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Scout leader Mike Scott: Changing young people’s lives
For the past few weeks, Mike Scott has been in a West Virginia mountain haven, as co-leader of one of the largest World Scout Jamborees ever mounted—almost 45,000 Scouts (age 14-17) and leaders from some 120 countries.
Fruit Festivals: The cornerstone of a NOTLsummer
Since the late 18th century, Niagara-on-the-Lake has celebrated the local tender fruit harvest. But it wasn’t until 35 or so years ago, that the old town churches took up the cause by mounting
The Bells of St. Marks
It was the middle of the 1820s. The War of 1812 still cast a long shadow. Niagara townsfolk craved a steeple bell to announce important community happenings and sound the alarm in times of calamity.
Valu-mart: 70 years, three families and one grocery legacy
The tale of old town’s Hendriks Valu-mart is a family story. Or really several family stories, rolled into one.
Shaw Film Series: A cinematic town hall
Most wintery Saturday afternoons for the past 13 years, hundreds of local film buffs have found their way to the Shaw Festival main stage theatre to see a film they would not likely
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