May 29, 2008 RSS feed / Local News

Museum joins students in veterans research

The Dufferin County museum committee was to sit in special session last night to decide whether or not to send two museum representatives to Europe along with about 30 Shelburne high school students. More...

Royal Canadian Legion News

On Friday May 30, The Friday Night Dinner will be Chicken & Baked Potatoes prepared by Irene Jones and will be served from 5 till 7 p.m. Drop in and enjoy a fine meal. This Saturday evening Karaoke will be Nancy Belsey's Farewell Tour. More...

CPR retiree reflects poetically on riding the local rails

Orangeville retiree Deb Reed has waxed poetic in recalling the days when the CPR ran four trains daily (except Sunday) through Dufferin between Owen Sound and Toronto Numbered trains 705, 706, 707 and 708 and pulled by steam engines until they wer More...

Lord Dufferin Centre wins accreditation

The Ontario Retirement Communities Association (ORCA) announced this week that it has renewed Lord Dufferin Centre's accreditation. More...

Hydro One transmission line hearings extended

Hydro One Networks Inc. has began a second round of Public Information Centres (PICs) on its proposal to build a 180-kilometre transmission line between the Bruce Power facility and its switching station in Milton. More...

Tilson praises volunteers' help with tax returns

Dufferin-Caledon MP David Tilson met with volunteers who coordinated the 2008 Orangeville Income Tax Program, to thank them on behalf of the residents of Dufferin, for their time and invaluable assistance to the citizens of Orangeville and the surr More...

Equi-fest this weekend at Orangeville Fairgrounds

The Women Horse Owners Association (WHOA) "was formed to be a provider of services and opportunities for women horse owners" according to the leaflet distributed by the group. More...

Bridge building starts on 'a place'

East Garafraxa Township was able to come up with $400,000 to cover a shortfall for replacement of a bridge that represents more than a structure, without raising the tax rate even a single point, Mayor Allen Taylor said. More...

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Photo/WES KELLER AVALON GETS HOME DEPOT BBQ:Avalon nurse Julie McQuat, left, assists one of the lodge's oldest members, Herb Cook, 95, for a photo as Connie Squires, Betty Didiuk, and Wendy Summer of Home Depot present a barbecue to Avalon's activity More...

53 dogs, 3 large birds removed from Erin house

Working in collaboration with the Upper Credit Humane Society, the Ontario SPCA Orangeville and District Branch has seized 53 dogs and three large birds from a property in Erin. More...

Green Pathways shows you how to go 'green'

Green Pathways Inc., a co-venture of Orangeville Hydro Limited and Power Up Renewable Energy Co-operative Inc., will have a grand opening of its new store this Saturday, May 31st, as a conclusion to Energy Conservation Week in Orangeville. More...

ODSS grads hold 50-year reunion

The Orangeville District High School (now ODSS) graduates of 1958 recently celebrated 50 years of friendship at the Hockley Valley Resort. The event was attended by graduates of grades 12 and 13, and Commercial classes. More...

Grainne O'Maille - the legend and the Mono connection

Grainne O'Maille was an Irish pirate, a legendary lady whose name has come down the centuries from the mid 1500's to land in a beautiful Celtic shop in Cookstown. More...

Community Living, Theatre Orangeville to share living space

The everyday needs of Community Living Dufferin (CLD) and the off-stage needs of Theatre Orangeville will be accommodated in a proposed 25,000-square-foot facility to be built on a 9.4-acre site on County Road 3 in East Garafraxa township. More...