Local woman wins volunteer award

May 11, 2017

Bancroft citizen Marylin White was recently selected to receive the June Callwood Outstanding Achievement Award for Voluntarism for her work with various North Hastings schools and Relay For Life, but she has been volunteering in some form or another since she was 12 years old, when she would look after local children while their parents were away. “I’ve been good to others and for the most part they have been great to me in return,” says White.

Traffic complaint leads to several charges

Shortly after 10 p.m. on Dec. 27, police received a report of a vehicle driving erratically on Highway 28, heading into the town of Bancroft. ...

Trumbo sheds light on a dark period in Hollywood’s history

The New Year promises to bring some controversial films to the big screen as the North of 7 Film Fest continues the tradition of showing ...

My mom has Alzheimer’s

January is Alzheimer Awareness month and this year’s campaign theme is #StillHere. Although dementia is progressive and ultimately fatal, the symptoms and rate of progression ...

New trees for Bancroft park

To celebrate Arbour Day, representatives from Hydro One’s forestry department planted a pair of small maple trees in Bancroft’s Millennium Park. In addition, they handed out ready-to-plant saplings to visitors, free of charge in order to spread the green for spring.

Seed to Feed kicks off

Maynooth Public School hosted a community gardens potluck dinner in the gym in support of the school’s Seed to Feed program.

How to keep visitors off restricted trails

North Hastings High School’s Northern Outdoor Studies and Northern Environment Research and Development Studies classes attended a special ICE (Innovation, Creativity, Entrepreneurship) training program at JOY Bible Camp. They were tasked with coming up with a solution to a unique problem faced by the Eagles Nest trails committee: how to keep visitors off of restricted trails?