ORCA Announces Remedial Work to Protect Millbrook Dam
The Otonabee Region Conservation Authority (ORCA) will be undertaking remedial actions at the Millbrook Dam to ensure the structural integrity of the dam. The work will involve the construction of a cofferdam in the mill pond in front of the existing penstock pipe and the strengthening of the toe berm. Public access onto the…
Local Guitar Craftsman Has International Reputation
Five kilometers west of Cavan you will see a sign with a large guitar on it on the south side of 7A. There is the home and workshop of Roger Stuckless (Roger Stuckless Custom Guitars), Cavan’s resident luthier. Since 1992, Roger has been hand crafting beautiful and unique guitars. His custom-ordered instruments are known…
“Now is the Winter of our Discontent”
I’m sure many have heard or read this line from Shakespeare’s play, Richard III? They are the opening lines of the play that lay the groundwork for the portrait of Richard, the king, as a discontented man who is unhappy in a world that hates him. With all that has happened recently in Federal,…
Real Estate Market Update
Residential real estate values in the Peterborough area in 2016 rose 10%, a rate which began to escalate at the end of the year. Competition for residential properties is heating up, and the practice of waiting a week or more between the listing date and the review of offers which has been common in…
Real Estate Market Update
Residential real estate values in the Peterborough area in 2016 rose 10%, a rate which began to escalate at the end of the year. Competition for residential properties is heating up, and the practice of waiting a week or more between the listing date and the review of offers which has been common in…
Math Strategy Focuses on Words Before Numbers
In Ontario schools, the focus has shifted from literacy to numeracy, and students are knuckling down on math through a new strategy aimed at all student levels from kindergarten to Grade 12. The Renewed Math Strategy is the Ontario Ministry of Education’s response to declining math results among Ontario students as evidenced by among…