July 16, 2009 RSS feed / Local News

Potential battle seen over proposed development charges

Orangeville council heard conflicting views Monday night during a public meeting over proposed new development charges (DCs). The methodology of a development charges study presented by Fred Koenig of Hemson Consulting Ltd. More...

Did somebody say honey?

Market on Broadway feature for Saturday, July 18th is "A Place for Kids…..Did someone say Honey?" MOB vendor Leitch's Honey will have a Bee Observation on site for visitors to witness natures own honey factory process. More...

BIG BROTHERS-SISTERS PREPARE TOURNEY:

From left, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Dufferin personnel Dawn McAllister, Elysia Cartlidge and Nancy Stallmach along with Scotiabank staffers Cassandra Bryan and Valerie Borden prepare the prize and registration tables in preparation for a fundra More...

Dufferin OPP moves to 21st century

Dufferin OPP has come a long way from a tiny frame building on the outskirts of Orangeville 37 years ago, to the brick building on it recently vacated on the outskirts of Shelburne in favour of the concrete block structure with steel cladding it ha More...

Shelburne woman arrested for death threats, intimidation

A three-month police investigation has culminated in three women - including a 63-year-old from Shelburne - facing six counts each of threatening death, as well as four counts of intimidation. More...

Shelburne Residence staff receive Community Excellence Awards

Two staff of the Shelburne Residence Retirement Home, Karen Earle and Darlene Walsh, received Shelburne's highest honour July 13th, when they were presented with Community Excellence Awards from Mayor Edward Crewson at Council. More...

Two charged by OPP with drug offences

On Friday June 26, 2009 Dufferin O.P.P. were conducting a RIDE program at the intersection of County Road 11 and 20 Sideroad, Amaranth Township. During this spot check police stopped a vehicle that was~eastbound on 20 Sideroad. More...

Trails committee gets 220K grant

Orangeville's aim of a series of trails circling the town got a boost last week with a $220,000 grant from the Recreational Infrastructure Canada (RInC) program. More...

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The children from Island Lake Public School in Orangeville were thrilled to have an extra large cheque in the amount of $1000.00 presented to them from MacMaster Pontiac Buick GMC for their 2nd annual Stride For Life. More...

REALTORS CARE FOUNDATION MOTORCYCLE RIDE.

Local residents probably noticed the arrival of a motorcycle ride on July 8. More...

Legal reviews to follow public input

Orangeville mayor Rob Adams might have raised some county council eyebrows when he raised the issue of a nearly $35,000 difference between Orangeville's $7,500 cost and the county's $42,000 for lawyers at the judicial review of whether the Town's c More...

Museum concert series continues Sunday

The Dufferin County Museum and Archives continues its' popular Summer Concert Series in Historic Corbetton Church on Sunday, July 19th, with Meghan Compeau, Soprano. More...

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AMARANTH RESIDENT, Evey McPherson, is shown here giving an incredible gift. For two years she has been growing her hair in preparation for her donation to A Child's Voice Foundation in Mississauga, who run a program called Angel Hair for Kids. More...

Sights, sounds and thrills mark Orangeville Founders Day

FESTIVITIES may have been momentarily dampened on Saturday morning but ultimately skies cleared and hundreds made their to downtown Orangeville on Friday and Saturday to participate in Founders Day activities. More...