjoy all the History Unveiled stories, especially those of...
Dear editor:
I am writing regarding the editor’s note appended to the letter from Michael Howe, president of the Niagara Foundation.
The editor agrees that the prime...
