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Area choir performs annual spring concerts

May 9, 2018

The North Hastings Community Choir has wowed their fans again with its presentation their annual spring concert at the Bancroft Village Playhouse, “Funny Thing About Music.”

Auto Nexus opens in Bancroft

New Bancroft business owner Jeremy Lloyd has been around cars for as long as he can remember. He said he was “born and raised in the car business.” His father was a GM dealer from the time he was three years old.

Turtle festival stirs interest and concern

Over the course of the day this past Saturday, May 5, more than 100 people attended the first Bancroft Turtle Festival organized by local Think Turtle Conservation Initiative. The festival featured displays, three feature presentations and real turtles.

Two council veterans, one fresh face announce candidacy

Wollaston Reeve Graham Blair and Hastings Highlands Mayor Vivian Bloom are looking for another four years on their respective councils. Hastings Highlands resident Dorothy Gerrow has put her name forward for councillor for the first time.

HH declares seat vacant

Hastings Highlands Councillor Frank Hickey has been removed from council following a paperwork dispute from 2014. And later: Councillors plan Seniors Information Expo & Library rejects union proposal.

Provincial business blitzes coming

Area small businesses should be prepared for the province to check that they’re following new employment legislation in the coming months.

Bancroft targets tax cut

Bancroft ratepayers can look forward to a three per cent decrease on their tax bills this year.

$1 million win for Highland Grove residents

Cheryl Ellis found out she won $1 million in Lotto 6/49 while she was in Toronto, responding to what she thought was an emergency.

Local man charged with sexual assault

A 56-year-old Hastings Highlands man has been charged with sexually assaulting a teenage boy. 

​Indigenous culture celebrated in Wilberforce

Wilberforce and Cardiff elementary school students gathered in a circle at the Lloyd Watson Centre on April 27 to celebrate Indigenous culture through lessons, performances and workshops.

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