Civic Affairs

(City corporate services director David Dick, left, discusses the Victoria Avenue grant with Councillor Tom Blanchard.)

I am going to do something unusual here.

(Barbara Helms speaks in Brockville Monday afternoon.)

(The Braves' Liam Folkes cuts in from the boards of the Brockville Memorial Centre where advertising of local businesses can be seen on the other side of the rink. DARCY CHEEK/THE RECORDER AND TIMES)

(Photo by Darcy Cheek)

 I'm a big fan of outside-the-box statements – even the ones that go nowhere.

(The Aquatarium is at centre right. Let  me know if you spot the extra 6,000 square feet.)

As New Year's Day approaches, I find myself wondering whether I'm stuck in Groundhog Day instead.

(Mayor David Henderson, right, leads an early refugee assistance meeting in September.)

(Brockville Museum curator Natalie Wood, in pink, rollerskates her way through a comic segment of a recent Pink Pills for Pale People presentation. I'll have to apologize to her for reviving this pic, but she'll find it easier to skate if her idea bears fruit...)