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High-quality grape harvest is silver lining to low yield for 2022 vintage

Severe winter cut crops up to 70% but excellent growing season boosts quality Episodes of severe cold last winter have meant a low yield for...

Letter: I trust mayor’s judgment and approach

Dear editor: In the Oct. 6 edition of The Lake Report, letter writer Peter Rusin complains of Lord Mayor Betty Disero's anger at Vaughn Goetler's...

Letter: NOTL’s values are about more than dollars

Dear editor: Not often do I get to respond to a twofer, but the letter from Peter Rusin of St. Davids ("Goettler’s approach preferred to...

Letter: High praise for Niagara’s beautiful parks and the Tunnel at power station

Dear editor: Most newspaper letters complain about this and that. Let’s look at what we have in our lovely town and surrounding areas. My wife Irene and...

Letter: What’s the plan to curb over tourism?

Dear editor: Worldwide we have witnessed vibrant cities, towns, whole cultures and economies destroyed by overtourism enthusiasts. Niagara-on-the-Lake is on this slippery slope as our Chamber...

Letter: Professional baseball’s sad lack of sportsmanship

Dear editor: It happened again this past weekend as Major League Baseball began its annual march to the World Series by staging four mini-series for the wild...

Growing Together: Put away your shears. Fall is not the time pruning

As we are starting to clean up our gardens for the season, the tendency is to prune all our deciduous shrubs, evergreens and trees. In...

Letter: We need a council in touch with NOTL’s needs

Dear editor: We have been reviewing all the comments made by candidates for mayor and town councillor and weighing my options very carefully, particularly for...

Letter: Incumbent mayor was responsive and took action

Dear editor: We are headed into the last weeks of the municipal election campaign and we think it is important to reflect on the significant...

Letter: Trying to make sense of important town issues

Dear editor: I am trying to connect the dots on a few issues but am having difficulty doing so. Take the current election as an example....

Bikes for Farmworkers founders riding off into retirement. Again

They'll still help out or advise, but it's time for Terry Weiner and Mark Gaudet to pass the torch What started out as a fluke encounter...

Exploring Photos: Virgil from above, in 1947

Here’s a great aerial shot of Virgil in 1947. The village of Virgil grew rapidly after the First and Second World Wars. During the...

Harvest Country Fair spotlights small businesses

Cutline: Jessica Simms, left, and Krist-Ann Watsonof Butter and Crème Desserts and Regen Designs run their collective booth together at Saturday’s Harvest Country Fair....

Arts: Bits of NOTL inspire Pisano’s ‘Finding Camelot’ exhibition at Ironwood

Artist Filomena Pisano is showcasing her love and admiration for Niagara-on-the-Lake on Sunday at the opening of a month-long solo art show entitled “Finding...

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