By Bill Kilpatrick On April 17, after close to two years of consultations, meetings, public input, and wordsmithing, Hastings Highlands has passed their strategic plan that will guide council and the municipality over the next three years. According to the ...
By Kaitlin Sylvester The resignation of Councillor Barry McGibbon has necessitated a critical decision for the Bancroft Council. regarding the filling of the vacant seat. ...
By Bill Kilpatrick On April 12, members of the North Hastings High School staff and members of the 2024 graduating class held their annual TG ...
By Mike Riley Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Tweed and Company held a Gala evening at the Bancroft Village Playhouse to raise money for maintenance and ...
By Bill Kilpatrick In an effort to bring their bylaws into compliance with the administrative monetary penalty system, or AMP for short, the Town of ...
By Nate Smelle At the Valentine’s Day meeting of Bancroft council, Councillor Wayne Wiggins clearly had his sights set on another holiday – Earth Day ...
By Bill Kilpatrick At the March 20 Hastings Highlands council meeting a motion was passed to have the municipal staff find 1.2 per cent, or ...
By Mike Riley Local Journalism Initiative Reporter After abstaining for a vote on a cell tower at 3121A Hwy 523 in Madawaska at their last ...
By Bill Kilpatrick On Friday, April 5 the opening reception for the third annual North Hastings High School Student Art Show was held at A ...
By Bill Kilpatrick In part one, published in The Bancroft Times on April 3, the letter from North Hastings Children’s Services executive director Jessica Anderson, ...
By Kaitlin Sylvester The North Hastings Community Centre stands alone as the only recreational infrastructure in North Hastings. Ongoing financial challenges have left the arena ...
By Kaitlin Sylvester For nearly three decades, the Bancroft Stewardship Council has been at the forefront of environmental stewardship in the Bancroft region. One of ...
By Mike Riley Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Tudor and Cashel Township had a Lunch and Learn session on April 17 on physical and mental well-being ...
By Kaitlin Sylvester As the crescent moon emerges on the horizon, Muslims around the world join in the jubilant chorus of “Eid Mubarak!” It’s a ...
By Mike Riley Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Kids of all ages were in awe at the sight of the Easter Bunny and the plethora of ...
By Mike Riley Local Journalism Initiative Reporter With Mother Nature refusing to cooperate, the Hastings Snowshoe Hustle, scheduled for March 10 at Camp Cedar Ridge ...
By Kaitlin Sylvester The Hastings and Prince Edward Learning Foundation, in collaboration with the Children’s Foundation and Quinte Mall, has launched Prom Project 2024, an ...
By Mike Riley Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Tudor and Cashel Township hosted a Lunch and Learn on Feb. 21 at the township community centre. Tim ...
By Bill Kilpatrick On Feb. 23 members of Bancroft Fitness, along with local dignitaries, MPP Ric Bresee, members of the Bancroft Community Family Health Team ...
By Mike Riley Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Whitney Public School is having a Spaghetti Dinner fundraiser with a silent auction on March 2 from 4 ...
By Mike Riley Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Carlow Mayo Township is having their 17th annual Wildlife Dinner at the Mayo Community Centre at 66 Mayo ...
By Kaitlin Sylvester The Bancroft Skating Club hosted its highly anticipated annual fundraiser on April 6 at the Bancroft arena. The event that brought together ...
By Mike Riley Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Minor baseball is coming back to Whitney in May, after many years’ absence. The Whitney Recreation Committee announced ...
By Bill Kilpatrick On Wednesday March 20 from 6-8 p.m. York River Public School held the first North Hastings Youth Sport Registration Fair. The event ...
By Nate Smelle The Bancroft U-15 Girls Jets are having a truly remarkable 2023/2024 season.This amazing group of up and coming hockey stars has been ...
By Mike Riley Local Journalism Initiative Reporter With Mother Nature refusing to cooperate, the Hastings Snowshoe Hustle, scheduled for March 10 at Camp Cedar Ridge ...
By Bill Kilpatrick Three wrestlers from North Hastings High School are headed to Stoney Creek, near Hamilton, for the Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations ...
By Nate Smelle On the weekend of Jan. 27 a team from the Algonquin shrine club travelled to Barrie to participate in the 56th annual ...
By Nate Smelle Algonquin athlete Bernie Hogan has been on a roll. At the recent Masters Indigenous Games held in Ottawa from Aug. 24 to ...
By Bill Kilpatrick On Saturday, June 10 the Bancroft T-Hawks minor football team hosted the Trent Hills Titans at North Hastings High School in their ...
By Bill Kilpatrick The year is shaping up well for the North Hastings High School Huskies track and field team. On May 17 450 athletes ...
By Bill Kilpatrick There is a quote circulating around Facebook by the eminent philosopher Bertrand Russell regarding fascism and it goes like this, “The first ...
By Bill Kilpatrick AT THE APRIL 9 meeting of Wollaston council it was looking like the Coe Hill Riders ATV Club would have little difficulty ...
By Nate Smelle DRIVING THROUGH BANCROFT on April Fool’s Day, I noticed a small, ragtag gang of protesters standing along the roadside parking lot at ...
By Nate Smelle IF YOU HAVE’NT already heard the chatter regarding the Ford government’s changes to the Blue Box Program, buckle up buck-a-roos you’re in ...
By Nate Smelle DRIVING TO BANCROFT early Monday evening, I had to pull over my car when I found myself being drawn in by the ...
By Nate Smelle JUST FOR A moment, or perhaps, as long as necessary, let’s put aside our political differences, and have a serious discussion about ...
By Nate Smelle ANYONE WHO HAS ever spent a significant amount of time in the desert can relate to the deafening silence one experiences when ...
By Kaitlin Sylvester IT’S NOT A bold stance to support the funding of libraries, yet in an increasingly digital age, we seem to be doing ...
By Nate Smelle NO MATTER WHICH town, city, or municipality I find myself in, it always feels like home at the local arena. As a ...
By Nate Smelle ELECTIONS, FIRES AND WARS, oh my there has been a lot to talk about since the COVID-19 pandemic fell off the radar. ...
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