by Faye Ashton The Standard is down a couple of delivery people so if you are missing your Standard newspaper please contact The Standard...

by Faye Ashton The smell of freshly mown hay is intoxicating this time of year. It’s a signal the preserving of hay for winter use is in...

by Faye Ashton We are fortunate to live right here where hopefully there will never be a big forest fire of the magnitude that the...

By Faye Ashton It sure was too cold and windy to enjoy an outdoor birthday party at Elgin Park Uxbridge for our great-grandson Feliks and...

By Faye Ashton It's been a dreary few days with lots of rain and cooler temperatures. Hard for the May flowers to bloom carrying on like...

By Faye Ashton I hope your Victoria Day weekend wasn’t a disappointment because of the rain and cooler temperatures we experienced along...

by Faye Ashton It was a beautiful weekend to celebrate all Mothers. I truly hope each Mother and those filling in for a Mother, for any...

by Faye Ashton Spring is slow to warm up but that allows the beautiful Spring flowers to last longer for our enjoyment. The daylight...

by Faye Ashton This week, our community is extremely sad to share the passing of several special neighbours. Shirley Anderson Chilton...

by Faye Ashton Sometimes, community news doesn't fall into your lap, which is the case this week. I know everyone was busy celebrating...

by Faye Ashton Sunday, what a beautiful Spring day. So hard to stay indoors and watch the Masters, the Grand Slam of Curling, with...

by Faye Ashton The joke of April Fools day has lengthened into this week as many homes and friends around the area are still without...

DARRYL KNIGHT Local Journalism Initiative Reporter for The Standard NORTH DURHAM/KAWARTHA LAKES: A powerful ice storm swept through much...

by Faye Ashton How did you survive the ice storm? On a farm, work must go on. Rob was plugging the alternator up to the box on the pole...

by Faye Ashton This is such an interesting time of year. One minute, the sun is warming us up, and the next, snowstorms blow through....

by Faye Ashton Welcome Spring on Thursday, March 20th. We have witnessed Spring like weather this past week as we saw an abundant amount...

by Faye Ashton Hope each of you have a great March break week. There is lots of snow yet for all winter activities. Rob and Andy were...

by Faye Ashton March 1st came in like a lion with blowing snow conditions the entire morning on Medd Road. Luckily it calmed down in the...

by Faye Ashton We finally have an old-fashioned winter in which we can see the beauty. Tall snow banks along our country roads with...

by Faye Ashton A movie production crew was filming along Brookdale Road this week, in the area of what was known by us older folk as the...