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Article content Augusta Township council has turned thumbs down to a proposed amalgamation of Leeds and Grenville fire departments after receiving a damning analysis of the idea by its fire chief. Council this week decided to stick with its volunteer fire department instead of embracing the single, countieswide fire department model recommended in a consultant’s report to the United Counties’ Joint Services Committee earlier this year. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser. Augusta rejects county fire department Back to video In a detailed and exac...

Referred to as “The Last Soul Company," Malaco Records, based in Jackson, Mississippi, has managed to outlast major record label competitors over the past 50 years. The small, mostly unheard-of independent record label has been home to multiple recording artists and songwriters and has a catalog of original recordings and music copyrights, numbering into the thousands. Christopher Booker reports.

Article content If there was a fire or emergency in Augusta Township during the last 50 years, chances are good that Maynard Vandervelde was there to help. Vandervelde, one of the founders of the North Augusta fire hall, celebrates 50 years as a volunteer firefighter on May 1. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser. Half a century with Augusta Fire Back to video At 72, Vandervelde is still on the job and says he has no plans to retire. His decades of service include as a truck captain, fire inspector and the department’s chief fire inspector.

  BROCKVILLE, ONT. -- The Keystorm Pub in Brockville announced the winners of its curbside charity challenge on Tuesday, a challenge that far exceeded expectations. "We set out to aim for 1,000 meals in 10 days and we ended up with 1,517 meals in ten days," said Keystorm Pub owner Dan Thompson. Customers who ordered a meal at full price over the 10-day period could nominate an essential worker, whose name would be entered into a draw to win $1000. "We hinged it on a dollar per meal so, when we broke the 1000 mark, we sent out to everybody we would continue along because we still had two...

Butler-based Recon Brewing opens a satellite location in Cranberry Recon Brewing is on a mission to bring craft beer to Cranberry Township. So far, the operation’s been a success. On April 14, the Butler-based company opened its long-awaited satellite location at 301 Tillary Lane in the Crossroads at Meeder, a new Charter Homes & Neighborhoods community. Photo courtesy of Recon Brewing. The 3,000-square-foot restaurant and taproom, which overlooks a three-acre green space, has indoor and outdoor seating for 200. Twelve draft beers are available, including the Karma Tap; sales of the rotatin...