Another debt surprise for Bancroft

February 24, 2015

By Tony Pearson Bancroft town council learned last week of another source of significant debt – a growing deficit for wastewater & sewage treatment. There ...

Local filmmakers take Bancroft to big screen at Film Festival

Look out world – Bancroft hits the big screen this month at the Belleville Downtown International Documentary Film Festival! Now in its fourth year, ‘DocFest,’ ...

Hospice briefs council on services

By Tony Pearson Hospice North Hastings, which provides services for the terminally ill and their caregivers, briefed Bancroft Council last week on its various program ...

Community art project brings families together

By Nate Smelle Continuing their work in bringing families closer together the North Hastings Children’s Services (NHCS) celebrated the Family Day weekend at the Bancroft ...

Artist documents a quickly melting Arctic in paint

By Nate Smelle Artist Linda Lang sure has been busy. In the past year she has opened Bancroft’s first painting lounge and gallery space Brush ...

Recycling initiative saves municipality big

By Nate Smelle The following are series of brief reports from the Wednesday, Feb. 4 meeting of Council in Hastings Highlands. Council got a pat ...

Local artist unleashes dinosaur in New Jersey

By Sara Valsoney Hastings Highlands-based artist Kevin Hockley recently unveiled his prehistoric re-creation of the Liopleurodon he has been constructing in his home studio. The ...

Investigation into snowmobile death on Paudash Lake still ongoing

By Angelica Blenich Circumstances around the death of a 51-year-old man from Peterborough are still unclear following a snowmobile collision Jan. 30 on Paudash Lake ...

Astrid Young rocks Dickey Lake

By Nate Snelle Musician, author, painter, screenwriter, composer, actor and wine expert are a few of the titles one might find when first discovering the ...

Urban artist finds inspiration in Bancroft

By Harold Eastman Artist James Fowler is heading into his second consecutive all-nighter. Armed with bags of Twizlers, bite-size KitKats and a tub of Jujubes, ...

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