Bancroft this Week

Climate Change comes home

The way my father would later explain it on the phone; he was working outside when the sound of hundreds of people walking through the forest snuck up on him. He said he looked up, and a wall of orange 20 feet high and 100 feet wide, was climbing down the hill towards the house.

Pride party returns to Maynooth

Maynooth Pride is celebrating its 25th anniversary.

Electric cars to charge up locally

Electric car drivers could charge up their vehicles in Bancroft as of 2017.

Transit consultation

The Ministry of Transportation is looking to talk to Ontarians about intercommunity transportation.

Eco-friendly locals meet at town hall

“The government of Canada, unlike in the past, is looking to consult with Canadians on what they want to see in a climate change plan,” Hastings–Lennox and Addington MP Mike Bossio explained, speaking to Bancroft and surrounding area community members who turned up at the 508 centre last week.

Quarry conversations resume with coming proposal

By Sarah Sobanski Community business leaders are concerned they’re being left out of the Freymond quarry conversation. The next Freymond quarry proposal will be brought ...

Painter brings wildlife indoors with lifelike portraits

Local artist Tracey Lee Green has returned to the Art Gallery of Bancroft (AGB). Green debuted her first solo gallery Portraits of Nature: A Journey from Anvil to Easel last Friday. It showcases abstract canvases of nature through animal portraits and metal art landscapes.