Saturday, April 19, 2025

Columns

Exciting work ahead in Franklin

By Angela Fulljames, Franklin Local Board Firstly, I’d like to express my appreciation for the efforts of everyone Franklin Local Board collaborated with last year...

Representing Franklin a challenge worth pursuing

By Andy Baker, Franklin Ward Councillor Over the years, Franklin has had the benefit of many printed newspapers, with the earliest I could find...

Walks: Exploring the Whitford Bridle Trail

Keen walker David Mallowes offers suggestions about fun and interesting routes people can take to get some exercise and enjoy the area in his...

Billy the kitty gunning 4 bunnies

So, with that, it’s onwards and upwards for 2018 – enjoy! Well, as usual I will start with a comment on the weather. Last...

Summer loving – Fun times

The fabulous weather made my holiday break really enjoyable and, as it was too hot to do a lot, I managed to read a...

Our filly has a name!

Well, here we are at long last with some summer weather although the wind has made sitting around the pool a bit unpleasant at...

From one year to the next

Gosh, this year has certainly gone quickly and what a year it has been for us. Selling our home of the past 22 years...

Running hot on road repairs

Each day I ask myself, when will summer arrive? We seem to have had such a mixed bag of weather and although, as I sit...

Celebrations every which way

Wow, what a busy month this has been. We have just finished a week celebrating five birthdays and, at the end of that week,...

Spring brings many changes

The wind is still blowing and my latest saying is, ‘I’m so over it!” I find myself muttering these words all the time and...