by Pat Asling Birds, grass and flowers have inundated us. It would certainly be beautiful if it was just let up in the rain to let us...

By Faye Ashton It rained again I thought I heard you say. Thinking of past years we gripe because of one condition and immediately end up...

by Janet van Camp Sympathy is extended to Peter and Elizabeth (Kelly) Peeters, on the passing of their daughter, Kathryn. Kathryn was...

by Janet Van Camp Congratulations to local residents Alyssa Carnaghan, daughter of Luke and Jenny Carnaghan, and to Doug Kadowaki for...

by Faye Ashton It’s amazing to watch the grass greening and the trees budding as each day we experience more daylight and warmer...

By Pat Asling Talk about the “green, green grass, of Home!” With this rain, it just keeps getting greener and longer. A few people, like...

PAT ASLING Special to The Standard Strange weather. Guess we are paying for all that lovely warmth and sunshine we had earlier in the...

FAYE ASHTON Special to The Standard April is fast coming to a close, giving us a real mix of snow, sleet, pellets, and rain, all...

PAT ASLING Special to The Standard Mid-April already and we certainly have had plenty of those April showers of poem and song. Maybe...

JANET VAN CAMP Special to The Standard Blackstock Nestleton United Church is again hosting its annual plant and 'boot' sale on Saturday,...

Blackstock Euchre Results April 9th 1. Dianne Norton 2. Pat Norton 3. Danny McClure 4. Bryan Allemang 5. Lesley Tarasenicz and Ellen...

PAT ASLING Special to The Standard Another strange week has gone by but hopefully winter has given its final blow. I think the worst...

FAYE ASHTON Special to The Standard Sunday was such a perfect glorious Spring day reminding us there will be plenty more of these ahead....

March 26/24 1. Lorna Edgerton 2. Gina Hood 3. Roy Bradburn 4. Marion Koppins 5. Patrice McIntosh Most Lone Hands: Gina Hood, Murray...

FAYE ASHTON Special to The Standard March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers. That used to be true but not so much anymore....

LARRY DOBLE Special to The Standard The Greenbank Lions are selling 55 pound bags of lawn and garden fertilizer for $45 including tax and...

PAT ASLING Special to The Standard I hope everyone had a wonderful and blessed Easter weekend. It wasn’t the best of weather, neither was...

FAYE ASHTON Special to The Standard Congratulations, to the PPHS Curling Club for excelling in Kingston this past weekend. They showed...

PAT ASLING Special to The Standard The non-winter continues! By the time you read this all the snow that dumped on us Thursday will be...

by Pat Asling What can be said about this yoyo weather? It’s good, it’s bad, it’s scary, so unpredictable. Well, the forecasters have...