Progress for garbage collection in Hastings

September 15, 2016

Sitting on the back porch with his buddy, Snoopy says, “You know, some day we’re all gonna die.” His buddy sighs, “Yeah, I know, but on all the other days, we all still have to haul our own garbage to a dump site—in Hastings Highlands.”

New TIFF season launches on big screen

While Toronto goes movie crazy with the influx of international celebs arriving at the Toronto International Film Festival, Bancroft rolls out its own red carpet for another season of independent TIFF films at the Village Playhouse. This year’s line-up kicks off on Sept. 13 with two screenings of the comedy Love and Friendship.

A few notes about music and babies

The babies arrived at the Early Years Centre in all kinds of ways –in strollers, in car-seats, in the arms of a parent or grandparent. Some infants had drifted off, flickering smiles playing on their sleepy lips. Others were wide-eyed with wonder at seeing so many other babies together. For many this was the first organized group these babies had attended and, as we sang songs and rhymes and shared books, these babies fixated on their parents and other babies like moths to light.

Tai Chi Chuan reprograms your body

The ancient martial art of Tai Chi Chuan (literally translated as “supreme ultimate fist”) has brought a wide range of beneficial health impacts to millions of people over centuries. What is it about this practice that has inspired generations to spend time learning it? If you ask long-time tai chi instructor Sandra Zabludofsky, she says the health and mobility benefits people feel from practicing tai chi movements are the result of a “re-programing” of the body that occurs naturally as participants begin to learn how to “move from the inside.”

The Good Food Market is on the move

The Community Development Council of Quinte is excited to announce that our Good Food Market Program is moving! Beginning with our next market on Thursday, Sept. 1 from 10 a.m. 12 a.m., we will be located at the Heart of the Park, located at 26B Station Street, behind the post office.