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November 30, 2006  RSS feed


BEFORE A CROWD of hundreds gathered downtown, Mayor Drew Brown joined with Dufferin Caledon MP David Tilson in welcoming Santa Claus to Orangeville for the official lighting of the town's Christmas tree. Part of the BIA sponsored Moonlight Magic, the event also featured a number of other activities More...
Town of Mono council approves draft conditions for Brett Farm subdivision
By MANDI HARGRAVE Staff Reporter

As one of its last acts, the outgoing Mono council has approved a "draft plan of vacant land condominium" for the Aragon (Hockley) Development at the former Brett Farm property at Highway 10 and 5 Sideroad. More...

Studies under way for ELGV wind farm
By WES KELLER Freelance Reporter

A mostly supportive crowd of about 100 East Luther Grand Valley residents heard Monday night that Windrush Energy would hope to have two 10- megawatt wind farms online at Ashton Ridge by 2008. More...


UNIONIZED WORKERS at the Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCB0) handed out leaflets to customers in Orangeville on Wednesday afternoon. The postcard campaign is asking Dalton McGuinty to put an immediate freeze on all new agency stores. Rob Hawken, a spokesperson for the group said the practice of s More...

Dillman, Montgomery the winners in recounts
By WES KELLER Freelance Reporter

The losing mayoral candidates in Melancthon and Mulmur townships could technically seek a judicial review within 14 days, but chances are that Gord Montgomery will remain mayor of Mulmur by a single vote, and Ron Dillman mayor of Melancthon by four ballots. More...

Mill Street bridge is finally complete
By LAVINIA KERR Staff Reporter

Five months of detours around the Mill Street bridge are finally a thing of the past because reconstruction of the bridge is complete and the roadway is paved. More...

 Local News
• Mono looking to become more accessible
A preliminary construction budget from R. J. Burnside and Associates has shown that making Mono's municipal office more handicap accessible will cost $301,000. More...
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 Columns
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A storyteller who'll be remembered
L ast Saturday, I went to the unveiling of Orangeville's latest woodcarving, now More...
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 Mailbox
• Dufferin County History said incomplete
How soon we forget? I understand they launched the Dufferin County History Book recently at Marsville. I am wondering why none of our family were contacted to submit our history to the book seeing as we lived at Price's Corners for 17 years. Most of those years my father Samuel Ross Price was the c More...
• 'Very shortsighted'
• Disastrous consequences?
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 Regional News
• Ethanol driving up corn prices
With the growth of ethanol plants in North America, plus Ontario's edict that 10 per cent of automobile fuel must be ethanol by the year 2009, the price of corn has begun to climb, and experts are predicting the trend will continue. More...
• Confirmed influenza cases reported by health unit
• Buffitt to sing at County inaugural
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