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By Glen R. Goodhand There are basically four kinds of summers. There is the wet kind, when it rains at the drop of a hat; the dry season, when the…

By Catherine Coles One Book, One L&A, our community reading program, entered its fourth year when it relaunched in May with 2017’s featured book: Elementary, She Read by Vicki Delany. Elementary, She Read…

By Laurie Snider Notes From The Nest A few weeks back I wrote a column revealing the somewhat startling fact that rhubarb is not a fruit. I am sorry to…

By Catherine Coles Want to know what book releases to watch out for in the coming months? The following are some ‘hot off the press’ or ‘almost off the press’…

By Catherine Coles Coles Notes Erin Markuschewsky from the Napanee Branch of the County of Lennox ande Addington Libraries recently enjoyed the latest memoir/self-help book from Sheryl Sandberg. “Option B…

By Marilyn Kendall The following is a monthly column designed to teach local residents about the wild animals that live among us. Marilyn Kendall is writing the column for the…

By Laurie Snider Just this past Saturday, we as a country celebrated 150 years since Confederation. I thought that this was an appropriate time to take stock of the reasons…

By Glen R. Goodhand With the St. Jean-Baptiste Day celebrations scheduled for June 24, 1880, the Honourable Theodore Robitaille contemplated the introduction of a national hymn. At first there was…

By Catherine Coles When the best part of a book is how it manages to manipulate the reader, it is difficult to fully explain its plot without veering into spoiler…