April 2016 Archive

Federal budget helps our region

To the Editor, If the question for residents of Hastings-Lennox and Addington is “will this budget help me?” the answer is an unequivocal “yes.” The ...

Interesting lives, interesting artwork at Bancroft Gallery

Isn’t it interesting that the most remarkable artists always seem to have the most remarkable life stories? Such is the case with Olga Szaranski, who opened the April exhibition at the Art Gallery of Bancroft along with her daughter, Lucy Manley from Keene, Ont. Their show is entitled “Roadside Painters.”

Business retention and expansion reveal in Hastings Highlands

By Sarah Vance A special meeting of council saw the Ron Emond Hall packed on Tuesday, March 29, as program coordinator Cathy Trimble revealed content ...

Roundtable gets $334,000 to look at solutions to poverty

The Poverty Roundtable for Hastings and Prince Edward Counties has just been awarded a Trillium grant of $334,000 over three years for their “Creating Community” proposal. This aims to once and for all create a co-ordinated multi-sector action to reduce poverty, including in North Hastings.

Croft Talk discusses religion

A minister, a Jew, and an atheist walked in to the Village Playhouse ….

Bancroft performers to headline in Haliburton

Oliver! is among the most successful musicals ever, having played long runs on the London and Broadway stage, before becoming an Academy Award winning movie. Based on Charles Dickens’ novel Oliver Twist, it tells the story of a young lad thrown into the slums and workhouses of Victorian England, and of his eventual salvation.

Priority setting

To the Editor, I had really hoped I wouldn’t have to write this letter. But recent events in our municipality, Hastings Highlands, (HH) require it ...

HH council defeats motion to lower taxes

To the Editor, On March 24, HH council held a special meeting to review the 2016 budget. At the public meeting posted with 24 hours ...

HH tax increases

To the Editor The paper has been inundated lately with letters to the editor regarding garbage issues and tax increases. Here is yet another one. ...

Taking your foot off the gas

By Tony Pearson This weekend my wife and I visited The Old Hastings Mercantile and Gallery in Ormsby, which as most of you know is ...

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