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!"

‘Town below the town’: Series details Fort Erie’s Indigenous burial sites

September 3, 2026 at 5:07 AM

A new three-part documentary series examines the 10,000 years of Indigenous history buried under Fort Erie, its producer says. ‘Echoes of the Ancestors: The History...

Fort Erie author publishes children’s book she shelved for 20 years

September 3, 2026 at 4:52 AM

Debi Selib started writing after her husband died two years ago, and one of the books that came out of it was a children’s story...

Crystal Beach parade buries Old Man Summer on Saturday

September 2, 2026 at 4:44 AM

Crystal Beach’s End of Summer Parade will lay Old Man Summer to rest again on Saturday, keeping alive a tradition summer cottagers invented more than...

Fort Erie residents get a say in new Crystal Beach park design

September 2, 2026 at 4:35 AM

Fort Erie is asking residents what they want in Stadium Park, a new park planned for Crystal Beach, but the town does not expect construction...

New Ridgeway Dollarama to open ‘imminently,’ company says

September 1, 2026 at 5:14 AM

Dollarama says its new store at Ridgeway Centre will open “imminently,” but the company will not confirm a date. “We don’t confirm opening dates as...

Fort Erie hiring four new staff, two with deadlines this week

September 1, 2026 at 5:07 AM

The Town of Fort Erie is hiring four staff positions, but candidates for two of them have only until the first week of September to...

Fort Erie Jr. Cannons raise $4K hitting baseballs for diabetes research

September 1, 2026 at 5:04 AM

Jack Murray’s teammates stepped up to the plate for him Sunday, hitting 1,000 baseballs and pushing his fundraiser for Type 1 diabetes research to nearly...

Food trucks return to Race Track for final Sunday of summer racing

August 31, 2026 at 4:37 AM

Fort Foodie Fest returned to Fort Erie Race Track Sunday with 13 food vendors, the track’s latest attempt to win over people who don’t come...

Fort Erie man dead, child seriously injured after Highway 3 crash

August 31, 2026 at 4:30 AM

Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) are investigating a crash between a motorcycle and an SUV that killed a 49-year-old Fort Erie man and sent a child...

Seven homes slated for John Rebstock property, no heritage conditions

August 30, 2026 at 8:38 AM

The Ontario Land Tribunal approved seven townhouses on May 11 where John Rebstock’s Crystal Beach house stood, but the Town of Fort Erie cannot require...