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...

by Faye Ashton How mixed-up can the weather be? One good thing for those hoping to get another run of sap, the below zero temp tonight...

by Pat Asling Its official! 2023 was the warmest year on record and the first three months of this year are breaking all records as well....

1. Julie McClure. 2. Danny McClure. 3. Pat Norton. 4. Roy Bradburn. 5. Brian Allamong. Most lone hands: Pat Norton. Hidden score: Norm...

by Faye Ashton March, will it be in like a Lamb and out like a Lion? We can’t predict the weather anymore. I wish all who are celebrating...

by Pat Asling A week or so ago I brought into the house some branches of my star magnolia, one of the earlier blooming of my shrubs. I...