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PONTYPOOL by Coralee MacDonald
Pontypool is so proud of Jill Moffatt and her teammate for representing Canada at the Tokyo Olympics and coming in 12th. Way to go girl....
Colleen Green
Aug 5, 20211 min read


ZEPHYR & SANDFORD by Pat Asling
Another busy week as we get so close to the end of another month. Where does the time go? I know I have been busy most of the time,...
Colleen Green
Aug 5, 20214 min read


EPSOM & UTICA by Faye Ashton
Our communities were so fortunate not to be included in the tornado that blew through the region on Thursday. Our prayers go out to those...
Colleen Green
Jul 21, 20212 min read


ZEPHYR & SANDFORD by Pat Asling
While the pandemic in Ontario is being brought under control by the many lockdowns and now available vaccines, and Ontarians welcomed the...
Colleen Green
Jul 21, 20213 min read


PONTYPOOL by Coralee MacDonald
Save the date. On August 28th Pontypool Nimigon park will be having Art in the park. They are looking for artists, artisans and buskers....
Colleen Green
Jul 21, 20211 min read


ZEPHYR & SANDFORD by Pat Asling
A very different week again! Two hundred fires still burn in British Columbia. The prairies are baking after an already hot and dry...
Colleen Green
Jul 15, 20213 min read


PONTYPOOL by Coralee MacDonald
Hope everyone had a great Canada Day! A big thanks to the Wuis Brothers, Motor City Crane and Modern Crane for the great fireworks show...
Colleen Green
Jul 8, 20211 min read


ZEPHYR & SANDFORD by Pat Asling
Here we are in July, half a year disappeared! The July 1st holiday was very strange with so much grief and anger going around,...
Colleen Green
Jul 8, 20213 min read


EPSOM & UTICA by Faye Ashton
Sometimes you have to be careful about what you wish for! We are so thankful for any amount of rain on our farm, and it sounds like we...
Colleen Green
Jul 8, 20212 min read


PONTYPOOL by Coralee MacDonald
Happy Canada Day! Congratulations to all the grade eight’s of Rolling Hills Public School on graduating. Hope you all do well in high...
Colleen Green
Jul 1, 20211 min read


BLACKSTOCK by Tammy Phillips
A very Happy Birthday to Gord Paisley, former Cartwright High School Principal, who turns 94 years old on Friday, June 25th. The...
Colleen Green
Jun 24, 20211 min read


ZEPHYR & SANDFORD by Pat Asling
The rain on Friday was “a million-dollar rain.” While it was surely wonderful to see how much there was and the area covered, it was,...
Colleen Green
Jun 24, 20213 min read


PONTYPOOL by Coralee MacDonald
Hope all the dads out there had a great Father’s day and enjoyed the beautiful day we had Sunday with family. Pontypool youth baseball...
Colleen Green
Jun 24, 20211 min read


EPSOM & UTICA by Faye Ashton
Happy Congratulations to all the graduating students from grade 8 to grade 12 and higher education. Graduating without being together...
Colleen Green
Jun 24, 20212 min read


BLACKSTOCK by Tammy Phillips
The Blackstock Cartwright Lions Club, which does so much for other organizations and individuals in need, has been limited in their...
Colleen Green
Jun 17, 20211 min read


PONTYPOOL by Coralee MacDonald
Now that its warmer out more turtles are out, around the Pontypool pond. Please watch out for them. If you see one on the road, help it...
Colleen Green
Jun 17, 20211 min read


ZEPHYR & SANDFORD by Pat Asling
Ugly displays of hate have risen this past week. It is all around, and seems to even be within our own towns. Some people make their...
Colleen Green
Jun 17, 20213 min read
EPSOM & UTICA by Faye Ashton
It was exciting to have a couple of news items submitted to me this week. The Family of Floyd and Grace Evans are sending wedding...
Colleen Green
Jun 10, 20211 min read


BLACKSTOCK by Tammy Phillips
Normally held the 2nd Sunday in June, the Decoration Service at the Cartwright Union Cemetery is unfortunately cancelled this year. News...
Colleen Green
Jun 10, 20211 min read
ZEPHYR & SANDFORD by Pat Asling
We wanted heat, and we got it! And will continue to get it all this week, it seems. What we really need now is some good soaking rain. Oh...
Colleen Green
Jun 10, 20213 min read
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