Law and Order: Dundas Street West
Dundas Street West saw its share of excitement this week with two separate police man hunts in a span of two days. Both incidents ended with no harm to the public, though one suspect was said to have been assaultive... Continue reading→
Wheels on the bus go from Napanee to Belleville
Welcome to 2024 and the first edition of volume 155 of the Napanee Beaver. Along with ringing in the new year we also celebrated a birthday, as the Beaver was first published on Jan. 1, 1870. We don’t take for granted... Continue reading→
That’s a wrap on 2023
Crazy as the following may seem, this is the last print edition of the Napanee Beaver for the year 2023. Rest assured, we’ll be back in print on Jan. 11, 2024. Seems like only three months ago we were wrapping... Continue reading→
Newburgh Community Christmas Concert leaves ’em laughing
Equal parts laughter and tears were shared Saturday afternoon in the crowded gymnasium of Newburgh Public School. On stage the cast of the Community Christmas Concert were performing their final show, putting a bow on a 44 year tradition that... Continue reading→
BESS this mess
Objections from neighbours notwithstanding, Greater Napanee council gave the thumbs up to three separate battery energy storage systems (BESS) at last week’s meeting. The decision came two weeks after council spent a large part of their previous meeting hearing reasons... Continue reading→
Bright Lights missed this holiday season
For the first time since 2010, Greater Napanee’s downtown core won’t be illuminated by over 750,000 Christmas lights this holiday season. Instead the popular Big Bright Light show has shifted across the Napanee River, now found in a much different... Continue reading→
Our Town was this town
A mere column’s width away from this editorial (in the print edition, anyway), the end of an era is taking place. Just to the right of this text resides the final frame in Tim Nimigan’s beloved Our Town comic series.... Continue reading→
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 province on Saturday, the announcement comes at a time when... Continue reading→
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, the building originally known as the Napanee Community Centre served... Continue reading→
Credit to mayor and deputy mayor for engaging local students
Last week this reporter had a unique chance to turn back to clock so to speak and sit in on a high school class at Napanee District Secondary School. Though NDSS is not this scribe’s alma mater, the memories of... Continue reading→