Looking for support to move from Hastings Highlands

March 30, 2017

After years of heavy taxation and shamefully neglected services by the Township of Hastings Highlands people are looking for better options. The Kamaniskeg Area Property Owners Association has undertaken research into the feasibility of a realignment of a portion of the former Bangor Township with the Township of Madawaska Valley.

Give blood and give back

On behalf of Canadian Blood Services, I’d like to urge the residents of Bancroft to come and join us at our next blood donor clinic.

Call us concerned Canadians

To the Editor, I feel compelled to respond to Paunnie Gordon’s letter in defence of Canadian citizens. She has labelled many as hate mongers akin to ...

Bylaw is against Tim Hortons policy

It is with great frustration that I write this letter to the editor, in hope that Bancroft council will focus on the issues facing our town, rather than being involved in matters that they have no information on, nor ask for consultation on.

Calling for a new vision

At the annual Hastings Highlands budget meeting on Wednesday evening many people touched on the challenges faced by our municipality in 2017 and beyond. We face declining provincial funding because of our status as a small rural community, and we have unpredictable operating costs complicated by climate change. This situation is unlikely to improve. Although our municipal staff and council are doing a good job with the present budget, there is a lack of inspiring vision for the future. This is understandable. But what I heard from people’s questions in the budget meeting was that we need more from our municipal government than a balanced budget and cleared roads. We need strategic vision and planning for how we will face an uncertain future.

We should welcome refugees

To the Editor, Around 100 years ago a potato famine in Ireland caused hundreds of refugees to immigrate to Canada to try to make a ...

Wynne’s watts

One thing I have to say: this premier has provided so many good opportunities for scribblers like me; it makes writing about the electricity debacle duck soup.

Ideas for North Hastings

We had a really bright spot at a recent council meeting in Hasting Highlands.

A heads up would have been nice

If the municipality wanted to put up the price of the shore road allowance — in other words the piece of property between the lake and the owners property — they should have sent out some information with the taxes to inform people what they were up to. There are a lot of seasonal people that this could affect.

Water: we are all in this together

The Bancroft water and sewage issue, and the increase in cost for people already struggling to keep up with utility and housing costs and put food on their tables, is on all of our minds.

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