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Letter: Including Ambassadors’ photo wasn’t Cheropita’s idea

Dear editor: As a town councillor I am always open to and welcome residents to contact me by phone or email. I want to listen to...

Oops: Stumped hikers rescued on wrong side of federal fence

Maybe they thought the grass was greener on the other side? Niagara-on-the-Lake fire chief Jay Plato says he isn’t wholly sure how two men came...

Editorial: They paved paradise, put up a parking lot

We laud and respect the hard work and countless hours for too-little pay that our elected municipal leaders put in to try to serve...

160 homes could replace rural woodlot in Virgil

A new subdivision plan is in the works for Virgil, which may mean the death of up to 800 trees. Developer Grey Forest Homes plans...

@theMuseum: Expansion will make NOTL Museum fully accessible to all

This is the fifth part in an ongoing series of stories to draw attention to the Niagara-on-the-Lake Museum as it embarks on a fundraising...

Sports: Team of the Week: U13 Rep Wolves

The 2023-24 hockey season is winding down and the members of the NOTL Minor Hockey Association's U13 rep team are The Lake Report's final...

Letter: Mennonites have experienced suffering

Dear editor: Thank you for publishing Kit Andre’s Letter to the editor, "Mennonites want ceasefire in Israel-Palestine conflict," (March 14). I am both a Methodist (by...

Letter: Librarian’s opinion piece was misinformed

Dear editor: I read Niagara-on-the-Lake Public Library CEO Cathy Simpson’s opinion piece about Freedom to Read Week, (“Censorship and what we are allowed to read,”...

Dr. Brown: Subatomic particles really are no small matter

Last week, in the first of this five-part series “Middle Land: worlds beyond our senses,” the focus was on the events surrounding the beginning...

Growing Together: Ready, set, prune!

Even though it doesn’t seem like we have had much winter yet, spring is definitely here — or at least, that is what a...

Pleasant Manor spring bazaar is March 23

The ladies auxiliary at Pleasant Manor is holding its annual spring bazaar and bake sale on Saturday, March 23. The event at the Virgil long-term...

Tickets? Oh yes, readers got speed camera tickets

When we asked last week if any readers had received a surprise in the mail in the form of a ticket for speeding through...

Part 3: A Clean Sweep: Donating gives new life to your old ‘stuff’

From junk drawers to overstuffed basements, many of us have a lot of "stuff" we no longer need. This four-part series will help you...

Letter: Temporary patios filthy and attract vermin

Dear editor: Temporary restaurant patios on Queen and King streets in Old Town NOTL are filthy, ugly, unfair, unsafe and they take up valuable parking...

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