By Bill Kilpatrick On May 4 members of the Old Hastings Snow Riders snowmobile club, who have been active for over 35 years, held their annual dinner at the Legion in Coe Hill. Each year they hold ...

By Bill Kilpatrick Imagine witnessing the following exchange: you see two people meet and one is a person of colour who has what appears to be an African accent and the other person picks up on ...

By Michael Riley Local Journalism Initiative Reporter A Community Preparedness Day event held at the Limerick Community Centre on May 4 went very well, with about 30 people attending. In addition ...

By Kaitlin Sylvester The Bancroft and Area Stewardship Council, in conjunction with a group of dedicated North Hastings High School students spent May 1 on the shores of Baptiste Lake planting ...

On April 17, after close to two years of consultations, meetings, public input, and wordsmithing, Hastings Highlands has passed their strategic plan that will guide council and the municipality over ...

There is a quote circulating around Facebook by the eminent philosopher Bertrand Russell regarding fascism and it goes like this, “The first step in a fascist movement is the combination under an ...

For nearly three decades, the Bancroft Stewardship Council has been at the forefront of environmental stewardship in the Bancroft region. One of their flagship initiatives, the Tree and Shrub Pick-Up ...

The resignation of Councillor Barry McGibbon has necessitated a critical decision for the Bancroft Council. regarding the filling of the vacant seat. Effective March 31, the seat has been officially ...

Tweed and Company held a Gala evening at the Bancroft Village Playhouse to raise money for maintenance and renovations on April 27. Featuring the talents of Canada’s ABBAmania, the night also had a ...

At the Valentine’s Day meeting of Bancroft council, Councillor Wayne Wiggins clearly had his sights set on another holiday – Earth Day – when put forth a draft resolution directing town staff to ...

In an effort to bring their bylaws into compliance with the administrative monetary penalty system, or AMP for short, the Town of Bancroft is reviewing and updating many of their older bylaws.