Is the new Centre Street crosswalk enough?
October 22, 2024
On Friday, Oct. 11, 2024, a school bus was on its way from Pontiac High School down Centre Street in Shawville to pick up students
On Friday, Oct. 11, 2024, a school bus was on its way from Pontiac High School down Centre Street in Shawville to pick up students
My name is Charity Humble, and I am a 15-year-old student at Pontiac High School. Although I’ve only lived in this community for two and
Dear Editor, Recently the people of the Pontiac seem to find themselves in a bit of a pickle. Tax evaluations have been presented for 2025-2027
Dear Editor, I’m writing to bring attention to a pressing issue in Pontiac: social inequality stemming from erroneous property appraisals. Recently-published data on the MRC
Dear Editor,This letter is full of stuff we already know, much of it is stuff I’ve written about in letters to the papers before. I
Dear Editor, It was evident after the loud protest over the proposed garbage incinerator that members of the public wanted something better. The mayors instructed
I hope everyone enjoyed a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend. We celebrated on Sunday, with the day beginning with a lovely service at Wesley United Church. The
I sure hope that everyone enjoyed Thanksgiving weekend with their family and friends. On Sunday evening we enjoyed a lovely turkey dinner with our family.
Our sympathies to the Murdock family on the loss of Francis on Oct. 4, at the age of 82. He was the father of Griffin
A small shoot began to grow out of the stump of an apple tree I had cut down. It shot up quite quickly, then sadly,
On Friday, Oct. 11, 2024, a school bus was on its way from Pontiac High School down Centre Street in Shawville to pick up students at McDowell Elementary. The bus, already carrying some PHS students, stopped at the crosswalk on
My name is Charity Humble, and I am a 15-year-old student at Pontiac High School. Although I’ve only lived in this community for two and a half years, I’ve developed a strong interest in the history and archives of The
Dear Editor, Recently the people of the Pontiac seem to find themselves in a bit of a pickle. Tax evaluations have been presented for 2025-2027 based on inaccurate and unfair assessments. Because of this a “370% Evaluation Taskforce”, numerous petitions
Dear Editor, I’m writing to bring attention to a pressing issue in Pontiac: social inequality stemming from erroneous property appraisals. Recently-published data on the MRC Pontiac website reveals discrepancies, with some properties overvalued and some undervalued. I’d like to discuss
Dear Editor,This letter is full of stuff we already know, much of it is stuff I’ve written about in letters to the papers before. I think it begs repeating now, for reasons I’ll get into later. Food scraps and other
Dear Editor, It was evident after the loud protest over the proposed garbage incinerator that members of the public wanted something better. The mayors instructed the warden to drop the project and stop talking about it. Several elected municipal councillors,
I hope everyone enjoyed a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend. We celebrated on Sunday, with the day beginning with a lovely service at Wesley United Church. The church had been decorated beautifully by the UCW, and it was just gorgeous. We then
I sure hope that everyone enjoyed Thanksgiving weekend with their family and friends. On Sunday evening we enjoyed a lovely turkey dinner with our family. Warm anniversary wishes are extended to Theresa and Barry Harkins, who are celebrating their anniversary
Our sympathies to the Murdock family on the loss of Francis on Oct. 4, at the age of 82. He was the father of Griffin (Tessie). Every time a visitor comes to the Shawville-Clarendon Library and borrows a book in
A small shoot began to grow out of the stump of an apple tree I had cut down. It shot up quite quickly, then sadly, one day I found it lying in the grass. It had no root. It made
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