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Category Archives: December 2013
Joanne Rowland Returns from Kenyan village
By Celia Hunter Joanne Rowland, in her words officially a senior citizen and still working on contract as a physiotherapist in the Emergency Department at the Peterborough Regional Health Centre, has just returned from her annual visit to Ndanai in northwestern Kenya. This is the seventh year Joanne has travelled… Continue reading
Sylvia’s Family Restaurant Changes Hands
Area Businesses join in the Spirit of Giving
As the decorations go up, area businesses are also bringing out boxes, barrels and bins to collect unwrapped toys and non-perishable food items to make Christmas merry and brighter for some local families and individuals. At Clarke’s Service Centre and Jule’s Kitchen on Tupper Street in Millbrook, there is a… Continue reading
Mount Pleasant’s Women’s Institute Celebrates Renovated Hall Kitchen
By Andy Harjula On Saturday, November 16, a large crowd gathered at the Women’s Institute Hall in Mount Pleasant to celebrate the official opening of the new kitchen. The renovations and upgrades were made possible with the support of the Ontario Trillium Foundation and a Community Funding Grant through the… Continue reading
4th Line Invites Youth to talk about bullying
4th Line Theatre is hosting a Sounding on issues facing young people and cyber bullying, messaging and harassment. Soundings and community reminiscences are an important part of 4th Line Theatre’s New Play Development Program and its ongoing historical research. 4th Line Theatre is hosting this Sounding on Saturday, November… Continue reading