Trent Lakes Council has reversed a decision made at the last council meeting and decided to support Buckhorn Sand and Gravel’s request to extend the hours they can operate a quarry at two sties in the municipality.
Council had voted not to support the request from the quarry at the April 7, 2026 regular council meeting. The provincial Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry is the agency that approves requests and Trent Lakes has been asked to comment.
Company owner Jeff Chesher and his representative, Evan Leahy, presented a delegation and a chart at the meeting that listed how much money the company contributes to the municipality through permit fees.
“I would like to point out how much we contribute to the township,” Chesher said.
In April the company had asked to expand hours of operation from 7 am. to 6 pm. Monday to Friday to 5:30 am to 6 pm on weekdays and on Saturdays from 5:30 am to 1 pm. The expanded hours would be year-round.
The Apsley and District Lions Club hosted their first Annual Home Show at the North Kawartha Community Centre in Apsley on Saturday and Sunday. Pictured above is Thyme Kennedy of Ethic Tree Creations greeting visitors to her booth.
The joint Public Works-Fire Hall building to be constructed in Warsaw was the topic of conversation at the regular Douro-Dummer council meeting of May 5.
Two separate delegations appeared before council to voice their concerns and offer advice.
The first delegation to speak was led by Richard Taylor representing the interests of Edwards Sand and Gravel which share a boundary with the township property.
Taylor appeared before council on March 3, 2026 where he claimed that the tender process was premature and requested that the municipality slow down and stressed that with a project of this magnitude it is imperative that you cross all the T’s and dot all the I’s.
on will address matters post March 3 which include two fundamental developments including a review of the township tender, materials, questions asked, submissions made by various potential bidders on the tender process.
The 171st Lakefield Fair is fast approaching and is set to be held over the weekend of July 25 and 26, 2026. However, the fair board debated heavily on if there was to even be a fair this year or call it quits on the nearly two century long tradition.
The Lakefield fair board president Cynthia Keech said that the last several years have been very hard financially for the organization.
Keech said that they have been struggling financially to keep the fair afloat over the last several years, let alone to complete the maintenance required for many of the buildings and equipment at the fairgrounds.
She said that their main concerns are financial support and volunteers. They have a small board of directors that plans the fair weekend and organizes the events with a handful of dedicated volunteers that help get everything ready the weekend before and execute things the weekend of.
This short documentary is a portrait of a tiny town, Lakefield, Ontario, and its independent weekly, the Herald. Across North America, newspapers are dying, but in Lakefield, Terry McQuitty, the town paper’s publisher, carries on a rich, 150-year-old tradition. Set to the pace of small-town life, Unheralded is a testament to the vital role newspapers can still play, and the close bond between reporter and reader.
