Where are the refunds?
A number of residents in the Port of Newcastle have taken to Facebook to voice their discontent that their monthly fees for the Admiral’s Walk Clubhouse have not been reduced or refunded during the COVID-19 outbreak.
May 27, 2020
Lloyd Johnson entertains every Sunday morning at 10 am at Bond Head Park in Newcastle, raising money for Durham Region Hospice – Clarington. Johnson sings old gospel songs and some of his own music. Newcastle will be home to Clarington’s first residential hospice.
Clarington cancels summer camps and indoor facility rentals
To protect the health and safety of our children and to respond to the ongoing impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Municipality of Clarington has made the difficult decision to cancel its summer camps. Clarington is also suspending all indoor facility rental permits until at least June 28.
Helen Wilson Baskerville Hawke – Happy 102
Helen Hawke was born Helen Belle Wilson in Oshawa on May 28, 1918, to parents Eva and Fred Wilson. Helen was their seventh child. As Hawke was growing up, her parents took in ‘shelter babies’ and she helped her mother care for them.
Newcastle singer releases country EP
Local musician Alexa Goldie, 21, is about to release a six song EP. Due to COVID-19 all of Goldie’s summer gigs have been cancelled which puts a snag in promoting and selling her EP, but Alexa has a plan and has worked very hard to make this happen.
The Locals: Donald Rickard – Farmer for life
Over the centuries the date to plant crops and gardens has been debated many times and in a variety of ways. Don Rickard has, by far, the most effective way to pick the date “You’re not ready to plant a crop of white beans until you are ready to sit your bare bum on the […]
COVID-19 impacts cash flow
In a report outlining Clarington’s financial situation, Clarington Council was told that the municipality’s cash flow would be $7.7 million short for 2020 fiscal year as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. And as we are still in the pandemic; we have been told that a clear financial picture will be available once staff understands […]
