June 15, 2006 RSS feed / Local News

OPEN FOR BUSINESS.

The Service Canada Centre for Youth (SCCY) is now open for business at 210 Broadway in Orangeville. The phone More...

Local band kicking off entertainment at Lobsterfest

The upcoming local band Forgery will be the opening act for More...

Sylvia Bradley in race for council

Sylvia Bradley has filed her nomination papers for the position of Orangeville councillor. More...

Tender accepted for Margaret and Alexander streets

A tender that was just $89,000 over the $1-million plus budget has been accepted by Orangeville council for construction work on Margaret and Alexander streets. More...

Eaglesmith road show coming next week

Fred Eaglesmith, who regularly packs venues throughout Canada and the United States with countryfied wit set to music, will bring his welltravelled road show to the Grace Tipling Hall on Saturday of next week, June 24. More...

Silent auction set for Scipiones

Imagine your life being changed forever in a split second. That is what happened to Greater Dufferin Area Chamber of Commerce director Judy Scipione and her family. More...

Local resident stepping up to end breast cancer

In just a few months, Melanie Adams of Orangeville will join thousands of dedicated women and men in Toronto, September 8-10, to walk 60 kilometres over two days. More...

YOUTHFEST 06 OFFERED SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE. The battle of the bands More...

Local paralympic gold medalist urges healthy living

Bradley Bowden of Orton, possibly Canada's first paralympic gold medalist, had lots of advice for students at East Garafraxa Central Public School last Friday, as the gymnasium at his former school was dedicated in his honour. More...

Gas tax money goes to lower tier

Dufferin County councillors have decided to spend the gasoline tax money from Ottawa in their own backyards. More...

Little early interest in council posts

With less than six months to go until this year's municipal elections, there appears to be a dearth of interest in the 25 council positions within Dufferin's five townships. More...

Warden comments bring calls for apology

Question period is generally a quite time at Dufferin County council, but comments by the warden last month brought two members of the community out looking for clarification and an apology. More...

Optimists' $million Hole In One next week

The Orangeville Optimists' $1-million Hole-inOne Contest is set to take place next week. More...

Bike junkie uses Broadway median for his amusement

At the beginning of his third summer of extreme riding, a teen bike junkie has found a new challenge to jump: one of the three controversial Broadway medians. More...

LADIES DAY AT PARFECT.

A sports clothing line for women was launched last week at Parfect More...

PROM NIGHT CRASH

Paramedics prepare to place a Westside Secondary School student in ambulance Friday night after she was More...

Rail yard to be 'revitalized'

The Orangeville Railway Development Corporation board is working on plans to use $100,000 in insurance funds from the March fire that destroyed the historic Orangeville Bunkhouse toward a loading platform and small structure for tour train patrons. More...

Primrose youth recognized by Lions Club

Renee Courture, a grade 8 student at Primrose Elementary School, was presented last week with the first-ever student volunteer award by the Lions Club's district Lions-Quest committee and The Past District Governors' Association. More...

Teacher taking it off for cancer

Last week, students at Orangeville District Secondary School (ODSS) watched 10 teachers shave their heads for cancer. More...

Students premiering Reading The Signs

Canadian playwright Richard Turtle's latest collaboration with Orangeville writer Peter Moore, Reading The Signs, is being performed for the first time next week, by Grades 7 and 8 students from Princess Margaret Elementary School. More...