Festival seeks to encourage young musicians

May 12, 2016

The North Hastings Music Festival is a well-established spring tradition; it has been an annual event in Bancroft since 1958. To put that in a musical history framework, Perry Como, Guy Lombardo, Andy Williams, Pat Boone, Ricky Nelson, and The Chipmunks were among that year’s hit parade chart-toppers.

Art Gallery of Bancroft juried exhibition worth seeing

Arne Roosman stands with his painting “La Gioconda” (meaning the joyful one) featuring images of his late wife Liina, their cat and dog at the ...

Celebrating Pride in Maynooth

By Jim Eadie One month following the huge World Pride 2014 celebrations in Toronto, the annual Pride event was held in Maynooth at the Arlington ...

Local youth consult with minister of rural affairs

When Ontario’s Minister of Rural Affairs Jeff Leal came to Bancroft last week, he had two items on his agenda. One was to announce (or in several cases, re-announce) a set of grants for new municipal infrastructure. But once the handshakes were exchanged and the press photos taken, Leal and his aides adjourned to a private session, not only with local mayors but with representatives of area youth.

Highlands East opens information centre

By Angelica Ingram The following are brief reports of items discussed during a May 9 meeting of Highlands East council. A new information centre has ...

Free seminar to explore healthy eating on a budget

By Jenn Watt Grocery shopping isn’t easy at the best of times. Besides stocking up on enough food, you also have to think of which ...

Children’s services working on camp plans

North Hastings Children’s Services is pleased with the Town of Bancroft’s decision to continue allowing the Experience Summer Camp to use Millennium Park for 2016. ...

Opening a can of worms with idioms

Susan Ramsay, Early Literacy Specialist, sramsay@klandskills.ca Can’t make heads or tails out of it? He keeps beating around the bush and it is making you ...

Sea Cadets build skills

The months of March and April saw a variety of activities at the local sea cadet corps, 229 Viking. In an exciting adventure for a sea cadet, Petty Officer Second Class Sonora Plumb travelled to Victoria over the March break to participate in a week-long sail on a tall ship. While sailing around Victoria she gained experience with raising and lowering the sails, navigation, steering the ship, and various other aspects of handling a tall ship under sail.

McDonald’s plans improvements

Jamie Campbell, owner/manager of Bancroft’s McDonald’s franchise, came to town council last week looking to make several improvements to the Hastings Street site. He hopes to put in a second drive-through lane, and put in some landscaping greenery at the front of the property. He will also install permanent seating on his outdoor patio.

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