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Grade 7 École St-Augustin student Austin Bouchard demonstrates his new SMART Notebook SE bracelet.

Residents and staff from Red Oak Villa participated in the Arthritis Society’s Walk to Fight Arthritis May 30. They raised $1,141 to support community programs and arthritis research.

Marcia Ranger had a close encounter with a great blue heron June 5, and snapped this photo. The bird “was hanging out along Long Lake Road, by the culvert just before Chief Lake Road,” she said in an e-mail sent to Northern Life.

Stephanie Piché of Greater Sudbury’s LEGACY Events & Catering says this “is one the easiest bar recipes that I have found and it always gets great reviews. This is a perfect one to get kids baking on a rainy day.

Ulysses Travel Guides has released the third edition of Hiking in Ontario, by author Tracey Arial.

It took one travel agent and three e-mails for Shirley Harasym to plan her dream wedding. “I’m all for marriage — I think it’s a great thing,” she said. “(But) I’m not a wedding person.

“You’re never to old to try something new.” That’s according to 82-year-old Jean Lafleur, a New Sudbury resident who has recently released her second book, a children’s novel, entitled Kevin and Askem, An Awesome Twosome.

Registered dental hygienist Nathalie Bertrand recently opened the Valley East Dental Hygiene Clinic, at Norm’s Plaza in Val Caron. Bertrand, who has been a hygienist for 20 years, had dreams of being her own boss.

BY JUDI STRAUGHAN There is something so satisfying about sitting outdoors watching a Shakespearean comedy. Thorneloe Theatre Arts is, once again, rolling out the welcome turf for one of summer’s most unforgettable experiences.

The Crown of Comedy has been awarded, and Sudbury’s own Josh Charette is wearing it. Four comedians from across the country competed for the crown at Shaughnessey’s Bar and Grill on May 26 during the Laugh Out Loud (LOL) Sudbury Comedy Festival.