Here are your world and local Quick Hits for Tuesday August 25, 2009 Stones Most Expensive Wedding Band $5 Million per gig! Paul TALKS John MJ’s Drug Death Ruled Homicide Crypt above Marilyn Monroe Sells for $4.6 Million Helena Bonham Carter Scarier than in Harry Potter 1st Ministers agree toContinue Reading
This shot was taken from Second Street by Cornwall BBQ. You can see how far traffic is backed up. How much weight can this bridge carry in a traffic jam. It’s much different than when vehicles are moving. Is it time to get this mess fixed or do we waitContinue Reading
Rock the Vote is one wild party! Sponsored by The Cornwall District Labour Council and the Brain Child of the Cornwall Underground’s Jason Setnyk and City Councilor Elaine MacDonald it was a super party with a over 20 performers and speakers including Cornwall’s own, Fathom Ties. NDP Candidate to beContinue Reading
We’d like to introduce a new Columnist for us. Cornwall resident Richard Komorowski is a freelance writer with a passion for energy and environmental issues dating back to the 60s, when he studied biology in university. Here is Richard’s first column for us. Lucky most of us live in CornwallContinue Reading
A Taste of Morocco By: C. Shawn Kretz Recently I have been delving further into various ethnic cuisines. While I enjoy all cuisine, I am particularly taken with a choice few; Indian, Moroccan and Thai. Many dishes in this culture can be identified as having a blend of spices thatContinue Reading
Boy Ms Clément must feel a bit like Lorraine Bracco’s character in Goodfella’s at the wedding. We managed to get some of the exclusive video footage from the event. We need a better video guy! Jim Brownell endorses Bernadette. (Apologies to Mr. Brownell as he was cut out of theContinue Reading
Advertisement Phase 1 & 2 are now available. Each lot is fully serviced offering municipal water, sewer, gas, cable, and high-speed internet service. Click the photo to enlarge and see the entire development. Close to the marina, public docking, the bike path, and a Tim Hortons! Call Joe Gunn, yourContinue Reading
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6AAt-oV3wE The trailer isn’t 3D, but there are huge expectation for Jim Cameron’s AVATAR Quentin Tarantino finally has another hit under his belt as Inglorious Basterds is number 1 at the box office this weekend. The Brad Pitt flick is about a bunch of Jewish soldiers that go out andContinue Reading
I love hockey. I’ve had the opportunity to work with some of the greatest players ever to lace up skates. It just bugs me to read about Dany Heatley and Mats Sundin. If I were a GM I wouldn’t want either of these duds on my team. Heatley held upContinue Reading
25,000 Page Views We officially past the 25,000 page view today. About 56% of you have been new and we really appreciate all of you who visit so often. In six very short months it feels like we’ve come so far. I’d like to thank all of you who readContinue Reading
The rain stayed away and it was an interesting morning and crowd at the Farmer’s Market on George Assaly Lane. Breakfasting on some amazing fresh ground and brewed coffee from our new sponsor Reg Coffey of Coffey’s Coffee, and some Bison Jerky, we all were treated to some performance artContinue Reading
Hi Cornwall and the World. We know that many of you read this paper every day so we want your input as we’re looking at doing a makeover in the not so distant future. What features, colors, and options would you like to see. We’re a community Newspaper so nowContinue Reading
9 People Arrested for Possession of Contraband Tobacco (South Glengarry, Ontario -Friday August 21st, 2009) – The RCMP working with various law enforcement agencies have arrested 9 people who each face a charge for possession of a tobacco product not properly stamped under authority of the Excise Act 2001. TheContinue Reading
Click the movie poster to see local Filmmaker Mike Warner’s first feature film trailer. To read more about his story click this L I N K to read Kathleen Hays coverage in The Standard-Freeholder. please visit our sponsors:Continue Reading
If you heard thunder yesterday around noon it wasn’t from the sky, but from the over packed room at The Best Western as Cornwall City Councilor Bernadette Clément was the sole candidate put forward to run for the Liberal Party of Canada in this riding. She will face off againstContinue Reading
Elaine MacDonald sent this in. Good luck Darlene. It should be quite the race this coming election. The Stormont Dundas South Glengarry NDP riding association is holding a candidate nomination meeting at the Navy Veterans’ Club, 30 Sixth Street East, on Wednesday, August 26, 2009 at 7:00 p.m. The partyContinue Reading
Tomorrow there’s a press conference scheduled for 12:15 at The Best Western in the dining room where it is expected that Cornwall City Councilor Ms Bernadette Clément will be the uncontested Liberal candidate in the next Federal election for our riding. Ms Clément could not be reached for comment. It’sContinue Reading
Jason Setnyk from The Cornwall Underground and our occasional writer/photog sent in this release and the images. See you all at Murphy’s Inn on Sunday! This Sunday August 23rd at Murphy’s Inn marks the sixth annual Rock the Vote, a concert that promotes voting to a younger demographic. “Civic responsibilitiesContinue Reading