Chocolate maker's 'healthy culture' pays off with Award of Excellence    
Posted 2 days ago
Campbellford — Blommer Chocolate Canada is savouring the sweet taste of recognition after earning the EMC (Excellence in Manufacturing Consortium) Award of Excellence.  The Campbellford branch of the U.S.-based company received the award at the recent 2010 EMC awards gala, with its theme, Building [more]

Drive-in theatre target of vandals   
Posted 2 days ago
Havelock-Belmont-Methuen — A drive-in movie theatre screen being prepared for the future Havelock Family Drive-in was the target of vandals last week. Peterborough County OPP Const. Iain McEwan said the vandals used spray paint to deface the screen. [more]

Residents get chance to voice opinions on composting   
Posted 2 days ago
Trent Hills — A public meeting will be held here this month to gather comments from residents on a proposed composting facility. The meeting will also focus on the recently released report on recommended land use policies related to composting. [more]

Community rallies around Oke    
Updated 2 days ago
Marmora — Helping others and getting involved in his community was always second nature to John Oke. That is why it was a no-brainer to host a fundraiser for the popular hockey coach in his hour of need, said Oke Sports Night committee member Gord Leonard. [more]

Rawdon businessman throws hat into mayoral ring    
Posted 2 days ago
Stirling-Rawdon — Local farmer and business owner Rodney Cooney wants Stirling-Rawdon to be a place that will attract future generations. After a seven-year break from council, the lifelong Rawdon Township resident has entered his name in the race to become the next mayor. [more]

Black Orchid Ride raises funds for Tri-Area Medical Centre    
Posted 2 days ago
Madoc — There was some easy riding in Madoc Saturday as more than 30 motorcycles cruised through the downtown to help raise $700 for the Tri-Area Medical Centre. [more]

Get the 'best seats in the house' at the jamboree    
Posted 22 days ago
Havelock-Belmont-Methuen — The Havelock Country Jamboree is offering "the best seats in the house" to raise money to help Havelock-Belmont-Methuen meet its $400,000 commitment to the Campbellford Memorial Hospital Foundations CT Scanner fundraising campaign. [more]

New fair ambassador looks forward to learning more about agriculture    
Posted 23 days ago
Norwood — The annual Norwood Thanksgiving Weekend Fall Fair is "distinguished, successful and always memorable," says the event's new ambassador. Brittany Brine was crowned 2010-2011 Norwood Fair Ambassador Sunday in the Millennium Room at the Asphodel-Norwood Community Centre. [more]

Municipality to act quickly to remove offensive artwork   
Posted 23 days ago
Trent Hills — Council here has decided an effective way to prevent the spread of graffiti throughout the municipality is to remove the offensive images and language as quickly as they appear. [more]

Emotional goodbye for Doug Whitley    
Posted 23 days ago
Hundreds of people said goodbye to Doug Whitley, a pillar of the region's business community, Saturday during an emotional funeral service. [more]

Marmora business owners not happy with parking   
Posted 23 days ago
Megan Abraham Community Press Marmora — Downtown business owners here want more parking and more council support, a survey shows. The Marmora and Lake business survey showed none of the business owners to participate in the survey are completely satisfied with Marmora's economy or the downtown. [more]

History repeats itself: Campbellford Cougars provincial champions   
Posted 23 days ago
Campbellford – Two years ago Campbellford's mite team won the provincial championship. Last weekend the same team did it again – as squirts. [more]

Keeping tabs on sheep in the 21st century    
Posted 23 days ago
Asphodel-Norwood — John Steele looks out over a field where some of his more than 7,000 sheep are grazing, then checks the data displayed on a hand-held electronic device. [more]

Rain spoils final day of 156th annual Campbellford Fair    
Posted 24 days ago
Campbellford – After two days of sun, rain Sunday ruined what was shaping up to be a perfect weekend for the 156th annual Campbellford Fair. "The rain was terrible — just a terrible day," said Elvin Petherick, president of the Campbellford-Seymour Agricultural Society. [more]

Graffiti bylaw on hold while Trent Hills looks for other solutions   
Posted 24 days ago
Trent Hills — Local business groups and concerned residents are forming a focus group in an effort to find a range of solutions to the growing graffiti problem here. [more]

Nursery centre overhaul features new play area    
Posted 24 days ago
Marmora — A $300,000 overhaul at the Marmora children's nursery centre means kids have a new place to play. The Centre Hastings early education and child-care program took over the building in 2009, and has been renovating and upgrading it since. [more]

Overwhelming response to appeal to boost soldiers' morale   
Posted 24 days ago
Stirling — Joan Hatfield is feeling a little overwhelmed these days. Response to her quest to boost the morale of soldiers in Afghanistan, where her son, Shawn, is serving has far exceeded expectations. [more]

Free condoms for inmates cost almost $120,000   
Posted 24 days ago
Regional — The Canadian government has been spending tens of thousands of dollars each year to provide condoms to inmates in federal prisons. [more]

Doug Whitley: ‘He was always trying to make the city better’    
Posted 28 days ago
Doug Whitley, founder of Whitley Insurance and a prominent volunteer in Quinte for many years, has died. He was 83. Whitley, who had battled Parkinson's for the past three years, died at his home early Wednesday morning. [more]

Mom carries on fight for dead son   
Posted 28 days ago
Ryan Gallaher has lost his battle to live, but his grieving mother is vowing to continue fighting in his honour. Gallaher, 35, died just before 1 a.m. [more]

Rodeo bucks Tweed’s bad luck    
Posted 28 days ago
Tweed — During his work Bill Thom has been knocked unconscious, has blown one of his knees, has needed nine stitches above an eye and has suffered "a bunch" of concussions. He was chomping at the bit Saturday to get back at it. [more]