Town, school board at odds    
Posted 4 days ago
When Laura Secord students move from Queenston to St. Davids Public School at the end of the school year, the town wants the historic building to be preserved. [more]

Penner gives $20,000 to new community centre    
Posted 4 days ago
When the Meridian Credit Union Arena was built, Penner Home Hardware jumped on board and donated $20,000 to the cause. Now with a new community centre in the midst of construction, Harry Penner has done it again. [more]

Council urged to support GO Transit    
Posted 4 days ago
Without inter-municipal transit, the Niagara region will have trouble growing at the same rate as other regions with a working transit system. That was the message Harry Flood, a retired management employee of GO Transit, had for councillors Monday night. [more]

Council approves $7.3 million capital budget   
Posted 4 days ago
The town council agrees with staff assessments of infrastructure work that must be done—but there remains a decision to be made about how to pay for one costly project. Council has approved a $7.3 million capital budget which sets out which large-ticket items are priorities. [more]

No more blue boxes at post office    
Posted 4 days ago
Donald Combe wonders when he might see a "recycling guard" at the post office. At the moment, a new Canada Post policy that has eliminated blue boxes is resulting in unwanted circulars and flyers being dumped on the floor, and in garbage bins inside local post offices. [more]

School board, town need to build bridges   
Posted 4 days ago
It's becoming more obvious than ever the great divide between what the school board thinks is best for them and what our councillors thinks is best for our municipality and our students. [more]

Parents want boundary issues addressed now   
Posted 4 days ago
A recent letter sent to elementary school parents in Niagara-on-the-Lake appears to be intended to clear up some confusion, but is instead raising some concern about possible changes to their school boundaries. [more]

Virgil students, parents raise $3,480 for Haiti    
Posted 4 days ago
Virgil Public School has a history of successful penny drives. But none has matched the most recent—more than $3,480 was collected in just one week to help Haiti recover from last month's earthquake. [more]

NDSS students making tough decisions    
Posted 4 days ago
It could be the beginning of the end—students started what may be the last semester at their community high school Monday. But as they plan for the future, many remain hopeful they will finish their high school education where it began. [more]

Local women have expertise in delivering aid to Haitians    
Posted 4 days ago
While people around the world, government and non-government agencies, work at getting aid to the people of Haiti, two local women who have experience in that country have some ideas of their own on how best to help the earthquake-ravished country. [more]

Drop off emergency supplies for Haiti    
Posted 4 days ago
If you want to help out by sending supplies to Haiti, there is an easy way to contribute. Boxes have been placed around town with lists of supplies that are necessary and appropriate, and the donations will be collected and shipped next month. [more]

Pink hearts for Red Roof horse     
Posted 4 days ago
You may be seeing hearts popping up all over town and not just because of the famous February holiday. Already, pink paper hearts are filling up the walls in local businesses in a labour of love. [more]

Laura Secord looking for photographs, memorabilia    
Posted 4 days ago
It's been a very busy start to the new year here at St. Davids Public School. The Laura Secord Celebration has been scheduled for Sunday, May 16. Laura Secord Public School will be celebrating 96 years of education in Queenston. [more]

Parliament Oak students celebrate science   
Posted 4 days ago
Parliament Oak School students recently enjoyed a science-filled day. The gym was overflowing with science fair projects from the junior and intermediate students. Light bulbs were being analyzed, laundry soap was being tested and there were even live snakes as part of one student's display. [more]

Can anybody solve the case of the missing lantern?    
Posted 4 days ago
They're not particularly valuable, as far as a price tag goes, but they are a matching pair that have a traditional place to hang in a local home. [more]