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By Mike Williscraft NewsNow Charges will be laid against two youths after a Smithville boy was swarmed, knocked to the ground and punched resulting in a fractured nose and cheek […]
The West Lincoln Chamber of Commerce is celebrating the businesses and organizations that make the West Lincoln community strong with the 2021 Outstanding Business of the Year Awards. There are […]
By Tristan Marks NewsNow West Lincoln deferred a request for funding from McNally House Hospice to budget time after a lengthy discussion at last week’s council meeting. McNally House board […]
By Tristan Marks NewsNow As of last July 16, the Smithville Branch 393 Legion is open, and now it’s bigger and better than ever before. Thanks to the Province moving […]
By Tristan Marks NewsNow Cost dominated a West Lincoln Council debate regarding region-wide transit with director of GO implementation Matt Robinson on Monday night. Although the presentation only touched on […]
Grimsby detectives of the Niagara Regional Police Service (NRPS) are investigating two incidents in West Lincoln. The investigation has recently determined that on July 10 at approximately 10:30 p.m., a […]
A Smithville Christian High School (SCCH) graduate has received an $80,000 Schulich Leader Scholarship to study computing at Queen’s University. Nathan Gerryts, a member of SCCH’s graduating class of 2021 […]
Smithville’s Beer Store at The Village Square was closed permanently after its lease expired. The reasoning to the closure remains a mystery, with inquiries made to Bill Walker, media contact […]
A 13-year-old Smithville boy was struck by a car on West Street, near Wade Road on Monday afternoon. The boy was treated at the scene by Niagara Emergency Medical Services […]
A single-vehicle accident Monday afternoon on Concession Road 5 near Caistor Centre Road has resulted in the death of a 23-year-old man. On Monday, May 31, at about 2:50 p.m., […]
By Mike Williscraft NewsNow So Catherine and I were watching a Quebec version of Dragon’s Den last week when something that was just plain silly popped up. The fellow was […]
By Tristan Marks NewsNow West Lincoln Council issued an apology to a resident of the township after rising from a closed session last Thursday. The apology regarded what council deemed […]
By Tristan Marks NewsNow Second time was the charm for the developer of a proposed, 400-unit Smithville subdivision. Last week, West Lincoln’s Planning and Building Committee of the Whole approved […]
Considerable confusion reigned supreme over the weekend for parents and youth alike over protocols regarding Niagara West skateparks. Many youth populated Grimsby’s Skatepark, while others were upset being turned away […]
By Tristan Marks NewsNow Litter along West Lincoln road sides has become an increasing issue, say members of township council. At Monday’s Committee of the Whole meeting council reviewed several […]
By Tristan Marks NewsNow Put away the golf clubs, folks. West Lincoln’s newest course will only need frisbee discs. Township Council approved a recommendation to partner up with Smithville Christian […]
By Tristan Marks NewsNow West Lincoln has approved its 2021 Capital and Operating budgets, coming in at a 5.68 per cent tax levy increase for the township’s portion of the […]
By Tristan Marks NewsNow Last Thursday’s virtual public meeting for West Lincoln’s urban boundary expansion was another small step in a very big process. Consultants rolled out two possible concepts […]
The Township of West Lincoln will host a virtual public information centre (PIC) regarding its Smithville Master Community Plan (MCP) and Subwatershed Studies on Feb. 11 from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Additionally, […]
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