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!"

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...

Job Gym sets up shop at two Fort Erie library branches this fall

August 30, 2026 at 8:30 AM

Job Gym employment counsellors will hold weekly hours at the Crystal Ridge library branch in Ridgeway and the Centennial library on Gilmore Road starting August...

Free student-served lunch returns to St. Paul’s on September 12

August 29, 2026 at 7:18 AM

A free monthly lunch served by Fort Erie high school students returns to St. Paul’s Anglican Church on September 12, and volunteers hope more residents...

Fort Erie museum’s new war exhibit tells history with human stories

August 29, 2026 at 7:14 AM

Patrick Dearborn was 18 when he was killed in Vietnam on November 2, 1966. Mayor Wayne Redekop remembers him as a Ridgeway kid, the younger...

Meteors open preseason with 3-1 loss to Pelham

August 26, 2026 at 8:18 PM

The Fort Erie Meteors began their preseason with a 3-1 loss to the Pelham Panthers on Saturday at the Fort Erie Leisureplex. It was the...

Town considers pickleball courts in $206K Ridgeway Lions Park redesign

August 26, 2026 at 3:46 AM

The Town of Fort Erie will demolish and rebuild the aging sports courts at Ridgeway Lions Park, but the public survey that will steer the...

Lucas sentenced to life with no parole for 22 years in Fort Erie murders

August 25, 2026 at 12:42 PM

A Toronto man found guilty of shooting two young women to death at a Fort Erie birthday party has been sentenced to life in prison...

Fort Erie’s only bus route will soon run seven days a week

August 25, 2026 at 4:08 AM

Starting September 6, Route 751 will run on Sundays and holidays for the first time, part of a Niagara Transit expansion across the region. The...

Town has no reliable count of its homeless residents: Redekop

August 24, 2026 at 9:54 AM

Mayor Wayne Redekop said the biggest gap in the town’s response to homelessness is not knowing how many residents are homeless, where they are staying...