Looking Back week of Feb. 15
70 Years Ago February 18, 1948 – Due to a continued lack of rain since fall, the Napanee public utilities commission decided it was necessary to reduce power consumption by…
Community Focus
Lights, Camera, Archives brings archival government films to museum
Adam Prudhomme Beaver Staff The Archives of Ontario’s speakers will open up their movie vault next Tuesday for a special presentation at the Lennox and Addington County Museum and Archives….
Partnership produces free Excel training sessions for small businesses
Interested businesses can contact Chamber to register Adam Bramburger Beaver Staff A series of seminars planned for Napanee in the coming weeks will help small businesses get free training on…
Enterprise Public School poets’ works published in national anthology
Adam Prudhomme Beaver Staff A quartet of Enterprise Public School poets earned national recognition last week as they learned their work would be included in Catch the Whispers, a Canadian…
Proceeds from this weekend’s jewelry sale will help Sandy Pines rebuild
Adam Bramburger Beaver Staff The Sandy Pines Wildlife Centre will stage one of its largest fundraisers of the year this Friday to Sunday and, in light of a devastating barn…
Old Hay Bay Church trustees plan fundraising drive for restoration
Adam Bramburger Beaver Staff Canada’s oldest surviving Methodist church outside the Maritimes is in need of an ambitious restoration project and its trustees are preparing to rally community support to…
Looking back-week of Feb.7
70 Years Ago February 11, 1948 – Sports-minded individuals in Napanee had been meeting to discuss building a covered arena in town. A number of tentative committees were formed during those…
Looking Back — Week of Feb. 1, 2018
Each week, the Beaver looks back on headlines from past years… 70 Years Ago – Wilbert Hart requested Napanee council issue a permit allowing him to construct a 65-foot-by-45-foot garage…
Community program art on display
Adam Prudhomme Beaver Staff Works of art created by students of NDSS’s community program can now be found in the art corridor at the Lennox and Addington County General Hospital….
A Bit of Nostalgia to perform oldies for L&A SOS Feb. 18
Adam Prudhomme Beaver Staff A Bit of Nostalgia will return with their songbook that spans four decades on Feb. 18 for an afternoon of oldies but goodies at the Napanee…