• Strong Start program targets early literacy
    September 8, 2010
    Not every student who starts kindergarten is actually ready to start school. Many come from homes where English isn’t the first language, or...
  • Feds to fund Rapid Transit
    September 8, 2010
    Waterloo Region's plans for a proposed rapid transit system received a big boost last week. Prime Minister Stephen visited the region to announce...
  • List of Woolwich candidates grows
    September 8, 2010
    Eric Schwindt has added his name to the growing list of local residents vying for a seat on municipal council. Schwindt, 38, who is a lifelong...
  • Seniors apartments a go
    September 1, 2010
    Seniors in Elmira will soon have a new place to call home, after Woolwich councillors readily approved a new seniors apartment complex for the...
  • Shakespeare meets Monty Python in new ETC production
    September 1, 2010
    This is nothing like your high school English class. Actors Doug McDonald, Mike Grant and Gerard Gouthro are practicing their sword fighting, all...
  • Steam Thresher Reunion offers fun for everyone
    September 1, 2010
    As ground-breaking technologies have changed the face of industry as a whole over the last century, labourers in every field have had to adjust to new...
  • Learning the ropes
    August 25, 2010
    Once you’ve been bit with the sailing bug, you never look back. That’s the case for Kate Kennedy, director of Conestoga Sailing Club, and any...
  • Melding commerce and creativity
    August 25, 2010
    Shoppers to the village of St. Jacobs may still be finding their way inside the former Riverworks building, but it doesn’t take them long to realize...
  • Tickets to culinary showcase going fast
    August 25, 2010
    If you are thinking of going to Taste Local! Taste Fresh! this year, be advised – tickets usually sell out fast. The event, being held for the...
  • Scouts seek donations to move storage shed
    August 25, 2010
    The First Elmira Scouts are on a mission — they have to move their equipment storage building to a new location, and they need the money to do it...