CHESTERVILLE — The show must go on, and for Canada’s AC/DC tribute band Great Scott, it certainly did at the Chesterville Fair. The band performed Friday night (Aug. 26) despite the death of guitarist Ricky…
CHESTERVILLE — The midway returned to the Chesterville fairgrounds this week, ready to whirl and spin in its official start later this afternoon, precursor to the motorized spectacle and rock-and-roll blast on opening night. Gates…
CORNWALL — Garlic producers and locavores will gather at Cornwall’s Lamoureux Park this Sunday (Aug. 28) for the second annual Eastern Ontario Garlic Festival (EOGF). Showcasing everything local, the 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. event…
Nelson Zandbergen Nation Valley News INKERMAN — Lorie Duff may be a horse whisperer but she’s not treading softly when it comes to this weekend’s first ever Symposium of Horsemanship hosted at her Inkerman farm….
Nelson Zandbergen Nation Valley News CHESTERVILLE — The apple-throwing marauders entered her carpeted living room and began pelting the place with rotten fruit before 90-year-old Laura David even realized what was happening within the sanctuary…
CHESTERVILLE — A brazen and bizarre home invasion occurred Aug. 20 in Chesterville. According to the SD&G OPP, a culprit or culprits forced their way into the South Street house around 7 p.m., pelting the…
SOUTH MOUNTAIN — South Mountain Fair organizers believed that provincial dollars were on the line when they chopped the greasy pig contest amid an animal rights campaign last week. In the leadup to the Fair,…
Nelson Zandbergen Nation Valley News CORNWALL — Protesters hoping to save three as-yet doomed branches of the SD&G Library system failed to secure a stay of execution at Monday’s United Counties Council meeting. Unhappy…
CORNWALL — Motorists are being stuck with higher vehicle licensing costs on Sept. 1. Critical of the Wynne government cash grab, local MPP Jim Jim McDonell points out that since 2003, the governing Liberals have…
CHESTERVILLE — George and Margaret Countryman founded an electrical contracting company nearly 55 years ago. Ten years ago, they were pleased to sell Countryman Electric to their long-serving employees — John, Paul, Bill and Mike….
Nelson Zandbergen Nation Valley News CHESTERVILLE — A summer campaign to fund new village Christmas decorations has yielded an avalanche of support for illuminated snowflakes that will go up on 10 hydro poles this season….
CORNWALL – The province isn’t keeping pace with Ontario’s population of rural octogenarian motorists, but local MPP Jim McDonell is trying to hit the accelerator. McDonell launched a petition last week calling on the government…
