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Reeve's unilateral decision calls council unity into question
Posted Feb 2, 2012 By Gail PaquetteEMC News -Madoc -A letter by Councillor Shelby Kramp-Neuman included in the December minutes of the Centre Hastings Council meeting brought public attention to a unilateral decision made by the municipal Reeve Owen Ketcheson. In question was Reeve...
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Kiwanis continues to support new library
Posted Feb 2, 2012
By Scott Pettigrew
EMC News -Tweed - On Tuesday, January 24, the Tweed Kiwanis made their second of five annual $3,000 donations to the Tweed Library. "That was part of our $15,000 commitment to the library during its construction stage in 2010," said Kiwanis member Jim...
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Council looking to trim department budgets
Posted Feb 2, 2012 By Richard TurtleEMC News -Stirling - All the numbers won't be crunched for another month but Mayor Rodney Cooney says the upcoming municipal budget will be very close to last year's. "That is going to happen," Cooney says of holding a tight rein on expenses. "We've...
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Swans return to the Crowe
Posted Feb 2, 2012
By Judy Backus
EMC News -Marmora -Once again Crowe River is the winter home to a group of 19 swans which can, on occasion, be heard trumpeting overhead. The magnificent bird have become regular visitors along the river where they are well received by the residents...
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Tweed finally passes smoking bylaw
Posted Feb 2, 2012 By Scott PettigrewEMC News -Tweed - Tweed municipal council has finally found wording for their smoking bylaw they could all agree on although it was clear at the January 24 council meeting that Councillor Justin Bray was still not entirely happy with the bylaw going...
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Alzheimer Society answers questions
Posted Feb 2, 2012 By Darlene JacksonEMC News -Regional - The Alzheimer Society of Canada has been getting a number of inquiries about coconut oil and our director, Scientific Affairs & Strategy, has responded: "We have looked into your question about MCT oil and coconut and have only been...
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Madoc votes for the best chili
Posted Feb 2, 2012
By Gail Paquette
EMC News -Madoc - Le Loco Gringo won the prestigious first-place award followed closely by Thunder Pants and Dump Rat in Madoc's first Chili Cookoff. After its inaugural success it will become an annual event. The idea was cooked up between Pat...
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Hidden Treasures welcomes a new manager
Posted Feb 2, 2012
By Scott Pettigrew
EMC News -Tweed - Most of the volunteers from the Hidden Treasures store in Tweed as well as a number of representatives from Community Care for Central Hastings were on hand to officially welcome Violet (Vi) Sleeper as the new manager. One of those...
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What are the chances?
Posted Feb 2, 2012
By EMC News
EMC News -Marmora - Last year's winner of Sno Fest's early bird button draw has done it again. Prior to Christmas, Sheila Golden purchased several buttons at the TD Bank in Marmora to give to her children and grandchildren as gifts. Button...
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Detachment statistics in keeping with other years
Posted Feb 2, 2012 By Judy BackusEMC News -Marmora - Central Hastings OPP Detachment Staff Sergeant Peter Valiquette attended the January 25 Community Policing Advisory Committee meeting for the first time in a while, having returned to Madoc OPP from seven months at Quinte West where...
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Alzheimer Society brings important message
Posted Feb 2, 2012 By Gail PaquetteEMC News - "Let's face it together" was the message Darlene Jackson brought to Centre Hastings Council Wednesday evening. As the Alzheimer Society's public education co-ordinator for Centre Hastings, Jackson presented the facts. The Let's Face...
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Re-enactment fun
Posted Feb 2, 2012
By EMC News
EMC News -Marmora - For the last while, during history class, the Grade 8 students at Marmora Senior School have been studying the life and times of Canada's First Prime Minister, Sir John A. Macdonald. On January 26, they marked his birthday with a...
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Marre becomes a Canadian
Posted Feb 2, 2012 By EMC NewsEMC News -Stirling - Andrew Marre is a proud Canadian. The retired Stirling resident, who also holds volunteer positions as President of Stirling Rotary and Chair of the Stirling Festival Theatre, was recently sworn in as a new Canadian and says...
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Citizens hope to stop idling motors
Posted Feb 2, 2012 By Scott PettigrewEMC News -Tweed - A delegation attended the Tweed municipal council meeting January 24 and spokesperson Penny Vance did a presentation to council in the hopes of creating a bylaw that would result in stopping engines from idling in Tweed. She started...
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