by Susanne Spence Wilkins | Nov 6, 2023 | Cycling Back Roads, Local Things to Do
I live and work in a border world: that slice of land at the extremities of two municipalities that is too far from the convenient centre of either county to concern the core administration and residents. If you have ever lived near a border, you know that sometimes...
by Susanne Spence Wilkins | Nov 6, 2023 | Local Things to Do
What a fool believes in a village doesn’t change over the decades. Last night, the 1970’s drenched sounds of the Doobie Brothers rocked an old church in Highgate and I was there to see it. The Listen to the Music tribute band brought the rock group’s few number...
by Susanne Spence Wilkins | Nov 6, 2023 | Local Things to Do
I’ve got news for you, when we lose our community newspapers, it matters. In mid-September, Metroland Media declared bankruptcy, stopping publication of 71 community newspapers, laying-off 605 people. Publications stopped their print editions across the province...
by Susanne Spence Wilkins | Apr 8, 2022 | Blog, Local Things to Do
I had visited the gravesite of Orford Township’s original white settlers only once and that was many years ago. Manfred had never been to the site even though he has lived only a few miles down the highway for all of his past 62 years. On an early April afternoon, we...
