Bancroft this Week

Wollaston reeve flips car, faces drunk driving charge

Wollaston township Reeve Graham Blair, 68, has been charged with impaired driving after police allege he drove his car into a ditch.

District EQAO results fall short of provincial averages

School board EQAO test results reveal local junior students keep up with province for reading, but fall short in all other elementary school testing.

OPP honours local officers

The OPP is honouring officers from its Bancroft detachment.

Former MP in the running for PC MPP representative

Former Hastings-Lennox and Addington MP Daryl Kramp is looking to return to politics as an MPP.

Hastings Highlands councillor dies

“Heavy hearts this afternoon in Maynooth, Maple Leaf and area with the loss of a great friend, musician and member of our council for the Municipality of Hastings Highlands,” Mayor Vivian Bloom said via Facebook. “Rest in peace Mike, we will all miss your music, humour, and good friendship.”

Councillor sets sights for MPP

Town of Bancroft Councillor Tracy McGibbon could be the area’s next MPP.

Thank you Terry Fox

“It was dark, 4:30 [a.m.] or 5 [a.m.] or maybe 5:30 [a.m.], and he was coming down Hwy 2 on that hill before Thickson Road [in Whitby],” explained my mother when I asked her if she had seen Terry Fox. She was 16 when he ran his Marathon of Hope. “I was a teenager, it was hard to get up that early. “There were 20 people on the street. All of the sudden we could see him in the distance behind a car that was coming really super slow. As soon as the car got out of the way then people started cheering and they’re going, all right Terry, Terry yay.”