It Takes More than Resolve to Maintain Rural Cemeteries
On a wintery day last February, snow and ice on County Road 10 resulted in the sudden launch of a vehicle which landed within the confines of Shield’s Cemetery on Hayes’ Line. The extent of damage to the site was not established until this spring, but in the interim, Derrick Lennox and a…
Late Summer Garden
“Up from the meadows rich with corn, Clear in the cool September morn.” John Greenleaf Whittier There are many things to celebrate in the late summer garden. My favourite Colour Fashion sunflowers are finally blooming in many shades of bronze and only one lone yellow. The brilliant fuchsia coloured nicotines and California poppies continue…
Nexicom Receives Funding to Support New Rural High-Speed Fibre Networks
Nexicom receives federal funding assistance to facilitate the installation of new next generation Fibre Optic Cable Networks to their current high-speed internet infrastructures in Northumberland County, Otonabee – South Monaghan & Douro-Dummer Townships. Last month, the local telecommunications company learned that it will be receiving $2,887,738 of federal funding in support of the installation…
Commemorating the 200th Anniversary of St. Paul’s Cemetery
‘Truly a gem of historic heritage’ describes St. Paul’s Chapel and the 4th line cemetery, 1304 Zion Line, Cavan. Established in 1818, it represents one of the earliest established burying grounds of the Peterborough region; records indicate the first burials were in 1819 of a Christopher Hagerman in August and Joseph Murphy in October.…
Cavan Resident Secures Bronze Medal at 2019 World Badminton Federation Seniors Championships
Last month, Keith Priestman joined six other senior Canadian badminton competitors in Katowice, Poland, bringing home a bronze medal in the 55-year-old Men’s Singles division in the World Badminton Federation tournament. Keith Priestman has been playing badminton since the age of 4, when he picked up the sport with his brother at a local…
Changing of the Guard at Cavan Chiropractic
This month, Dr. Larry Smith will retire from his Chiropractic practice after operating out of his home on Tapley ¼ Line for more than 30 years. He leaves his patients, many of whom have depended on him to ease their aches and pains for decades, in the hands of a bright new practitioner, Dr.…