Opinion

It’s a brave new world, for some BY COLIN BREZICKI Special to the VOICE If you don’t know where you’re going, any road can take you there.

Address by André Marin, Ombudsman of Ontario, to the International Conference of Ombudsmen, in Willemstad, Curaçao June 16, 2011 Mr.

BY SAMUEL PICCOLO The VOICE W e are stuck in traffic at the beginning of “The Welland Canal Play,” a local production that finished its run in St. Catharines and stopped by Old Pelham Town Hall for a single show last Thursday evening.

BY SAMUEL PICCOLO The VOICE I n each season there is a best time of the day to take a walk. Winter owns the night. Most people rise and go to work before the sun has fully emerged, and return home after it’s already dark.

The Voice has reached out to various expert sources for their input on what would properly constitute a thorough examination of the Town of Pelham's controversial land transactions in East Fonthill, as well as an examination of previous financial sta

Do the audit, and do it right BY NICK SALTARELLI Special to the VOICE O ver the past few months the ratepayers of the Town of Pelham and the Niagara Region have been witnessing a gathering storm.

BY RAINER HUMMEL M ayor Augustyn and Pelham Town Council are putting more time and effort into attacking me personally and threatening legal action instead of openly addressing the many concerns held by the community.

By JIM PITT Special to the VOICE O fficially, political parties are banned in Ontario municipal politics. There are moves, sometimes, by local politicians in various locales to introduce the notion, but so far parties remain verboten.

By JIM PITT SPECIAL TO THE VOICE T he Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO) had their annual conference in Ottawa last week and Niagara seems to have been well represented. Our Mayor was there and so was Regional Councillor Paul Grenier.

BY SAMUEL PICCOLO The VOICE T he best Halloween costume I ever wore was in eighth grade. This was in the autumn of 2008, just as it was becoming clear that the world’s economic turbulence was not a brief rut but instead something rather more severe.