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Gananoque and area remembers the fallen

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  • Gananoque Mayor John Beddows and Legionnaire Anne Parker presented at the Remembrance Services held in Gananoque on November 11. Lorraine Payette/for Postmedia Network
  • Local elementary school students came out to be part of the Remembrance Services held in Gananoque on November 11. Lorraine Payette/for Postmedia Network
  • Wreathes were laid at the cenotaph as part of the Remembrance Services held in Gananoque on November 11. Lorraine Payette/for Postmedia Network
  • Gananoque Poet Laureate Gretchen Huntley read out her special poem for the occaion at the Remembrance Services held in Gananoque on November 11. Lorraine Payette/for Postmedia Network
  • Unidentified students from Gananoque Intermediate and Secondary School read out the names of the fallen at the Remembrance Services held in Gananoque on November 11. Lorraine Payette/for Postmedia Network
  • Many members of the crowd left their poppies on the cenotaph at the Remembrance Services held in Gananoque on November 11. Lorraine Payette/for Postmedia Network
  • Everyone was invited back to the Legion for chili and conversation. The 21EW – CFB Kingston enjoyed the break after the Remembrance Services held in Gananoque on November 11. Lorraine Payette/for Postmedia Network
  • Students from Amelia’s Angels Day Care (aged about 3 ½ years each) brought the poppies they had made to the Remembrance Services held in Gananoque on November 11. Lorraine Payette/for Postmedia Network
  • Members of the Queen’s Bands led the parade from the Legion to the Remembrance Services held in Gananoque on November 11. Lorraine Payette/for Postmedia Network
  • Members of the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 92 marched to the Remembrance Services held in Gananoque on November 11. Lorraine Payette/for Postmedia Network

(ON – November 11, 2024) It was a cold and wet as Gananoque and area celebrated Remembrance Day on November 11, but that has never stopped the crowds from coming out to pay homage to the fallen. Services were held in Gananoque, Lansdowne, Rockport, and many other surrounding communities.

Wherever a ceremony was held, indoors or out, the message remained the same – We Will Remember Them. In Gananoque, the ceremony was emceed by Mayor John Beddows, with Legionnaire Anne Parker reading out the Act of Remembrance and Arch Deacon Wayne Varley presenting the prayers. Music was provided by the Queen’s Bands.

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Summer music comes in hot at School House Jam

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  • The raffle table had a lot of interested people checking it out to see just what goodies were available at the School House Jam ’24 fundraising concert held in Rockport on June 22. Lorraine Payette/for Postmedia Network
  • People drifted away on the music at the School House Jam ’24 fundraising concert held in Rockport on June 22. Lorraine Payette/for Postmedia Network
  • Chris Hum was just one of the great performers playing live at the School House Jam ’24 fundraising concert held in Rockport on June 22. Lorraine Payette/for Postmedia Network
  • It didn’t take long to fill the pavilion right up with lovers of live music at the School House Jam ’24 fundraising concert held in Rockport on June 22. Lorraine Payette/for Postmedia Network
  • Stephen Haig was just one of the great performers playing live at the School House Jam ’24 fundraising concert held in Rockport on June 22. Lorraine Payette/for Postmedia Network
  • Amanda Keeley was just one of the great performers playing live at the School House Jam ’24 fundraising concert held in Rockport on June 22. Lorraine Payette/for Postmedia Network

(Rockport, ON June 22, 2024) Things were jumping at the School House Recreation Hall in Rockport on June 22 at the annual School House Jam fundraising concert. For $5 admission audience members were treated to 9 solid hours of high-quality live music by performers from throughout the area. Featured were Chris Hum; Whiskey Smoke; Stephen Haig; Amanda Keeley; Crossing Borders 613; Mark Hunt, Brian Frommer and Alan Code; CR 5 Bluegrass; and a full two hours be headliner Jordy Jackson.

Numerous vendors were onsite along with a raffle table, cash bar, chicken barbecue, bouncy castle, and lots of games and prizes.

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Party animals rule on GDHS Furball

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Captured by Rockport Cruise Lines mate Janet Gaylord, this year’s celebrity party animal was all set to keep up with her hobby as a Furball-ologist snapping pictures and learning about all the other cool cats and sly dogs who came out to enjoy the GDHS Furball fundraising cruise on August 25. supplied by Janet Gaylord

(Rockport, Ontario – August 26, 2023)

It was the purr-fect night to get out and get your party animal on as the Gananoque and District Humane Society (GDHS) held its 10th Furball fundraiser on a boat provided by Rockport Cruise Lines.

“We had a terrific response,” said Kelly Croft of GDHS. “We sold 149 tickets and raised $4,880.”

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The Scandal that Rocked Rockport

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by Lorraine Payette, written April 23, 2014

(Gananoque, Ontario) It has all the elements of a Hollywood movie – the richest man in town married a woman nearly 40 years his junior just 2 ½ months after the death of his first wife. Less than two years later, he died, disinheriting his family and leaving his new wife his entire estate. A trial ensued to try to undo the will, but in the end, she won everything… – to read more>

3rd Annual Plein Air Comes to Rockport and Boldt Castle

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by Lorraine Payette, written September 17, 2013

(ROCKPORT, ON) – A drop in temperatures wasn’t going to stop Rockport from becoming a garden of delight for painters from Canada and the US as they opened their scenic village to artists for the Plein Air event held from September 13-15.

One of many similar worldwide events both formal and informal, Rockport participated for its third year in what has become an annual event for the village. Timed around the autumnal equinox, plein air opens the world up to vibrant and joyous expression by all who care to participate. – to read more>