Councillors embrace new plan to help those in need
By moving a short distance up the road, a local church group will be better able to help struggling members of the community. Councillors approved...
Rain can’t stop Rotary Club from fetching funds at Dog Day event
Cold rain drove dozens of vendors inside at the Fort Erie Conservation Club on Saturday, but the Rotary Club of Fort Erie’s third annual Dog...
Funny money: Legion laughs fund Fort Erie’s only daily news desk
Fort Erie’s only daily local newsroom passed the hat at the Royal Canadian Legion Friday night to help support its eight-person operation without a dollar...
Railway museum on track for 29th season with new exhibits
The Niagara Railway Museum is spending its 2026 season restoring locomotives and assembling a donated 30-by-13-foot model railway it hopes to have chugging away by...
Optimist Club celebrates nine Grade 8 students with dinner, bursaries
Nine Grade 8 students from across Fort Erie sat down to a hot meal last week knowing that someone had been paying attention to the...
Touch-a-Truck lets Fort Erie meet the faces behind the vehicles
Fort Erie’s Touch-a-Truck returned Thursday evening for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic, bringing families to the Leisureplex parking lot to meet the municipal...
Garage a ‘complete loss’ after Scott Avenue fire, cause unknown
A garage attached to a home on Scott Avenue in Fort Erie was gone in one hour, burned beyond recovery early Saturday morning with the...
Beachcombers centre accepting vendors for July fundraiser bazaar
Beachcombers Seniors Centre in Ridgeway is accepting vendor table requests until May 30 for its July 11 summer bazaar, the centre’s largest annual fundraiser, which...
Sand sculptures turn Bay Beach piles into habitat-friendly art
Unexpected sand piles at Bay Beach are being turned into temporary public art as Fort Erie works to protect sensitive beach habitat. According to the...
Two GFESS students win $5,000 in Brock scholarships
Two Greater Fort Erie Secondary School (GFESS) graduates have each received a $2,500 Niagara Principal’s Scholarship from Brock University, where both will begin undergraduate programs...



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