Mayor resigns with heavy heart

October 5, 2017

Almost 15 years of municipal service were brought to a close Sept. 26 as Town of Bancroft Mayor Bernice Jenkins tendered her resignation from council, effective Nov. 30.

A day of gratitude

On Friday, March 11, Sandra Pilkington owner/operator of True Scarlette open her doors to the businesses and the public for a day of gratitude. Sandra ...

Poet discovers alleged plagiarism

A local Bancroft area poet has garnered international attention after inadvertently discovering and reporting alleged plagiarism by Canada’s former parliamentary poet laureate and Governor General Award-winning poet Pierre DesRuisseaux, now deceased.

Heirloom seeds exchanged in Maynooth

Cec Andrus, from Rockfield Farm in Boulter, participated in Seedy Saturday, on March 5, at the Old Community Centre in Maynooth. Andrus has recently acquired ...

New mounted volunteer group ready to help

A Wollaston Township woman is spearheading a new public service for the province that combines a love of horse trail riding and the desire to give back to your community. Cindy Fuerth, owner and operator of Brookston Horse Park near Coe Hill, has been riding horses since she was a child. She is known for her equine confidence, mountain trail, and horse de-spooking clinics offered all over the province.

Public schools losing a third of their budget

Schools across the area’s public board will see a 30 per cent cut in their budgets this year, according to Hastings Prince Edward District School Board’s communications officer.

Howran inspires at Birds Creek

On Thursday, Tori Howran visited the students at Birds Creek Public School where she herself attended as a kid. Watching all the kids file into ...

ALCDSB students beat provincial EQAO averages

Algonquin Lakeshore Catholic District School Board students are out-performing the provincial average in writing.

Local jewellers looking forward to retirement

Avid recreational motorcycle riders and proud grandparents to 10 children between the ages of two and 20, Dave and Lucille Burke are looking forward to devoting their retirement to family, while also exploring the open road on their bikes. “Now we’re going to visit areas like Stratford and Michigan, where our children and their families are living,” said Lucille.