Duane Hicks Elsie Stevens’ needlepoint work, “The Reader,” was among the 40-plus pieces of art unveiled at the opening of the “Thread” spring exhibit on Friday evening at the Fine Line Art Gallery on Mowat Avenue. The exhibit runs through the end of the month.
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Duane Hicks Champion fiddler Scott Woods and family entertained a 200-plus crowd Saturday evening at Knox United Church. This is the fourth straight-year the Scott Woods Old-Time Fiddling Show has has come here for a fundraiser concert for the church, which is raising money to becoming handicap-accessible.
Duane Hicks The redevelopment of a local church property into a multi-residential dwelling will be able to proceed after the Ontario Municipal Board denied an appeal of a zoning amendment at 1345 Emo Rd. and declared the rezoning “in effect.” OMB chair Gary O’Connor delivered his decision last week to […]
Peggy Revell Justine Christie, who was awarded this year’s Rose Bowl for drama, performed her monologue, “Sky,” during the annual highlights concert for the Rainy River District Festival of the Performing Arts held Saturday night at the Townshend Theatre. Other Rose Bowl winners were Alicia Adair (piano) and Lauren Gurski […]
Staff The two Muskie badminton pairs competing at the all-Ontarios in Sudbury didn’t come home empty-handed. The senior boys’ pair of Tim Desjardins and Rory Bagacki won their first match in the ‘B’ bracket over Garrett Duff and Hans Agnihotri (NOSSA) by scores of 21-16, 16-21, and 21-18 on Friday […]
Duane Hicks While town council has yet to finalize the 2009 budget and decide on any potential tax increases, it will receive a report on the new tax ratios and vote on whether to approve them this evening. Town treasurer Laurie Witherspoon said she had been waiting until recently for […]
Duane Hicks Judy Kielczewski showed off a rug hooking piece she has entered into the Fine Line Art Gallery’s spring art exhibit, “Thread,” which opens this evening with a mix-and-mingle from 6-9 p.m. The exhibit will run through the end of May at the gallery (529 Mowat Ave.)
Peggy Revell SK student Greta Fedoruk read one of her stories with Chris Von Niebelschutz during yesterday’s “Lunch with an Author” at J.W. Walker School. Family members dropped by, lunch in hand, to have students read their written creations to them—part of the many activities taking place in conjunction with […]
Elisabeth Heslop Kate Pelletier helped unload a little bit of spring in preparation for the Mother’s Day plant sale being held today until 7 p.m. and again tomorrow from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. at the Community Activity Centre (located in the old RCMP building on Scott Street). Community Living Fort Frances […]
Mitch Calvert After two months of online voting, Fort Frances native Steve Arpin finds himself in the running for the ARCA RE/MAX Series most popular driver award. Arpin is second in total votes this month, and is among the top five overall along with Art Seeger, Tony Palumbo, Frank Kimmel, […]
the MNR The Ministry of Natural Resources has issued forest road closures in the Atikokan area due to washouts and flooding. Road closures currently are in place on the Stanton Bay Road, East Pinecone Road, and Crooked Pine Road. Barricades and signs have been placed on these forest roads. Additional […]
Riverside Have you been newly-diagnosed with a chronic illness? Have you been coping with chronic illness for a long time? Do you provide care for someone living with a long-term illness? If you answered “yes” to any of these questions, the Chronic Disease Management Network may be able to help. […]
