Roundabout funding a welcome sight
Delighted to hear that funding is in place for that problematic Deseronto Road crossroad. “Often mistaken as a four-way stop rather than just a two-way” – how has this mistake…
Opinion
Don’t believe everything seen on the internet
Fake news. Thanks to social media, misinformation now has a limitless platform, capable of reaching millions with little to no regulations in place to ensure the information is even true….
What I’m reading this summer
Catherine Coles Coles Notes Now that summer is clearly upon us and the weather is warming up, it is once again time to make reading an outside activity. In my…
Making a case for the midnight gardener
Laurie Snider Notes from the Nest Around our home I’ve earned a nickname as ‘The Midnight Gardener.’ At various times over the years it’s been used with affection and at…
Trading safety for speed on the 401
Canada’s busiest highway could be looking at a speed limit increase, jumping from 100 km/h to 120 km/h. Ontario’s transportation minister Jeff Yurek made the announcement last week that the…
Telling your story
Catherine Coles Coles Notes Over the past month, the L&A Libraries have been running a series of memoir writing workshops at our Amherstview and Napanee Branches. These workshops, which were…
Many changes during three generations of nurses
Laurie Snider Notes from the Nest When Beverly Ketchen graduated from the Peterborough Civic Hospital, School of Nursing on Sept. 2, 1959, she was wearing a crisp, clean, pure white…
Heeding the advice of Emergency Preparedness Week
Emergency Preparedness Week kicks off Sunday and encourages Canadians coast-to-coast to take steps to be ready in the event of a disaster. As if on cue, communities across Ontario, Quebec…
Picture books that celebrate books
Catherine Coles Coles Notes Patricia from the Napanee Branch Library has been running successful, highly engaging storytimes for several years now. Naturally, she has developed eye for books that are…
Off to the market to fill the larder
Laurie Snider Notes from the Nest Coat –check. Wallet – check. With bank card – check. Keys – check. And off I go slipping into my ride, grocery bags on…