Jeffrey Carroll Municipal Election Candidate Profile Name: Jeffrey Carroll Municipality: Montague Position Sought: Councillor Currently Retired or Working (where?): I work for the Upper Canada School Board as an educational assistant Former Elected Positions/Terms if applicable: N/A Community volunteer experience (service clubs, local committees, fundraising, etc): I sit on the Police Services Board for Montague […]
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Vince Carroll Municipal Election Candidate Profile Name: Vince Carroll Municipality: Montague Township Position Sought: Deputy Reeve Currently Retired or Working (where?): Presently serving my second full-term as township councilor. I am also employed in the agriculture industry. Former Elected Positions/Terms if applicable: I have served as a councillor in Montague Township since 2010. Community volunteer experience […]
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Pat Dolan Municipal Election Candidate Profile Name: Pat Dolan Municipality: Montague Township Position Sought: Reeve Currently Retired or Working (where?): Retired Former Elected Positions/Terms if applicable: Deputy Reeve in Montague 2010-2014. Community volunteer experience (service clubs, local committees, fundraising, etc): I served 28 years with Montague Fire Department and Fire Fighters Association where I participated in […]
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Klaas Van Der Meer Municipal Election Candidate Profile Name: Klaas Van Der Meer Municipality: Montague Township Position Sought: Deputy Reeve Currently Retired or Working (where?): Working in horticulture Former Elected Positions/Terms if applicable: Deputy Reeve Community volunteer experience (service clubs, local committees, fundraising, etc): Chairman Horticultural adviser at Algonquin College Ottawa (five years), a life member […]
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Karen Jennings Municipal Election Candidate Profile Name: Karen Jennings (Francis) Municipality: Montague Township Position Sought: Councillor Currently Retired or Working (where?): I currently work in municipal government (27 years). Former Elected Positions/Terms if applicable: I ran in 2014 for the first time & lost by 14 votes. Community volunteer experience (service clubs, local committees, fundraising, […]
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Jim Abbass Municipal Election Candidate Profile Name: Jim Abbass Municipality: Montague Township Position Sought: Deputy Reeve Currently Retired or Working (where?): I have worked in our family business for 50 years – Ron Abbass Electrical Ltd. and now co-own it with my brother, Terry. I am a certified master electrician. Former Elected Positions/Terms if applicable: Currently […]
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Ian Streight Municipal Election Candidate Profile Name: Ian Streight Municipality: Montague Township Position Sought: Councillor Currently Retired or Working (where?): I am currently employed in the agriculture sector. Former Elected Positions/Terms if applicable: I am completing my first term as councillor in the Township of Montague. Community volunteer experience (service clubs, local committees, fundraising, etc): […]
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Bonnie Leach Municipal Election Candidate Profile Name: Bonnie (Burson) Leach Municipality: Montague Township Position Sought: Councillor Currently Retired or Working (where?): Working in insurance. Former Elected Positions/Terms if applicable: I served two terms on council from 2006 to 2014. Community volunteer experience (service clubs, local committees, fundraising, etc): I have held many positions while part […]
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Bill Dobson Municipal Election Candidate Profile Name: Bill Dobson Municipality: Montague Township Position Sought: Reeve Currently Retired or Working (where?): Retired from teaching and publishing. Currently an organic beef farming and antiques dealer. Former Elected Positions/Terms if applicable: Elected reeve for the last two terms and was elected deputy reeve for one term before that. […]
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This is the latest craze in the wine world. I will concentrate on just a few Orange wines from Ontario, B.C., France and Spain. We just returned from a long weekend in Niagara-on-the Lake staying at a beautiful and relaxing B&B. Our first stop was to say hello to the Winemaker, Ann Sperling, but we […]
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No matter how you get there, it’s worth the trip! We are undoubtedly blessed with a proliferation of quaint picturesque small towns and villages and especially fortunate to have the added benefit of those communities located on one of our region’s many breathtakingly beautiful waterways. One such location is Portland on the banks of the […]
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Building the future The year was 1883, and Benjamin Glover Byram (1862-1943) left his fiancée, Louisa Marion Dean (1861-1936) in England with a promise. He told her that he would establish himself in Canada, build a house there, and then invite her to join him. The twenty-one-year-old boarded a ship and left the country with nothing […]
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The spirit of the season is alive and well at North Folk Cafe & Gelato in Perth. This cafe is decked out for Christmas with festive decorations, a holiday drink menu, and an old-timey postbox for mailing letters to Santa. Owner Dasha Smolentseva writes, “[I’ve] been dreaming of this since the inception of North Folk […]
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