In partnership with a local crossword puzzle designer, The Citizen presents the first of hopefully many locally themed puzzles. By browsing through this month’s clues, you’ll note references to a number of local people, places, and things. This crossword has been specially designed with you, the reader, firmly in mind.

The new HUB Insurance office on Main Street Niverville hosted an open house on Thursday, May 24 to celebrate its official grand opening.

Although this year will be the first performance at the Niverville Fair for local band Last Call, most of the band’s members have played at the fair before. In fact, most of them have been attending the fair for 20 years now.

Summer may not yet have officially arrived, but summer temperatures certainly and baseball diamonds throughout the region are already filling up. Or course, this means Seine River Minor Bad (SRMB) action is about to get underway. 

There’s something therapeutic about sinking your hands into the cool, fresh earth. Gardening is one of those magical activities that provides you with a host of health benefits. From physical activity to eating fresh produce, what’s not to love about gardening?

Though their most exciting season of NHL hockey may have come to a disappointing end, Jets fans still have many things to look forward to. Although many people viewed this team as playoff-bound entering the season, 52 wins and a conference finals appearance later and the Winnipeg Jets are now viewed as one of the league’s juggernauts. 

The Niverville Nighthawks put up another stinker at home on Wednesday night with a 6–1 loss to the Steinbach Pistons. With the loss, the Nighthawks stay in fourth place in the MJHL’s East Division with a record of 22–16–2.

The Niverville Youth Baseball Association is well into another baseball season and its programs continue to grow. As the programs have expanded, the diamonds at Hespeler Park have gotten busier and busier, both during the week and the weekend.

Colwyn Abgrall has some ambitious plans for the summer. The 21-year-old from Niverville hopes to compete in at least five major golf competitions on both the local and national level. 

It’s no secret that our time is precious and always has been. Previous generations would speak of our collective time on this earth, and that time was precious because of their lower life expectancy.