SD&G — Anti-drinking-and-boating initiative ‘Operation Dry Water’ is making waves this long weekend. Regardless of where you boat in Canada, operating a vessel with a Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC) above .08 constitutes Impaired Operation of…
NORTH STORMONT – The throwing of a suspected “Molotov cocktail” in the village of Finch sparked a police investigation last weekend. No damage or injuries resulted when the device was tossed around 2 a.m. at…
AVONMORE — It should be an especially smooth return to Roxmore Public School when buses roll up the driveway this September, after the six-figure overhaul of the school’s parking lot this summer. Upper Canada District School…
WINCHESTER — Construction of a new and modern Winchester nursing home to replace Dundas Manor is still a few years off, but planning has begun in earnest for the multi-million-dollar project. The Manor’s non-profit owner,…
SOUTH STORMONT — County Rd. 2 traffic will flow through the first of three planned roundabouts next year, starting in Iroquois. Two additional locations in Long Sault are also envisioned in a design plan approved by…
Nelson Zandbergen Nation Valley News BRINSTON — The dog days of summer got off to a very rough start for three kittens rescued from a South Dundas dump in the nick of time. Two days…
RIVERSIDE HEIGHTS — Johnstown’s displaced fish have a new home downriver. In dollars, the construction of the Port of Johnstown’s new marine terminal cost about $35-million. But that industrial project also exacted an environmental cost…
FINCH — A helicopter was busily spraying corn fields west of Finch on Sun., July 24. Not to be confused with sight-seeing choppers that circled over nearby Chesterville during Farmer John’s annual summer bash on Saturday…
Nelson Zandbergen Nation Valley News DIXONS CORNERS — From their new home in Cornwall, the Bya family is adjusting well to life in Canada after nine years in Malaysia as unwanted refugees. The surge of almost…
SDG and PR — As the mercury soars, the Eastern Ontario Health Unit (EOHU) is advising residents of the five counties and City of Cornwall to take precautions through the heat wave. The agency’s move follows…
WINCHESTER — Summer’s the season of county Holstein club twilight meetings, annual social occasions drawing hundreds of dairy farmers and their friends to a hosting club member’s farmstead for an evening barbecue and informal barn tours….
CHESTERVILLE — In a July heatwave, Santa’s return may feel light years away, but for planning purposes, very little time is left to prevent downtown Chesterville from the embarrassment of another Christmas with less than…
