July 1, 2010 RSS feed / Local News

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In memory of...

IN MEMORY OF SUSANNA LANGMAN, a local woman and outdoors enthusiast who died last November in a hiking accident in the United States, the Langman family has made a donation of close to $7,000 to The F More...

Retired OPP officer convicted of sex assaults

By WES KELLER Freelance Reporter

A former OPP officer will be back in Superior Court in Orangeville July 5 to set a date for his sentencing on several sexual assault charges, some of which date back to the 1970s. More...

Horning’s Mills bomb shelter revisited

By WES KELLER Freelance Reporter

First it was a mysterious helicopter a few weeks ago, and then on Saturday it was a fly over several times by at least two fighter jets, and the Orangeville area appeared to come alive with ponderings about what was going on. More...

NORTHMEN Andrew Suitor makes his during Junior A play against Whitby at

Northmen seal game two win with OT goal Continued from pg B1 2-2 when Dustin Caravello bulled his way and dropped one over the shoulder of Danko. More...

New marketing twitters to fame and fortune

By DAN PELTON Staff Reporter

When somebody comes up to you and boasts that he sends thousands of twitter messages a month, a likely response would be: “Dude, get a life!” In the case of Scott Stratten, though, it’s all part of his profession. More...

Fake ice a Canada Day feature

By WES KELLER Freelance Reporter

The Canada Day crowd in Shelburne today will have an opportunity to see two kinds of progress: Russian hockey players as a team in a Canadian league, and an addition to Centre Dufferin Recreation Complex that includes an installation of “ice&r More...

Georgian launches Step Up Program

By LINDSEY PAPP Staff Reporter

Dufferin-Caledon MP David Tilson was at Georgian Colleges Centre for Career Employment Services on Monday to celebrate the start of Georgian College’s Step Up Program. More...

Legion grieves loss of stalwart member

Joe Huddleston, who had retained the demeanour of a typical regimental sergeant major while serving 25 years as parade marshal for Orangeville’s Royal Canadian Legion Branch 233, died peacefully at Headwaters Health Care Centre last Sunday. More...

Home Hardware held ‘Grand Re-Opening’

Buddy Pitt, Melody Crowe and their team at Orangeville Home Hardware Building Centre, celebrated a grand re-opening of the store last Saturday with a cake-cutting ceremony, sale and celebratory activities. More...