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Exploring Photos: Drawing of King Street in 1856

Here is beautiful pencil drawing, coloured with watercolour, that was created by a fomer local artist Francis H. Granger. It portrays the foot of...

For the love of borscht: Bethany Mennonite Church’s Triple B Sale sells out again

Bread, borscht, baked goods and more! All were in abundance at Bethany Mennonite Church on Saturday as NOTLers returned for the beloved borscht and brown...

Balls Beach Park closed for four weeks

Balls Beach Park will be closed until early December. As of Nov. 14, the waterfront park on River Beach Drive in Niagara-on-the-Lake, will be inaccessible...

Hometown Traveller: Buen Camino: Memories from a deeply personal pilgrimage

The pandemic interrupted our Hometown Traveller feature, but now that travel has resumed, we invite readers to share their travel stories and adventures. Ideal...

Eye for Art: ‘The Hitler Line’

The façade of the Court House of Niagara-on-the-Lake was festooned this month with red knitted and crocheted poppies made by loving local hands. Poppies wrapped...

Volunteers come together for Butt Blitz community cleanup

The cold and wind didn’t scare off a small group of volunteers who scrounged around the Bass Pro Shops parking lot Saturday in search...

With major vineyard purchase, Dillon’s distillery may be coming to NOTL

A major real estate deal has paved the way for a potential new craft distillery in Niagara-on-the-Lake. The purchase of 70 acres of vineyards by...

New town council to be sworn in Tuesday night

Niagara-on-the-Lake's new town council will convene for the first time when it holds its inaugural meeting at the Court House on Tuesday, Nov. 22. Like...

Strong NOTL women: Kaufman and Boles among nominees for Women in Business Awards

Seated in the gallery room of the Niagara-on-the-Lake Museum, managing director and curator Sarah Kaufman gushed over her excitement at being nominated for a...

Op-ed: Niagara Foundation wants to protect The Wilderness

Lyle Hall Special to The Lake Report The Wilderness, as it’s been known for over a century, is 5.5 acres of land at 407 King St.,...

Letter: Saving our planet, one bloated conference at a time

Dear editor: One of the bigger news items of the past week was the COP27 United Nations Conference in Egypt. With the stated objective of saving...

Arch-i-text: Doug Ford’s housing act isn’t about affordable homes

In two columns published in February of this year I wrote a brief analysis of the provincial government’s task force report on affordable housing....

Letter: Rainbow bench, crosswalk is blatant virtue signalling

Dear editor: I am writing about your Nov. 10 editorial, “More than an act of vandalism,” about damage done to the town's lone rainbow bench. Due...

Sports: Another disappointing weekend for Jr. A Niagara Predators

Despite getting off to a promising start, the Jr. A Niagara Predators had another disappointing weekend, suffering back-to-back losses though they did manage to...

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