[caption id="attachment_3024" align="alignleft" width="150"] Gino Chitaroni[/caption]THE BACKGROUNDNorthern Ontario Heritage Party candidate Gino Chitaroni, 51, maintains residents and business interests in both Cobalt and Coleman Township.He has a Bachelor
Monthly Archives: June 2014
Candidates square off one last time
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – Jobs and public sector services dominated the talk when four of the five candidates vying for Temiskaming votes met last week.About
MUNICIPAL SUPPORT
The Earlton Fire Department (EFD) has a new pumper tanker truck, valued at $225,000, courtesy of the Township of Armstrong. The EFD responds to fire and emergency calls in surrounding municipalities as well as those along Highway 11. EFD Chief Yves Martin said having the new truck allows them
COMMUNITY FOOD DRIVE
Timiskaming District Secondary School students needing to complete their community service hours had the less fortunate in mind when they pooled their resources and went door-to-door asking for food donations on May 28, which they turned over to the New Liskeard Salvation Army Food Bank. Lead organizer Kaitlin Landry
Stories and talent found in quilt show
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter ENGLEHART -- The Englehart and Area Historical Museum is now featuring the work of the Next Stop Englehart Quilters Guild.The exhibition room at the museum is a maze of quilts arrayed to provide visitors a maximized opportunity to appreciate all that area quilters are capable
Asking for answers to Chris Parsons’ murder investigation
Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter [caption id="attachment_3149" align="alignleft" width="500"] Forget-Me-Not flowers grow in the alley leading to Chris Parsons’ apartment remind the community of the one-year
Candidates square off on economy
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – What should the government be doing? And how should it be paid for?Government spending, taxes and services led the debate when four Timiskaming-Cochrane candidates met at the Cobalt-Haileybury Curling Club last week.It’s business, not government, that drives the economy, said
Quilting workroom sets up in Cobalt
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter COBALT -- Downtown Cobalt continues to grow with the new opening of Donelda’s Quilt Shop at 3 Prospect Avenue.The new quilting workroom business is located directly adjacent to the popular Silver Café.Donelda Leduc is the proprietor of the new business.Her workroom houses a
CSCT LUNCH HOUR WALK
Over 100 walkers left the May Street Centre de Santé Communautaire du Témiskaming’s 10th annual Lunch Hour Walk held recently. Walkers strolled along the waterfront boardwalk and STATO trail and returned to the Riverside Place to share lunch together. (Staff photo by Sue Nielsen)
ROLLING SUPPORT FOR MS WALK
The Temiskaming Area Roller Derby girls donated $600 to the Mandarin MS Walk on Sunday, May 25 outside the Don Shepherdson Memorial Arena in New Liskeard. They raised the money from the proceeds of their first local bout held a few weeks prior to the MS walk. From the