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Vol. 7, Issue 45 12
November 7, 2024
NOTL remembers soldiers’ sacrifices Museum’s massive Poppy Project expands to RiverBrink Art Museum
Hilary Bellis and Liz Klose help set up the poppy display at the NOTL Museum on Monday. It’s one of four Remembrance Day locations this year. DAVE VAN DE LAAR
Remembrance Day ceremonies
Poppy Project decorates town
In Flanders Fields
Read about what’s happening in town for Remembrance Day. Page 15
Volunteers meticulously create and plan the NOTL Museum’s massive Poppy Project. Page 3
Read the iconic poem by John McCrae alongside Remembrance notes from local businesses. Page 15
Library asks town for $66,000 to cover budget shortage Julia Sacco Local Journalism Initiative The Lake Report The NOTL Public Library is asking for the town of Niagara-on-the-Lake to cover around 81 per cent of
its $81,000 shortage for its budget next year. Wayne Scott, the library board co-chair, said he would support council raising resident taxes to get these funds. In a message to The
Lake Report, Coun. Erwin Wiens explained that every $161,000 increases the town’s budget by about one per cent. The increase the library asked for would require around a half-per cent bump
to property taxes, he said. The Lake Report later confirmed that the requested amount of just under $66,000 would require even less of an increase than Wiens estimated. Scott confirmed in an
email to The Lake Report that the request the library demanded is a 7.4 per cent increase in the library grant from this year which would be about a $5 increase in library funding for the average taxpayer.
“We are comfortable with 4.5 per cent of the town levy going to the library — which is only about one per cent of the average total tax bill,” Scott said. Continued on Page 2