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(Editor’s Note: Last week’s edition included a rare opinion piece on the front page. This week, another rarity, a Letter to the Editor on the front, from a very appreciative reader. Mr. Goldhang was the subject of a story last week afte ...
Grimsby residents know who they are. Mayor Jeff Jordan Coun. Dorothy Bothwell Coun. Reg Freake Coun. Lianne Vardy These elected officials’ services are clearly redundant and obviously no longer required, so they may as well just pack it i ...
By Mike Williscraft NewsNow Vindictiveness. Hate. Childishness. Spite. Stubbornness. Bullying. Manipulation. Ridiculousness. When one asks, what would possess the publisher to give up four full pages of space to one silly council story, loo ...
Dear Editor, Much has already been written about the proposed new High School to be built on the border between Grimsby and Beamsville. As a former student of GDSS and retired teacher of BDSS I would like to make a few additional ...
By Mike Williscraft NewsNow Considering it is the dead of winter, there’s a lot going on. Not all good things, like community events and such…miss those. Normally this time of year we would be raising the flag on registrat ...
By Flavio Iammarino For NewsNow At this present moment we are living under a dark cloud which I call FEAR. When we speak of fear it means there is an absence of courage, and what fuels courage is FAITH. With faith we can focus and believe t ...
By Mike Williscraft NewsNow When I coined the term Grimsby 5 it was not without a lot of forethought. It was not done to demean those who are part of “the gang”. It was really just to try to show that there was a group on coun ...
By Mike Williscraft NewsNow It may seem odd to quote a Niagara Falls mayor – from a completely separate issue – regarding a Niagara West matter which had nothing to do with the comment’s origin save for one critical ...
By Mike Williscraft NewsNow Think of all the arguments, discussions, debates you have ever had with a friend, wife/husband, common law spouse or any other configuration of relationship you can conjure in your memory. When the “j ...
By Mike Williscraft NewsNow This space has been filled with plenty of comments piling on Grimsby council going on 5-6 years. Now, the current bunch has only been on the clock just over two years and they have taken on a personalit ...
By Mike Williscraft NewsNow Hat Trick Hockey will do its bit to maintain some level of normalcy in a ridiculous time. The venerable contest returns for a 26th season in Niagara West with this week’s edition thanks to very unders ...
(Editor’s note: we requested West Niagara’s Mayors for a review of 2020 and a look into 2021.) By Sandra Easton Mayor, Town of Lincoln For NewsNow As we close out 2020, I reflect on the challenges, hopes, and accomplishments w ...
(Editor’s note: we requested West Niagara’s Mayors for a review of 2020 and a look into 2021.) By Dave Bylsma Mayor, Twp. of West Lincoln For NewsNow To suggest that 2020 was a year of an unprecedented use of the word unpreced ...
(Editor’s note: we requested West Niagara’s Mayors for a review of 2020 and a look into 2021.) By Jeff Jordan Mayor, Town of Grimsby For NewsNow It is customary as the New Year approaches that we look back and reflect ...
By Mike Williscraft NewsNow Before I get into the serious problems with the new Niagara West high school build, I would just like to note Grimsby is 3-4 more ridiculous moves away by the Grimsby 5 from ensuring Main Street East tu ...
By Mike Williscraft NewsNow ‘Twas the night before lockdown, when all through town hall, Not a “5” member was silent, they continued to bawl. Their mics were all muted in a quick blur, Due to super annoying shouts of ‘poin ...
By Mike Williscraft NewsNow Added dining restrictions under Niagara Section 22 order have claimed another victim. This Saturday’s pancake breakfast at Eggspectation for West Lincoln Community Care will be rescheduled for January ...
By Mike Williscraft NewsNow Everybody is so kabobbled these days. Up is down. Left is right – capricious at best. There are precious few people who will miss 2020 when the world sees it in its collective rear view mirror. So ...
By Mike Williscraft NewsNow If there was a Monday in the week, rest assured something “fun” went down with Grimsby Council. Now, fun is relative…I get that and I realize full well some of you may be sick and tired of me ...
By Mike Williscraft NewsNow It was a bumper crop of quality local news this week, I just wish it was more positive. Really, it’s a good mix ranging from unfortunate to weird. At the unfortunate end of the scale, we have West Lin ...