Anticipated April reads
Amy Kay Hooked on Books Here’s a list of some of the best, hottest and most popular new books hitting shelves this April. The list includes books from several genres:…
Opinion
Proposed bag tag program penalizes those who already reduce their waste
Regarding council’s proposal to increase taxes to include the cost of garbage bag tags: Our household is acutely aware of our responsibility to reduce, recycle, compost to benefit the environment…
Bag tags a cash grab
I have read the last two weeks about the garbage bag tax forcing residence of Greater Napanee in to mandatory 25 bag tags every six months at a cost of…
Only God has the right to take a life
I agree with Bert McCutcheon’s opinion on abortion. God gives life, and only God has the right to take it away. No matter if it is a baby in the…
Council won’t have a bird, just yet
Some might say Greater Napanee council ‘chickened out’ when it opted not to allow backyard poultry in the urban portion of town. While it certainly wasn’t a popular answer, council’s…
Don’t increase garbage fees, reduce waste instead
When we moved to Napanee in 2017 we couldn’t believe that there was no option of using a green bin for compost waste. The amount of waste, which used to…
Governments hiding tax increase as fees
More and more taxes at every level of government are being disguised as ‘fees’, so that politicians can boast they did not raise taxes, and therefore keep their jobs after…
Households should be able to return unused bag tags for a refund
Amen to Pierre J. LeBel’s letter in the April 13 Beaver. Like Mr. LeBel, our household only puts out garbage roughly every third week. We recycle and compost all that…
Bag tag price hike environmentally irresponsible
A tax increase of $100 every six months for each eligible property under the guise of a bag tag increase completely negates the original intention of the bag tag fee….
Canadian Jeremy Hansen to explore space’s final frontier
Prior to every episode of Star Trek, Captain James T. Kirk, played by Canadian William Shatner, would proclaim his desire ‘to boldly go where no man has gone before.’ Fellow…