Town partners with YMCA to deliver day camp programming
Adam Prudhomme Beaver Staff With a colourful climbing wall as their backdrop, Greater Napanee Mayor Marg Isbester and YMCA of Central East Ontario chief executive officer David Allen met at…
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Community Foundation passed $1-million mark in cumulative grants last year
Adam Bramburger Beaver Staff The Community Foundation For Lennox and Addington (CFFLA) surpassed a major milestone in the past year by exceeding the $1 million mark in grants handed out…
Snowmobile club members concerned Varty Lake access could be lost
Adam Bramburger Beaver Staff Questions over the ownership of a well-travelled seasonal roadway sparked debate at Stone Mills Township council Monday and at the end of the night, nothing was…
Toronto Botanical Garden director to address Grassroots Growers
Adam Prudhomme Beaver Staff Snow is beginning to give way to patches of grass, which makes for perfect timing for the Tamworth/ Erinsville Grassroots Growers to host their first talk…
Stone Mills keeps tools to protect waterfront from resort development
Adam Bramburger Beaver Staff Stone Mills Township will ease restrictions on commercial resort developments in its official plan, while still safeguarding protections on waterfront properties. In January, the township had…
Education overhaul can’t remove resources from classrooms
On Friday, the provincial government announced a series of proposed changes to Ontario’s education system. One of the tenets of the change was a welcomed return to teaching the basic…
Evergreen Awards 2019 shortlist released
Catherine Coles Coles Notes The Ontario Library Association’s Evergreen Award is best described as the “readers’ choice” of Canadian literary awards. Each year, a list of 10 nominees is selected…
A cup of tea can make everything better
Laurie Snider Notes from the Nest For the better part of a week now, I’ve been coughing and hacking with a throat that feels like I swallowed a too-hot potato….
Woodlot conference in Cobourg April 4-5
Beaver Staff The Ontario Woodlot Association is inviting naturalists from Lennox and Addington County to attend its 26th annual Woodlot Conference in Cobourg April 4-5. The conference will follow the…
Raiders secure crucial Game 1 victory over Bruins
Adam Prudhomme Beaver Staff Showing no signs of rust after an eight-day layoff, the Napanee Raiders’ defence continued its stingy ways, neutralizing the Uxbridge Bruins’ offense in a 3-1 Raiders…