Looking back week of April 5
70 Years Ago April 7 , 1948 – Napanee Legion president Laverne O’Connor appeared before town council with a request that the Royal Canadian Legion be able to use the…
2018
Selby Kidpreneurs share their business visions
Adam Prudhomme Beaver Staff The next generation of business tycoons were displaying the next big ideas in Selby Public School’s gym last week, as Grade 6,7 and 8 students showcased…
Dundas Street work resumes this month
Adam Bramburger Beaver Staff Crews are mobilized for Napanee’s second consecutive summer of main street reconstruction as it is anticipated Gordon Barr Construction Ltd. will begin road closures for the…
Councillors question need for new ramp at Palace Road
Adam Prudhomme Beaver Staff Six households along Palace Road could be facing expropriation in the near future as the Ministry of Transportation of Ontario and the engineering company AECOM work…
OSPCA job a homecoming for McCutcheon
Adam Bramburger Beaver Staff The new centre manager at the Lennox and Addington branch of the Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (L&A OSPCA) isn’t a new…
LACGH to receive boost in base funding
Adam Bramburger Beaver Staff Expectations are the Lennox and Addington County General Hospital will receive an immediate benefit from the provincial government’s budget commitment to boost funding, but full details…
County to advocate for better funding for preventative care
Adam Bramburger Beaver Staff Following a presentation to council last week by the region’s medical officer of health, Dr. Kieran Moore, Lennox and Addington County is advocating for a renewed…
Birdhouse auction to benefit Sandy Pines
Adam Prudhomme Beaver Staff Sandy Pines Wildlife Centre will be auctioning small wooden birdhouses to help pay for a much-larger wooden barn during a fundraiser April 12 at the Napanee…
Greater Napanee nixes greater public input on property standards
Adam Prudhomme Beaver Staff Concerns over property standards will remain the town’s responsibility for the immediate future. Greater Napanee council voted to keep their current system in place at their…
Ontario election a matter of trust for all three parties
Politics has always been a matter of trust. Candidates lay the chips down, the electorate hears their promises and has to decide which are attainable and which are blown smoke….