• Over the Back Fence | Nov. 14
  2008/11/13
  Want to buy a Nov. 5 U.S.A. Today?: Fred Rapson scooped up a few copies the day after the historic American election last week, along with a couple of...
• Over the Back Fence | Nov. 7
  2008/11/06
  Chivalry lives: City councillor Dean Pappas stepped up last week to help a damsel in distress after hearing about her plight at Monday's council ...
• Over the Back Fence | Oct. 31
  2008/10/30
  Despite the snow last week, few of us are eager to welcome winter quite yet. Which is one excuse for why an error in last week's Over the Back Fence ...
• Over the Back Fence | Oct. 17
  2008/10/16
  Ah, the bitter smell of an election loss: The newsroom staff at This Week knew the Liberals wouldn't be happy when this newspaper endorsed ...
• Over the Back Fence | Oct. 10
  2008/10/09
  Take about double-booking: Jeff Westlake is a political junkie who thrives on his job at MP Dean Del Mastro's office. So where has he been during ...
• Over the Back Fence | Oct. 3
  2008/10/02
  A voice from elections past: Bob Bowers called into the newsroom this week, all fired up.

  If you don't know Bob, he's the independent ...

• Over the Back Fence | Sept. 26
  2008/09/25
  Talk about bad timing: So the City finally closes Erskine Avenue, five years after Minute Maid says it needs the roadway for its expansion. The ...
• Over the Back Fence | Sept. 12
  2008/09/12
  Cast off just in time: Former CHEX-TV reporter Rob Lynch returned to town this week to work on the campaign for his boss, Dean Del Mastro. The timing ...
• Over The Back Fence| Sept. 5
  2008/09/04
  That didn't take long: The recently-erected Welcome To Ashburnham-East City sign at the east end of the Hunter Street bridge across from Quaker has ...
• Over the Back Fence | Aug. 29
  2008/08/29
  A media marriage made in heaven: This Week sports reporter Todd Vandonk put on his best white suit last Saturday and married CHEX-TV reporter Shannon ...
• Over The Back Fence| Aug. 22
  2008/08/22
  Mayor Paul Ayotte, a wanna-be singer?: Mayor Paul Ayotte isn't quite living the dream. While he enjoys politics, he has a secret passion.

  At the ...

• Over the Back Fence | Aug. 15
  2008/08/15
  He gets an award after all: Before City council got down to business Monday night, councillors Patti Peeters and Len Vass made a very special ...
• Over The Back Fence|Aug. 8
  2008/08/07
  They gave it their all: Alright, so last week we told you that This Week's Mike Lacey and Paul Rellinger should be considered heavy favourites in ...
• Over The Back Fence|Friday, Aug. 1
  2008/08/01
  Scene along Hwy. 7: Two cows chewing on what remains of a real-estate sign for the sale of the field near the west end of Lansdowne Street. It seems ...
• Over the Back Fence | July 25
  2008/07/24
  shelter empties out last denizens: Last Thursday, the old Lakefield Animal Welfare Society shelter came crashing down and all that remains is an area ...
• Over the Back Fence | July 18
  2008/07/18
  

  Barbecue, free to a good home: Former city councillor Paul Rexe recently acquired a new barbecue. We know this since he ...

• Over the Back Fence|July 11
  2008/07/11
  What's that, blowing in the wind?: The Telus cellphone tower that annoys neighbours along Ware Street has a giant flag flying from it, as of early...
• Over The Back Fence|JULY 4
  2008/07/04
  Laugh-in: Dean got a few laughs on his own last Thursday night at the retirement party for former police chief Terry McLaren.

  Taking to the podium ...

• Over the Back Fence|Friday, June 27
  2008/06/27
  As police track traffic from the sky, one television reporter has a little tummy turmoil: CHEX TV's Kyle Ireland got a little air sick Wednesday as ...
• Over the Back Fence | June 20
  2008/06/20
  Rock stars: Sixteen youths from The John Howard Society’s S.A.F.E. program picked rocks last Friday afternoon in the hot sun at the ...

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