Articles by Phillip Blancher – Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

MORRISBURG – Few things say it is the Fall season than a corn maze. Rijke’s Produce Farm on County Road 2 just west of Morrisburg has expanded its corn maze this year, and added a […]

MORRISBURG – This year’s Terry Fox Run – held September 15 – saw local fundraising records in Morrisburg and the area broken for the second straight year. The run, which started at the Morrisburg Legion, […]

WINCHESTER – North Dundas council has approved the first two phases of the new community park in Hallville. The council awarded the $1.84 million contract to Cornwall Gravel at the September 5 meeting. The project […]

LONG SAULT – A plan to nearly double the water treatment plant output in South Stormont is one step closer as an environmental assessment winds up this month. A consultant for the Township of South […]

SOUTH STORMONT – Stormont, Dundas, and Glengarry OPP are asking for help from the public following a fatal bicycle collision on County Road 2 Friday afternoon (August 30). Fourteen-year old Charlotte Light from Long Sault […]

MORRISBURG – The “Cowboni” is officially on the ice. Representatives from the Dundas Dairy Producers Committee and the Municipality of South Dundas were on hand Thursday afternoon (August 29) for the debut of the vinyl-wrapped […]

MORRISBURG – Water levels on Lake St. Lawrence and the Upper St. Lawrence River should remain stable for recreation users through the middle of October. The International Joint Commission’s management board for the region, the […]

JOHNSTOWN – Former South Dundas Clerk and Deputy-Chief Administrative Officer Leslie Drynan will be the next General Manager for the Port of Johnstown. Drynan, who is currently the CAO of Elizabethtown-Kitley Township north of Brockville, […]

MORRISBURG – Back-to-school means new restrictions are in place for students when it comes to cell phones and smoking. Announced last spring, the provincial government is restricting cell phone use by students during school hours. […]

LONG SAULT – An increased enforcement effort by the SD&G OPP saw 299 charges laid between August 30 and September 2 as part of a Labour Day Weekend traffic blitz in the region. Stormont, Dundas, […]