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SEAN CHASE Current and former teachers and faculty of General Panet came together Saturday night to celebrate the high school's 55th anniversary. In the photo (left to right) is Gary Serviss, Marc Goulet, Bryon Morris, Glen Hill, Carol Kernaghan, Graham Serviss, Debbie McCabe, Cy Steele, Pam Theilmann and Bob McCabe. This is the final reunion before Panet closes its door in 2014.

Panthers united to celebrate 55 years

They may no longer have the bricks and mortar, however, Panthers have vowed that the spirit of General Panet will live on once their beloved high school closes its doors for good.

City officers ready for OPP training

Editor’s note: Today we are pleased to bring you the third in a series of stories detailing how the changeover in city policing from the Pembroke Police Service to the Ontario Provincial Police will take place. Watch for the fourth story in the series in The Daily Observer in the coming weeks.

SEAN CHASE sean.chase@sunmedia.ca Gary and Lianne Marchand plan to erect a public awareness sign dedicated to their late niece, Emily Watts, on the corner of Biesenthal Road and Petawawa Boulevard. That sign will be similar to this one of Emily already standing on Whitewater Road east of Pembroke. For more community photos please visit our website photo gallery at www.thedailyobserver.ca.

Making the Emily Watts message permanent

For over three years, the bright, beaming face of Emily Watts was looking out at motorists on Petawawa Boulevard. Next to the photograph was a simple but heartfelt message: “Remember Emily -Don’t drink and drive.”

Nigel Wright (Reuters file photo)

Harper's chief of staff resigns

Prime Minister Stephen Harper's chief of staff has resigned his post after helping Sen. Mike Duffy to repay $90,000 in improperly claimed expenses.

Pamela Wallin, left, and Mike Duffy. (QMI Agency File Photos)

Expense claim scandal dampers festivities

Tory MPs may not be in the mood for fireworks and barbecues over the Victoria Day weekend, amid a Senate expense claim scandal that forced Senators Mike Duffy and Pamela Wallin to leave the party caucus.

Andrea Rebello. (Instagram)

N.Y. student killed by cops in standoff

A 21-year-old university student who was taken hostage in her apartment and then shot to death during a police standoff with an armed robber on New York’s Long Island was killed by a bullet fired from an officer’s gun, investigators said on Sunday.

Mike Duffy. Andre Forget/QMI Agency

NDP smell blood in Duffy scandal

New Democrats want all records related to Mike Duffy's expenses made public in light of allegations he billed taxpayers while campaigning for Conservative candidates in the 2011 election.

Ontario PC Leader Tim Hudak talks to media Friday, May 17, 2013. (ANTONELLA ARTUSO/Toronto Sun)

Hudak rips Godfrey's OLG removal

The ham-fisted removal of Paul Godfrey from the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) is a sign that the provincial Liberal government and its gaming modernization plan is “off the rails,” PC Leader Tim Hudak says.