News from around St. Marys.
Paintings by Annette Goodale and Chantelle Marshall at Station Gallery St. Marys, ON – The St. Marys Station Gallery presents the second in the series of Woman’s Doubles, paintings by Annette Goodale and Chantelle Marshall. The exhibit is titled TWO VIEWS and highlights the mastery of their art form. The work shows a high degree…
The latest Sunshine list, which shows public employees who earn more than $100K per year, has been released. Locally the following have made the list: Town CAO Brent Kittmer, $138,031, Town Treasurer Jim Brown, $124.250, Fire Chief Richard Anderson, $103,953 and Const. Nick Keating, who is the Community Resource Officer for the Stratford police in…
Make a power play for local healthcare on June 8 It’s a night two years in the making, with a guest worth going to the boards for! The St. Marys Healthcare Foundation’s biennial gala returns to the Pyramid Centre on Saturday, June 8 with a very special guest: Curtis “CuJo” Joseph, accompanied by Glenn Healy.…
Minor basketball official Gregg Blackler, left, presents Matthew Gwyn with a volunteer award at the recent ‘Champions Night’ at DCVI. This is the 14th year that minor basketball finished up its season with a final night of games. (Payton photo)
Peewee Rock team goes 15-4 in provincial playoff march By Pat Payton LINDSAY – Last season, St. Marys Firefighter Peewees reached the OMHA ‘BB’ final and lost to Napanee Stars. This year, the goal was to hoist the provincial championship trophy and Dwain Smith’s Rock team did just that here Sunday afternoon. A 4-2 victory…
Game 3 of best-of-five final Wednesday night at the PRC By Pat Payton LINCOLN – The Legion Minor Midgets are finding it difficult to score goals against the Lincoln Blades. Here Sunday afternoon, the Rock dropped a 3-0 decision and now trail the best-of-five OMHA ‘BB’ final two games to none. Game 3 is Wednesday…
Former NHLers put on impressive display of skill, puck movement and skating last Friday By Pat Payton These former NHLers have all gotten a little older, but they still know how to play the game of hockey! In front of an estimated 750 spectators, the Montreal Canadiens’ Alumni team put on an exceptional display of…
(With files from the Mitchell Advocate newspaper) NORTH BAY – The Mitchell Excalibur Insurance U-19A ringette team went undefeated to win the McCarthy Division (lower tier of seven teams) of the provincial championships here on the March 14-17 weekend. League rival Forest won the Jacks Division (top tier, also with seven teams) with an overtime…
“Homecoming!” was the slogan of the 2019 Provincial Ringette Championships held recently in their ancestral home of North Bay. The city’s Parks and Recreation Director Sam Jacks invented the on-ice sport for girls back in 1963. Over 1,000 young female athletes participated in this year’s championship – including close to a dozen St. Marys and…
St. Marys U-14 Snipers have had a busy three weeks preparing for their upcoming WRRL Regionals taking place this coming weekend. Tillsonburg is the official host for the tournament, but games will also be played in Delhi and Thamesford. The Snipers’ last league game was Feb. 28, and coach Jim Burlingham has been busy running…