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Colleen Green
Sep 2, 20214 min read
ZEPHYR & SANDFORD by Pat Asling
Here we are in September and another holiday coming up. For most young people school started this week, and I am sure it is both an...
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Colleen Green
Sep 2, 20211 min read
PONTYPOOL by Coralee MacDonald
Art in the park was a success. Thank you to all the volunteers who helped out. I hope next year is even bigger and better. We have lots...
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Colleen Green
Aug 26, 20211 min read
PONTYPOOL by Coralee MacDonald
Pontypool’s first Car Show had a great turnout. Thank you, Gerry Wuis family, friends and all the great volunteers. Thank you,...
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Colleen Green
Aug 26, 20214 min read
ZEPHYR & SANDFORD by Pat Asling
Another hot week, in so many ways! The Federal election kicked off; the COVID numbers have doubled, fires are still burning, hurricanes...
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Colleen Green
Aug 12, 20213 min read
ZEPHYR & SANDFORD by Pat Asling
It has been an exciting week in various parts of the world and for different reasons. The forest fires are still raging in BC, destroying...
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Colleen Green
Aug 12, 20211 min read
PONTYPOOL by Coralee MacDonald
The blue Dino was out shopping at the Pontypool community yard sale on Saturday. The yard sale had a good turnout, and I hope it becomes...
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Colleen Green
Aug 5, 20214 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,...
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Colleen Green
Jul 21, 20212 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...
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Colleen Green
Jul 21, 20213 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...
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Colleen Green
Jul 21, 20211 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....
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Colleen Green
Jul 15, 20213 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...
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Colleen Green
Jul 8, 20211 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...
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Colleen Green
Jul 8, 20213 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,...
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Colleen Green
Jul 8, 20212 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...
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Colleen Green
Jun 24, 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...
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Colleen Green
Jun 24, 20213 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,...
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Colleen Green
Jun 24, 20212 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...
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Colleen Green
Jun 10, 20211 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...
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Colleen Green
May 13, 20214 min read
ZEPHYR & SANDFORD by Pat Asling
The weather forecast seems to say the rains of April will continue a little longer, but, boy, have things grown. Some people have already...
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Colleen Green
May 13, 20211 min read
PONTYPOOL by Coralee MacDonald
Hope all you moms out there had a wonderful Mother’s day. It’s very sad to hear that many cars in the community were spray-painted with...
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