A short section of Garrison Road between Crescent Road and Daytona Drive is closed Monday morning while Enbridge personnel deal with a natural gas leak related to underground construction.

Property taxes in Fort Erie are going up an average of 3.4 per cent in 2012. The Town’s one-third share of the total tax bill is going up 4.6 per cent, missing council’s guideline of a 2.9 per cent increase. Councillor’s refused to commit any money toward the replacement of the Kinsmen Pool which will [...]

A second attempt to overturn the Ontario Municipal Board approval of the Bay Beach condo project was rejected last week. Board chairman Lynda Tanaka refused Patricia Nowak Murrett’s request to review the OMB decision from last January. She wrote that the request was made well beyond the 30-day limit and rejected Murrett’s claim that she [...]

Contract negotiations between the Town of Fort Erie and its unionized employees have broken off. Representatives of management and the Canadian Union of Public Employees Local #714 met for two days in December and briefly this morning. The two sides are at odds over contract language covering job postings and layoffs. Wages and benefits were [...]

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band Wrecking Ball Tour will come to First Niagara Center on Friday, April 13 at 7:30pm.

Town operations are “lean and mean,” said the consultant who Fort Erie town council hired last year to root out cost savings and “efficiencies.” David Berger of Western Management Consultants said the Town compares well with similar municipalities and in some cases exceeds benchmarks. The two most important points in his 25 recommendations, as he [...]

Water bills will go up an average of 4.4 per cent in 2012. With no members of the public present, no TV camera and only one reporter, town councillors had little to say when the water and sewer budget was presented Dec. 7. The increase translates into a $4.17 hike on an average water bill [...]

The Town of Fort Erie is not meeting its non-tax revenue targets so a raft of municipal fees are proposed to be hiked and a bunch of new ones implemented. Fee revenue for planning and building services is way under budget, missing the $650,000 target by more than half. Planning director Rick Brady said a [...]

Provision of water and disposal of sewage is a collaborative effort of both levels of municipal government. It’s a $16 million business in Fort Erie — more than $1,500 for every household in town. And it’s forecast to grow to more than $18 million in five years. Financial operation of the water system — technically [...]

Published Dec. 7, 2011 — Don Lubberts apologized Monday night for suggesting a week earlier that the town’s clerk and solicitor had falsified the Bay Beach zoning bylaw. He told council during his apology speech that he was misinformed by Raymond Borja of the Ontario Municipal Board, leading to his assertion that the bylaw was [...]

Published Dec. 7, 2011 — When the Friends of Crystal Beach “drew the line” — as described by its president — at removing comments about the group’s position on the Bay Beach condominium project, there was no option but to revoke its bingo licence, said the manager of the town’s bingo authority. Community Gaming Development [...]

Published Dec. 7, 2011 — Try as they might, councillors Paul Collard, John Hill and Don Lubberts just could not find a way to save the Friends of Crystal Beach from permanently losing its bingo licence. So they decided to let the province’s Alcohol and Gaming Commission give the bad news. The three councillors — [...]

Subject to the Molinaro Group removing part of a second-story terrace on the west side of the building, Fort Erie town council approved the site plan agreement for the Crystal Beach/Bay Beach condominium project Monday night. Councillor Don Lubberts wants a section of the second floor balcony that acts as a canopy for the south [...]

A bi-national, bi-community commemoration of the Burning of Black Rock during the War of 1812 will take place at the Jarvis Street Coal Dock starting at 6 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 10. Bonfires will be lit in Fort Erie and Black Rock with ceremonies presided by dignitaries and other activities. It is presented by the War [...]

Stephen Harper and Barack Obama have agreed to a plan to smooth entry into the United States for Canadian goods and travellers that would see Canada work more hand-in-glove with the massive U.S. security bureaucracy to screen people and cargo for threats. The Globe and Mail