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Bancroft council learns of mystery emails

October 20, 2016

Last March, Deputy Mayor Paul Jenkins sent a private email to Progressive Waste Solutions, a for-profit waste disposal company, asking what price the town might get if it tried selling its waste site. Jenkins said such a sale might help bring down the deficit and debt which Bancroft continues to run up on its sewer operations.

Public gets first look at proposed quarry

By Nate Smelle A curious crowd of 150 plus concerned citizens lined up early at the Bancroft Fish and Game Club on Thursday, June 25 ...

Council discusses reeve allegations

Wollaston Township council has been left reeling following the news that the township Reeve Graham Blair has been arrested for a second time this year within the municipality.

Town celebrates the official opening of Bancroft’s Heart of the Park

By Nate Smelle Representatives from the many partnering organizations who came together to transform Bancroft’s Riverside Park gathered with members of the community to officially ...

Locals disappointed by ombudsman

Hydro One ombudsman Fiona Crean didn’t have the answers community members wanted.

Community gathers to kick-off summer tourism season

By Nate Smelle To help kick off the tourism season for the summer of 2015 Bancroft District Chamber of Commerce opened up its doors after ...

Community co-ordinates to stop domestic violence

North Hastings Children’s Services (NHCS) is helping local families get ahead of domestic violence.

Coming out of our shells to protect Ontario’s turtles

By Nate Smelle On this planet for a mere 130,000 years the human species has much to learn from the other species sharing in our ...

Great big name coming to local stage

“I’ll never play a rink again. In a hockey rink you dumb it down, it’s not about the music, it’s about the party.”

Bancroft Farmers’ Market open for business

By Sara Gottardi On Friday, June 19 the once “up in the air” Bancroft Famers’ Market was set for this summer, reconfirmed to be taking ...

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