Road Safety and Farm Vehicles
This is the season for large farm equipment travelling to and from fields. When you come upon a farm vehicle on the road, be patient, and remember that they are on the job working.
Syer Line Property to Sell Through RFP
Now that the zoning has been addressed, the township is preparing to dispose of the property at 1066 Syer Line which was acquired in 2019. Spanning 77.2 acres with 1698 feet of frontage on Syer Line, the property backs onto Hwy 115 from which it has high visibility. It was formerly a farm with…
Trout Unlimited Tree Giveaway
A polite queue formed beside the bridge at the Mill Pond on Friday evening as members of the Millbrook Trout Unlimited organization handed out seedlings to eager residents. There were four species available: Willow, Dogwood, Eastern white Cedar and Sugar Maple. The four hundred saplings were purchased from Otonabee Conservation as part of their…
Common Ground – May 2022
“At Christmas I no more desire a rose Than wish a snow in May’s new-fangled mirth…” Shakespeare It took many decades for me to have snow on my April birthday. And it was not just a light dusting of snow but two inches of heavy wet snow. Dead trees fell with the weight of…
50th Anniversary Event – Kawartha Downs
On Saturday, May 28th, Kawartha Downs will be celebrating its opening day as well as its 50th anniversary. Among the scheduled events is a classic car show extravaganza which the Bewdley Lions’ Club is coordinating along with its host and contributed $10,000 for this part of the celebrations. The car show takes place from…
Recording, Respecting Nature
I’m not much good at keeping records even though I’d very much like to be. My so-called garden diary is a hit-and-miss affair and not really useful when consulted to see how things in the garden were in a certain year. But at the front of this garden diary (a three-ring binder with ruled…