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Originally designed as a four-lane arterial street, Orangeville’s Hansen Boulevard has been redesigned as a multiple-use street with two lanes for through vehicular traffic, a centre turning lane and the town’s first bicycle lanes at either edge. More ... Dufferin-Caledon MPP Sylvia Jones says the Ontario government’s recent $7 billion deal with a South Korean consortium to bolster the province’s green technology industry will have dire consequences for electricity consumers. More ... WESTMINSTER UNITED CHURCH was a musical venue on Saturday as the Bluesberries were in town to perform, and teach those in attendance about, the various forms of jazz music; from Dixieland to Beebop to Cool to Fusion. More ... The 22 long-term-care beds at Shelburne hospital got at least a brief reprieve when Central West Local Health Integration Network (LHIN) delayed approval of the Headwaters Health Care Centre (HHCC) budget until it gets more information. More ... The Rotary Club of Orangeville, The Greater Dufferin Homebuilders Association, and the Greater Dufferin Area Chamber of Commerce will present United States Consul General Kevin Johnson as the guest speaker for their 2010 Industry Luncheon. More ... The photo of Bert Gauthier being honoured as citizen of the year by the Lord Dufferin IODE, run last week, contained misinformation regarding who is in the picture. The cutline should have read, left to right, Pam Cohen, Joyce Gauthier, Bert Gauthier and Ronnie Inglis. More ... The Orangeville Public Library has launched a revitalized local history centre at its Mill Street location. Resources on the Town of Orangeville and Dufferin County are now located in one central site in the library for easy access. New titles have been added to the local history collection as well as re-introduced titles that have been in storage in recent years. More ... FAMILIES IN MOTION DAY: February 15 has been proclaimed as Families in Motion Day in Orangeville. The Family Day activities, planned by the Parks and Recreation Department, runs from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Alder Street Recreation Centre, with free skating, free swimming, and free children’s games and activities. More ... The Highland Companies remains adamant that its application to clear a 2.4 hectare woodlot was meant to expand its farming operations, but is not prepared to say what options it might have if county council rejects the application. More ... DAIRY QUEEN DEALS: To mark its first anniversary at its Riddell Road location, the Orangeville Dairy Queen is offering up discounts on its line of novelty items ranging from ice cream cakes to ice cream sandwiches. Welcoming folks to give them a try are, left to right, Maryanne Kilby, Janine Smythe and Lise Charbonneau. More ... Joe Sealy, one of Canada’s most highly regarded jazz musicians, whose music is beloved by audiences from coast to coast and around the world, is coming with his Jazzbirds to Orangeville this Friday, February 5, as part of the Orangeville Concert Association season. They’ll be performing at the Opera House at 8 p.m. More ... THE KINETTE CLUB OF SHELBURNE presented a donation of $5,000 to Headwaters Health Care Centre. Pictured making the donation were (left to right): Joan Waechter, Board Member, Headwaters Health Care Foundation, Kinette members Carol Cote, Kristin Gauchi, Connie Lemke, Marion Little, Faye Brett, Carol Egan and Catherine Matzig, Headwaters Health Care Foundation. More ... |
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