Ken Weber

Murder, Hollywood intrigue and heroic deaths are among the tales that lurk on tombstones in cemeteries from Bolton to Horning’s Mills.

In 1930, a series of strange physical disturbances led a family to abandon their farm in Mulmur Township. Was a spirit at work? A poltergeist? Was it real?

A mobile fish market, sock drawer and sweet seven anagram.

In less than two decades automobiles grew from curiosity to commonplace in these hills.

Marking time at the Jolly Morphology Club, a math journey with options and nouns from the outer edge.

Animus between Protestants and Catholics brewed among early settlers in Headwaters.

From the office window, riddling in Redickville and the prevaricating paddlers.

A century ago Alexander McLachlan was one of the best known citizens of these hills, widely admired, respected and praised for his poetry. Today hardly anyone has heard of him. How did this happen?

Test your recall with our Christmas crafts, 7 to 4 and build your own zoo.

Settlers in the 19th century came here to farm, and to do that they had to clear the trees. Their success with that was thorough and dramatic. So was the impact on the landscape.

Anagram a selection of four-letter words, know your colours and fill the empty triangle.

Facing a crisis was part of daily life for the settlers of these hills and they had no outside help to see them through. What they depended on instead was inner strength, creativity, resources at hand and good neighbours.

Describe how the engine can switch the cars, time yourself and the Jolly Morphology Club gets sentimental.

For 75 years Ontario students had to pass demanding provincial exams to get into high school. Preparation was rigorous and it was widely believed rural teachers weren’t up to the job.

Overheard at Glen Eagle, deadlock at the Alton Fair Board and more squares than you think.

Live entertainment flourished in these hills a century and more ago. Before new technologies like the cinema changed everything, the stages of our local town halls were filled with performances that appealed to every taste.

Holly needs help, Miss Lang has a hit and a game for two players.

From the mid-1870s until 1925, magistrate Joseph Pattullo had to pass sentence on a range of human foible and sin. The record suggests he usually judged the accused with fairness and sensitivity.