Yearly Archives: 2022

Ceto Reid Recovering

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The Local – Friday, Oct.28 It happened in a split second – metal on bone, laundry scattered, a twisted bike frame on the side of the street, faces blurring in and out of his vision. It had been a hectic…

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Building Community One Block at a Time

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The Local, August 4, 2022 Dale Merrill’s life has taken an adventurous turn in recent years, one he likely never could have imagined. He has been a design and build contractor for 40 years, building luxury homes in the U.S….

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Honouring Harvill Maye

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The Things We’ve Handed Down – Honouring Harvill Maye                                                                …

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Isbrand Boese: Planting Seeds of Change in Niagara

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The Local, March 28, 2022 This week marks the 10th anniversary of the passing of Isbrand Boese. A refugee from the war in Ukraine, he arrived in Niagara in 1930 with his parents and 5 siblings. Within a few decades…

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A Caring Community Shines Brightly

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For many of us 2022 will be remembered as a time when a caring community shone brightly, despite the second year of COVID related challenges. Last spring the delivery of more than 500 welcome kits to farm workers was a…

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Connection – the Heart of Hearing

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  Thump, thump, thump. The noise was a bad omen on a beautiful Sunday afternoon as Kathy Kerr pulled over on a rural stretch of gravel road in Niagara on the Lake. Her tire hopelessly flattened and without a cell…

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A Tale of Two Generations on Niagara Farms

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October 29, 2021 by Jane AndresCommunity If you’ve ever visited local farm stands in search of the perfect peach you would likely have met Paul Bent at the colourful Epp farm stand on the Niagara River Parkway. Some locals like…

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The Clarendon Connection – Ernie Bell Retires

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October 7, 2021 by Jane Andres  The parish of Clarendon lies in the heart of Jamaica’s mountainous countryside. Few Niagara locals have even heard of this area, yet many of us have been influenced by or benefitted from the “Clarendon…

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Making Connections Enriches the Whole Community

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Making connections enriches a community July 22, 2021 by Jane Andres   It’s a Tuesday night and I’m pulling up to the Serlucca farm on Concession 2, the car loaded with groceries. Dan, the farm owner, greets me with a…

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Remembering Gladstone Gussy Pusey

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Gladstone Pusey August 30, 1963 – March 18, 2021 Broken Bank, Rock River, Clarendon A gentleman. Hard worker. Dependable. A man of his word. An honourable man. He liked to joke, to add a little levity when the going got tough…

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The Holy Hush ~ The Story of Tryon’s Folly

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                                 Niagara on the Lake Local ~ February 24, 2021 by Jane Andres Jane Andres, best known in Niagara for creating a caring community and…

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