Author: Andrew Hawlitzky

Andrew is a Niagara community journalist who has covered everything from local politics to annual festivals and breaking news. He works to make local news a platform where community voices lead the conversation. "If you don't like the news, go out and make some!"

Fort Erie cadets take part in rare joint survival exercise

October 31, 2026 at 3:22 AM

Fort Erie air cadets learned army survival skills alongside three Niagara army corps at a rare joint camp in Stevensville last weekend, a break from...

Fort Erie reviews if Nigh and Burleigh roads qualify for all-way stop

October 30, 2026 at 3:48 AM

The Town of Fort Erie will review whether the intersection of Nigh and Burleigh roads in Ridgeway qualifies for an all-way stop, after a delivery...

Davies urges Ottawa to add Ridgeway Nine to Books of Remembrance

October 30, 2026 at 3:42 AM

Niagara South MP Fred Davies asked the federal government in the House of Commons Tuesday to add the nine militiamen killed at the 1866 Battle...

BGC Niagara seeks help filling stockings for 190 Fort Erie youth

October 29, 2026 at 3:53 AM

BGC Niagara has 50 more Fort Erie children on its holiday gift list this year, but the charity said the same costs squeezing those families...

Fort Erie ‘Soul Man’ Lee Siegel releases 12-track album online

October 29, 2026 at 3:38 AM

Fort Erie Broadway performer Lee Siegel released his soul album on streaming platforms, where hometown listeners can now hear a record he sold only at...

Fort Erie’s first Ontario hockey champs enter Wall of Fame 53 years later

October 28, 2026 at 4:55 AM

The Hicks B.P. hockey team was inducted into Fort Erie’s Sports Wall of Fame on Saturday for winning the town’s first Ontario minor hockey championship...

Fall branch pickup returns to Fort Erie curbs until November 20

October 28, 2026 at 4:48 AM

Niagara Region crews started picking up tree branches at Fort Erie curbs Monday, but they will take only tied bundles of limbs no thicker than...

Turner in, Christensen only Fort Erie councillor voted out

October 27, 2026 at 4:32 AM

Daniel Turner will be Fort Erie’s next Ward 4 councillor after defeating incumbent Joan Christensen in Monday’s municipal election. Turner won with 1,586 votes, or...

Insinna wins, ends Redekop’s 12 years as Fort Erie’s mayor

October 27, 2026 at 4:23 AM

Tom Insinna will be Fort Erie’s next mayor after defeating incumbent Wayne Redekop in Monday’s municipal election. Insinna won with 6,469 votes, or 52.2 per...