October 22, 2009 RSS feed / Local News

Police report shows slight increase in crime

The Orangeville Police Services Board and the Orangeville Police Service have presented their 2008 annual report and a business plan for the years 2009-2012. More...

Mono Halloween Party Sunday

The word is out for all the ghosts, goblins and ghouls to gather at the Mono Centre Community Centre Sunday for the Town of Mono Halloween party. The fun, the games and the tricks and treats get underway at 1 p.m. and continue to three p.m. More...

New dome may make trips to Fergus safer

Ice conditions on the Dufferin portion of the Orangeville-Fergus Road (County 3) might be more efficiently controlled this winter, thanks to a new salt and sand dome in Amaranth. More...

Trails cleanup part of global climate effort

This Saturday, October 24, from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Dufferin County residents are invited to participate in a walking and cleanup initiative of Orangeville's trails, as part of the largest synchronized global day of climate action ever. More...

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PRIMATIAL VISITOR: Archbishop Fred Hiltz, the 13th Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, was guest preacher at the 175th anniversary service of St. John's Anglican Church on Highway 9 just east of Orangeville. More...

Bob Webber: Adjala Township's Pumpkin Man

"It all started with the pumpkins," Rita Webber told me, "the enormous ones. "Bob entered them in the Royal [Winter Fair]. But there were all the others. So, he started selling them in markets and then on the farm." Mrs. More...

No stop sign yet at fatal crossroad

For driving through a yield sign and colliding with a second vehicle in which two persons were killed last Nov. More...

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ARTIST JUDGING ART: Kathy Longmore does an intensive study of some of the splendid works of art at Orangeville Art Group's annual fall event in Monora Park Saturday. More...

Skydivers to be part of Torch Relay finale

Picture Orangeville's Olympic Torch Relay on stage, near the end of a two-hour show featuring community entertainment and sports-related choreographed events in the vicinity of the Tony Rose Memorial Sports Centre. More...

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HISTORY OF THE LIBRARY: The Orangeville Public Library board and staff have expressed their thanks to the Dufferin County Museum and Archives for a history of the Orangeville Public Library in honour of the 100th anniversary of the Carnegie Buildin More...

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LET'S GO SOMEWHERE ELSE: That's the message being spread by Elaine Downes, proprietor of the Somewhere Else Tearoom, which held its grand opening on Broadway Tuesday night. More...

Caledon OPP warn of scam artists

Caledon OPP say they have been investigating several unrelated scams recently. In one, a resident of Caledon Village was recently victimized when he was approached, unannounced, by a "contractor" who said he was "in the area" doing work. More...

Charge laid in March fatality

Seven months after a collision on Highway 10 north of Orangeville took the life of a Dundalk man, police have charged the other driver with careless driving. More...