UPDATE: Sunday, Nov. 26, 9 a.m. The dust has settled on Bancroft’s rural roads, following The Rally of the Tall Pines and a familiar team took to the podium as the winner.   Jérôme Mailloux and co-driver Philippe Poirier formed the top team at Saturday’s event, which took place in front...

Construction for Bancroft's new library is expected to start in 2024 and will take a couple years to complete.  The Town shared those details in a media release on Friday.   Bancroft received funding for construction in 2019, but the pandemic and supply chain challenges delayed the project’s start.  The town’s also...

A portable warm room is coming to Bancroft soon, with hopes it will help the unhoused stay safe this winter.   Bancroft officials say the warm room will be placed in the parking area of the future library building. That’s an area behind Hastings Street businesses, just off Cleak Avenue.   “While this...

Twenty-six driving teams have signed up to compete in Saturday’s Rally of the Tall Pines in Bancroft.   The field includes teams from throughout Ontario, Quebec and some American States. It also includes last year’s champions; Jérôme Mailloux and Philippe Poirier, of Quebec.  Drivers are doing test runs today and organizers are...

Saturday, Dec. 9 will be a bright night in Maynooth.  The Hastings Highlands community will stage its Brighten the Night parade, starting at 5:30 p.m.  The event is put on by the Hastings Highlands Public Library. Before, people can come to the front doors of the library for hot dogs and...

Car racers are arriving in Bancroft for the Rally of the Tall Pines this weekend.   One of the drivers, Margaret Sharron, represents a growing number of women who are taking up rally racing.   Sharon will hit the road, with co-driver Jennie Holden, in her blue Subaru, called the PrincesSTI.   Sharron said...