Author: Karen Graham
Red Corner is Always Local
Sarah Sobanski Ringside Management was the first to bring amateur Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) rings to the Kawarthas. Krystal and Brad DaSilva caught the fighting-fever and teamed up with local MMA gyms like Brendan…
Former Beechwood School Students Take a Walk Down Memory Lane
Karen Graham On Sunday Dave and Sue Stewart hosted a reunion of Beechwood School SS4, one of six one-room schools in Cavan Township that was closed at the end of the 1963 school year.…
Unique and Hardy Plants from Anna’s Perennials
Karen Graham Cacti growing in Cavan? Prickly Pear thriving north of Peterborough? Are these garden phenomena the result of accelerated global warming? You might wonder about climate change when strolling through the display gardens…
Fall Canning
Lorraine Hughes Growing up it was just natural for me to be around a hub-bub of fall activity in the kitchen. Whether it was in my grandparents’ or my parents’ kitchen, I remember the…
A Passion for Chair-making
Bill Slavin And this time when he looked at the chair, for the first time he noticed the caption – a chair design that was developed in the Irish counties of Cavan Monaghan! Chair-making…
Snowy Ridge Environmental Review
Ron Awde On Thursday, September 16, with only twelve days before the commencement of the Snowy Ridge Hearing, The Environmental Review Tribunal issued a decision after several weeks of delay, to grant Capstone Infrastructure’s…
Walton Wood Farm’s Success Inspires Business Owners and Entrepreneurs around Peterborough
Melodie Seto On Tuesday, Sept. 15, the popular Peterborough entrepreneurial social event, E-Connect, featured two successful business women as guest speakers for the evening, one of which created her business from home on a…
Kawartha BBQ Delivers Southern Style with Local Flavour
Karen Graham With many years of food experience in his youth, Onafrychuk was interested in launching a business of his own to develop his own style of cooking, but was not prepared to give…
Mike Perry First Candidate to Host Local Meet and Greet Event
Karen Graham Last Tuesday, NDP Candidate Mike Perry was at the Legion offering some insights to the platform his party is proposing in the upcoming federal election. He first outlined the Fair Vote System,…