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Mixed mayoral matchups: Last week's results and this week's questions Last week we asked you to choose among five theoretical mayoral candidates (no one has yet declared) and vote as if the election were being held now, assuming that current Mayor Da

Fenwick Flossie says six more weeks of winter coming our way BY SAMUEL PICCOLO The VOICE To the surprise of no one shivering in the cold last Friday, the Fenwick Lions’ resident groundhog Flossie saw her shadow, predicting six more weeks of winter.

African adventure takes a sudden turn BY JOHN SWART VOICE Correspondent T he only question that mattered was: if I ran, would I, absolutely, one hundred percent for sure, escape the police? By 8:30 AM distinct shadows lined the dusty, littered street

BY SAMUEL PICCOLO The VOICE You don’t “play bowling,” you “go bowling,”as if the phrase itself implies an activity in which you’re supposed to luxuriate. But last Thursday evening at Bowlerama in Welland, Matthew Leppert played bowling.

BY VOICE STAFF After some three hours of often emotionally charged debate Thursday night, Niagara Regional Council voted to support a request for the Province of Ontario to examine the Town of Pelham's finances.

BY VOICE STAFF On the eve of Regional Council's vote on whether to call on the Ontario Municipal Board (OMB) to examine the Town of Pelham's financial situation, an overwhelming majority of those responding to a Voice opinion poll hope that Council d

BY VOICE STAFF S ome Niagara councils have recently passed symbolic resolutions in support of Mayor Dave Augustyn and Pelham Town Council, arguing that the Niagara Region has no business mixing in the affairs of municipal finances and borrowing.

As Niagara Region is set to vote on Thursday over whether to request provincial examination of Pelham's finances, tell us what you think. This poll has closed. The final results appear below.

BY VOICE STAFF Fonthill and District Kinsmen have selected former educator and longtime community volunteer Judy Reid as their 2017 Pelham Citizen of the Year.

BY VOICE STAFF E.L. Crossley Secondary School’s rowing team threw its annual pasta dinner fundraiser on Saturday night, packing the school’s cafeteria with up to an expected 450 people.