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 Conservation Club’s Fall Fair keeps growing in 10th year

September 30, 2026 at 3:53 AM

The Fort Erie Conservation Club held its 10th annual Fall Fair in Stevensville on September 26, but organizer Donna Hall struggled to find enough club...

Memorial concert helps Ridgeway woman bury long-missing brother

September 29, 2026 at 5:05 AM

Melissa (Verbeek) Godwin waited 38 years to learn what happened to her missing brother, Bradley Verbeek. On Sunday, a free memorial concert in Fort Erie...

Niagara Parks moves flood-prone Fort Erie trail to higher ground

September 28, 2026 at 4:36 AM

Niagara Parks has relocated a flood-prone, 250-metre stretch of the Niagara River Recreation Trail in Fort Erie to higher ground beside the Niagara Parkway. More...

Cause of power outage affecting 686 Fort Erie customers still unknown

September 28, 2026 at 4:33 AM

A power outage cut electricity to 686 Canadian Niagara Power customers in Fort Erie on Friday evening, but the utility has not said what caused...

‘Super bright’ apparent meteor streaks over Lake Erie Saturday morning

September 27, 2026 at 8:13 AM

Fort Erie residents reported seeing a bright bluish-green streak of light crossing east to west over Lake Erie between 8:15 and 8:20 a.m. Saturday. Three...

Why a huge U.S. military plane circled over Fort Erie Saturday

September 27, 2026 at 8:10 AM

A U.S. Air Force C-17 cargo jet thundered over Fort Erie shortly after 11 a.m. Saturday during a rehearsal of Sunday’s flyover at the Buffalo...

‘With a broken heart’: Fringe comedy play to shoot TV adaption in Fort Erie

September 26, 2026 at 3:44 AM

Zac Williams will star in a four-part television adaption of his one-man comedy play ‘Jack Goes to Therapy’ when production films in Fort Erie this...

How to catch Fort Erie’s municipal election debate on September 29

September 26, 2026 at 3:17 AM

Fort Erie voters will hear directly from candidates in the town’s municipal election at a public debate on September 29, four weeks before election day....

Redekop wins Two Row Alliance Award for work with Indigenous community

September 25, 2026 at 4:47 AM

Fort Erie Mayor Wayne Redekop won the Two Row Alliance Award on September 18 for his work with the town’s Indigenous community, including efforts to...