Looking Back Week of January 24
80 Years Ago January 25, 1939 – Dr. G.F. Rogers, the chief inspector of secondary schools in Ontario, addressed the graduating class of the Napanee Collegiate Institute. He told students…
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New food guide raises questions around access to healthy options
Canada’s new Food Guide, released this week, is strikingly simple. Instead of regimenting food by portion size and by the number of items in each food group to eat daily,…
A round-up of staff picks for January
Catherine Coles Coles Notes The staff members of the County of Lennox and Addington Libraries are avid readers and always eager to share their favourite books. Here we bring you a list…
Greater Napanee opts in under the wire for cannabis retailing
Adam Prudhomme Beaver Staff With just a few hours to spare before Tuesday’s midnight deadline, Greater Napanee council voted 6-1 in favour to opt in to Ontario’s cannabis retail store…
Fresh air invigorating, even in the extreme cold
Laurie Snider Notes from the Nest Despite a vigorous shaking, the red line on the thermometer wouldn’t budge past minus-23 degrees Celsius! Taking the windchill into consideration made the number…
Port Hope visitors offer impressions, advice on local food in Greater Napanee
Adam Bramburger Beaver Staff Greater Napanee is already moving forward with one concrete idea to improve its promotion of local food as it digests the first impressions offered by visitors…
Bossio updates County council on Internet projects
Adam Bramburger Beaver Staff Hastings-Lennox and Addington MP Mike Bossio brought some good news and some continued uncertainty to County council last week on the subject of Internet connectivity. Visiting…
NDSS’s 2016-2017 yearbook included in textbook offering creative design inspiration
Adam Prudhomme Beaver Staff The creativity of NDSS’s 2016-2017 yearbook class earned some international recognition recently as its work was included in Lifetouch’s Creative Inspiration. Known as a textbook of…
Peewee B Crunch hang on to clinch bronze in Cambridge
Beaver Sports The Napanee Crunch Peewee Bs won the bronze medal at a tournament this weekend in Cambridge. They went 1-2 in the round robin, beating North Bay, 3-1 and…
Playoff sweeps For Peewee, Bantam and Midget Stars over Stirling
Beaver Sports The Napanee Exit Realty Acceleration Bantam BBs closed out their series with Stirling winning 6-0 at home after a 6-1 win in Stirling. On Sunday the Napanee boys…