With so much happening in Hastings County it's not surprising that people have been capturing the beauty of everyday life in Hastings on video.
Do you know of a video we should add to our library? Just complete the form below and we'll check it out.
if you enjoy Shelley Wildgen's column 'Just Saying,' you're in for a treat because Loyalist College Alternative Radio is airing audio versions of 'Just Saying.' Tune in at Loyalist College Alternative Radio 91x to hear Shelley reading selections from her column. Or listen here!
It might be cold outside, but your heart is going to be warm and squishy this Family Day. There are tons of fun events going on throughout Hastings County. Our top picks the Tweed Winter Carnival which runs all weekend, Quinte Conservation's Family Fun Day at the Frink, and a traditional Family Fun Day at the O'Hara Mill Homestead in Madoc.
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Country Roads contributor Barry Penhale and his wife Jane Gibson were recently honoured with The Harriet Tubman Award – Commitment to a Purpose at the Ontario Black History Society Black History Month Kick-Off Brunch in Toronto Jan. 31. Penhale and Gibson have been involved in a variety of Ontario-based race relations initiatives dating back to the 1950s.
Residents of downtown Belleville awoke to an unusual sight on the morning of Labour Day, 1936. If they lived on Yeomans, Moira, Everett or Catharine Streets, they found snow fencing and haybales in front of their homes, lining the roadways. If there was any confusion as to the purpose of these barriers, it would be erased soon enough by the cacophony of 35 motorcycle engines leaving the startline as the inaugural Canadian 200-Mile Motorcycle Roadrace got underway.
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There is so much happening in Hastings County! Check out our list of events, music, theatre and arts venues, or submit your event so we can share it with our readers!