Exploring books written during NaNoWriMo
Amy Kay Hooked on Books If you’re an aspiring novelist, November is the perfect time to hone your craft! National Novel Writing Month, or NaNoWriMo, is a simple challenge put…
Opinion
Reflections on retirement after 20 years in the cartoon business
After twenty years and upon the occasion of my ‘retirement’* from producing the bi-weekly cartoon for The Napanee Beaver, I would like to take this opportunity to thank the Morrison…
Cheapside: quality items at low prices
Elizabeth Hall A Walk Through History Dr. Herman L. Cook called for tenders on May 7, 1886, to build a new brick building in downtown Napanee after fire had destroyed…
Calling on Canadians to raise their voice on Dec. 9, International Human Rights Day
If you are reading this, you are someone able to exercise your right to public information – a freedom not enjoyed by all of the world’s citizens. Anytime you complain…
York Street arena was the place to be on a Friday night
Like many other people over the last couple of weeks, my thoughts have gone to days/evenings spent at the York St. arena. I remember when the arena was first built;…
Holocaust stories need to be told in classrooms
Ontario’s government made a timely announcement last week when they unveiled plans to expand its mandatory Holocaust education for Grade 10 students. With Remembrance Day ceremonies taking place across the…
New and noteworthy non-fiction
Amy Kay Hooked on Books Non-fiction readers are treated to the broadest category of literature – essentially anything that isn’t fiction, poetry or drama, lives in the non-fiction section. Range…
Napanee and the World Wars
Elizabeth Hall A Walk Through History Napanee played a big part in both of the World Wars, whether it was helping make ammunition, making clean and warm clothes, or the…
Decades of history goes up in smoke
A crucial link to Napanee’s past and present was lost in the early morning of Oct. 23 when the Agricultural Memorial Community Centre was destroyed by fire. Opened in 1955,…
Charles Stevens: businessman and councillor
Elizabeth Hall A Walk Through History Charles Stevens was once one of the best known business men in Central Ontario in the late 1800’s, and no one was said to…