Author: Karen Graham
Spring In The Air for Bailieboro W.I.
Bailieboro Women’s Institute held its annual luncheon this Tuesday, March 18, and filled the Centreville Church Hall with W.I. members from Bailieboro, North Shore, Westwood, Mount Pleasant and Selwyn, as well as community members.…
There Was A Time… Remembering Zella Bentley
Last week, in her bimonthly column, The Church House, Anita Huntley talked about the influence Zella Bentley still has in her kitchen in the former United Church in Millbrook. This week, in On the…
Fox in the Wood House
by: Andy Harjula Nancy Fox is a volunteer with the Millbrook Farmers’ Market. Readers will find Nancy at the Millbrook Farmers’ Market this summer, sorting potatoes into boxes and bags on behalf of Pinehaven…
Woodlot Meeting Brings Many Interests Together
by: Andy Harjula The Ontario Woodlot Association, a grassroots organization of wood lot owners from across Ontario, held their Annual General Meeting in Peterborough last weekend. The mission of the OWA is to promote…
Farm Show Features Local Agri Business
by: Karen Graham The 34th East Central Farm Show hosted by the Soil and Crop Improvement Association took place over two days last week in the Farmers Mutual Exhibition building at the Lindsay Fairgrounds.…
Ben Leckie Wins Top Honours
Ben Leckie, son of Daryl and Karen Leckie of Cavan ward, recently graduated from basic training at St. Jean Richelieu with top honours.
Turbines Loom Despite Stoneboat Cancellation
The Stoneboat Wind Turbine project proposed for the vicinity of Dranoel Road directly above Devil’s Elbow Ski Resort and in view of the Cham Shan Temple currently being constructed, was officially cancelled this week.…
A Treasure for Landowners, A Treasure for Ontario
Workshop This Weekend on Managing Private Woodlots: You’ve seen the stands of trees standing so unnaturally in evenly-spaced, soldierlike formations south along County Rd. 10 and Highway 115. These “forests” are likely the product…
Journey to a Meaningful Life, Disability and All
Lucinda Hage, a woman unable to have her own child and anxious to adopt, was overjoyed when a newborn baby was granted to her and her husband. Distress and devastation followed, however, when the…