Earth Week Focus – Blue Box Basics Makes Rural Connections
Celia Hunter Lily Hamill, Education and Communications Officer for Peterborough County Waste Management was the guest speaker at April’s Rural Connections lunch at St. John’s, Ida.
Ratepayers Bring Concerns, Ideas to Open House
By Celia Hunter Representatives for Towerhill Development were kept busy on Tuesday evening, April 14, answering questions and listening to suggestions and ideas from ratepayers at the Open House hosted by the developer at the Cavan Monaghan Municipal Office. Story boards were on display around the perimeter of the gym, detailing proposed traffic design…
Solar Farm Proposed for Former Buffalo Ranch
By Celia Hunter A delegation from Recurrent Energy made a presentation to Cavan Monaghan Council at their regular meeting on April 13, proposing installation of a 20 megawatt solar farm on rural land in North Monaghan Ward. The project would cover 150 acres, buffered by natural treed areas, north of the current location of…
Ontario Environmental Review Holds Open House
By Andy Harjula Counsellor Heather Stauble was one of two identified local attendees at the Environmental Review Open House held in Cobourg on Wednesday, April 8. The Ontario government has organized 16 public meetings in the Golden Horseshoe Region to obtain public opinion for reviews underway of the Plans governing the Oak Ridges Moraine,…
4th Line Playwright Entertains With Career Highlights
By Celia Hunter Alex Poch-Goldin joined 4th Line Theatre’s Managing Artistic Director Kim Blackwell for close to 90 minutes of animated conversation, stories and laughter last Sunday, April 12 at the Peterborough Museum and Archives with a good crowd present, eager to find out more about the playwright of the play set to premiere…