January 26, 2012 RSS feed / Local News

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DANCING FOR THE ANIMALS:

Ryley Cousins chose to have a dance for her 12th birthday on Saturday, Jan. 14. There were 28 kids gathered in the basement at Tweedsmuir Church. More...

Another local poker player wins gold, cash in Vegas

By LINDSEY PAPP Staff Reporter

Bolton resident and member of the Orangeville Poker Tour Greg Hartwick took home over $20,000 in a World Series of Poker Circuit (WSOPC) event earlier this week at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. More...

Town council debated building demolitions

By DAN PELTON Staff Reporter

It was the classic confrontation of renovation vs. preservation Monday when two permits for demolition came before Orangeville Council. The result was a virtual draw. More...

Westside S.S. shop has its own Toyota

By LINDSEY PAPP Staff Reporter

Students from Westside Secondary School in Orangeville who are part of the Ministry of Education’s Specialist High Skills Major (SHSM) program are beneficiaries of a 2006 Yaris donated to the school last year by Hallmark Toyota. More...

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Has ‘popular project’ become an oxymoron?

WIKIPEDIA DEFINES ‘oxymoron’ (from Greek ...µ...., “sharp dull”) as “a figure of speech that combines contradictory terms.” Well, we submit that in these days there’s really no longer such a thing as a &ldquo More...

Royal Canadian Legion News

By JOHN CUNNINGHAM Branch 220 More...

Town, tourism body may part ways

By DAN PELTON Staff Reporter

If a motion passed at Monday’s Orangeville Council meeting is any indication, the relationship between the Town and the Hills of Headwaters Tourism Association may be coming to an end. More...

Sale of Amaranth landfill falls through

By WES KELLER Freelance Reporter

A landfill transaction worth potentially $4 million or more to Amaranth taxpayers has died, but the cause of death is unclear. More...

Snow goes deep into Stanton Hotel’s rare value

By WES KELLER Freelance Reporter

With what almost seems the kind of motivated enthusiasm one hears in some political debates, heritage advocate Victor Snow is ready to take on anyone, professional or otherwise, who would deign to suggest razing the Stanton Hotel, a 149-year-old stru More...

Consignment a Caledon furniture store’s feature

By Constance Scrafield Columnist

“Consignment should be a way of life!” This is the philosophy of Nancy Angrove Urekar, owner of Chic á BOOM in the small strip mall in Caledon Village, and she is setting the bar as high as any consignment shop you could imagine. More...

Developer makes pitch to Mono council

By DAN PELTON Staff Reporter

Representatives of Brookfield Homes Ltd. gave Mono Council an update Tuesday on plans to develop a 340-unit residential site north of Highway 9. More...

Mochaberry’s installs an in-house roaster

By LINDSEY PAPP Staff Reporter

Troy Brett and his spouse Wendy, who bought Orangeville’s Mochaberry coffee shop from its previous owners last April, last Friday installed a fluid bed roaster, taking their coffee business to the next level of fresh by roasting a larger select More...

GRAND OPENING –

The grand opening of T-Zone, located at 149 Main Street West in Shelburne, was held on Monday (January 23). More...

What more could we ask for?

“Do not let your heart be troubled; believe in God ….” John 14:1 We have begun this New Year with the Lord saying, "Rejoice this is a time for great joy for I have given you victory, so proclaim and declare to all the earth what I More...

Hotel said to have rare value

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report by a building official or structural engineer is provided concerning the structural preservation and condition of the Stanton Hotel as a means to rationalize its destruction. More...