Author Archives: Derrick Scott

Long Term Plan To Manage Municipal Assets
The Township of Alfred-Plantagenet is developing a long-term plan for the management of its municipal assets, including roads, bridges, sewers and community infrastructure. A report by PSD recommends ...
Derrick Scott Sep 17, 2025

Speed Cameras Proposed For Hawkesbury - Now Up In The Air
Hawkesbury council plans to install two photo-radar cameras as part of a two-year pilot project to reduce excessive speeding. However, recent comments from Premier Doug Ford, who opposes their use and...
Derrick Scott Sep 17, 2025

Township Of Russell Receives $9.6 Million
The Township of Russell received $9.6 million from the province to rebuild storm sewers and install a new water main on Notre-Dame Street in Embrun. According to Mayor Mike Tarnowski, this is a histor...
Derrick Scott Sep 16, 2025

SD&G Reduced Property Tax
The Council of the United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry has passed a by-law allowing them to reduce the property tax rate for existing or future multi-residential affordable housing by up...
Derrick Scott Sep 16, 2025

Mother Who Left Her Daughter Near Casselman Found Not Responsible
The mother who abandoned her 3-year-old daughter on Highway 417 near Casselman has been found not criminally responsible on account of mental disorder. Judge Bertrand St-Arnaud accepted the conclusion...
Derrick Scott Sep 16, 2025

Sublime In Rockland - Post Reno Grand Opening
Sublime Medical Esthetics had a temporary location at Rockland Golf Club for close to nine months as they completed major renovation on their building on Laurier Street. The renovations included a fou...
Derrick Scott Sep 15, 2025

Early Figures From The Terry Fox Run In Rockland
There were over six hundred Terry Fox Runs across the country yesterday, including several in our region including Embrun, Chute A Blondeau-Hawkesbury, and in Rockland. A large group of residents took...
Derrick Scott Sep 15, 2025

Charity Steak Night A Huge Success
The Kidney Foundation Charity Steak night this past Friday evening at the Windsor Tavern in Vankleek Hill was a success, according to organizer, Don Dubois. The event made $2600.00 net for the Kidney ...
Derrick Scott Sep 14, 2025

Outdoor Pavilion Planned For Lefaivre Waterfront
A new outdoor pavilion will be built at the Lefaivre Waterfront Community Park. The board of Alfred-Plantagenet has approved the award of the contract to Charles Dicaire's Luxus Timber Frames. The pro...
Derrick Scott Sep 12, 2025

New Tax Could Help Prescott-Russell Meet Affordable Housing
A new provincial tax policy could help Prescott and Russell better meet affordable housing needs. At their last meeting, the United Counties of Prescott-Russell reviewed a report explaining that the p...
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