Ontario Liberals announce area candidate

March 28, 2018

The Hastings-Lennox and Addington Provincial Liberal Association has nominated its riding president as its 2018 election candidate.

HH council frowns upon draft union library proposal

Some members of Hastings Highlands council have concerns about the area’s draft union library proposal... And later: Council discusses draft for fireworks bylaw & Council releases its remuneration and expenses.

NHCT is moving and growing

North Hastings Community Trust is moving down Bridge Street to a larger location and it’s hoping the community can help.

HH grants $4,000 to groups

Hastings Highlands has chosen its grant recipients for 2018.

Local festivals getting $10,000

The province has announced its Celebrate Ontario 2018 funding for more than 300 festivals and events. Nearly 200 of those chosen are from rural and northern areas, according to the province.

Ontario by Bike Network rolls into town

The Ontario by Bike Network rolled into Bancroft March 6 and conducted a workshop with nearly 50 local small business and service persons to assist them to be more prepared to welcome cycle tourists.

Boards divided by union proposal

The idea of a union library isn’t new to North Hastings municipalities, according to Southern Ontario Library Service library development consultant Peggy Malcolm. She’s worked in the area since 1996.

Bancroftians helping get clean water to Guatemalans

Two North Hastings natives found themselves sitting together in Nicaragua. They’d travelled there with the same circle of friends for a holiday. Though they’d travelled as mutual friends of friends in the past, the pair had never found a quiet space themselves to really get to know each other away from the group.