Overdoses prompt fentanyl warning
Beaver Staff Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox and Addington Public Health is issuing an advisory that fentanyl overdoses have spiked over the last two days. The agency reports that five overdoses have…
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Puppetry Team Effort
‘GarrettFest’ music festival pays tribute to teen
By Adam Prudhomme Staff Reporter A trio of local bands will hit the Strathcona Paper Centre stage on Aug. 27 for GarrettFest, a fundraising concert that will be held in…
Habitat for Humanity begins Roblin build
Habitat for Humanity Kingston Limestone Region is calling on volunteers to help raise the walls of its next build, which will take place Aug. 12 on Cooks Rd. in Roblin….
No profit from bad business
Often, there is a price to pay for standing up for principle. The federal Liberal government could be facing that prospect very shortly. A few years ago — before the…
Local driving habits are a problem
Walking and driving around Napanee one cannot help but notice a number of troubling behaviours exhibited by today’s motorists. In most of urban Napanee the speed limit is 50 kilometres…
Staff Picks: The Dry
By Catherine Coles Coles Notes Marg Wood of the Napanee Branch, recently enjoyed The Dry, a thriller that was suggested to her by a patron. “The Dry, set in a…
Third-party planning is preferable
Re: ‘Time to bring planning in-house’, Napanee Beaver, July 27. While it was clearly not Mr. Hogle’s intention with his impassioned plea to bring planning ‘in house’, his stated desire…
Urban forest hasn’t been neglected
After reading Gale Rogers’ letter to the editor, ‘Urban forest still being neglected,’ in The Napanee Beaver on July 27, I feel it necessary to set the record straight. The…