July 2018 Archive
More than just the good food
HOPEFULLY THE WEATHERMAN will give a helping hand this weekend when the Orangeville Rotary Club holds its ninth annual Ribfest on the grounds behind the ...
Orangeville council chamber renovations cleared despite $140,000 cost increase
By Mike Pickford Planned renovation of Orangeville’s council chambers will go ahead this fall, even though the project has come in almost $140,000 over budget. ...
Proposed heritage designations getting mixed public reaction
By Mike Pickford If Monday’s public hearing regarding the Prince of Wales Heritage Conservation District Plan was anything to go by, it was clear that ...
Tilson wants action on flood of asylum seekers from U.S.
By Scott Taylor Dufferin-Caledon MP David Tilson measures his words carefully, but pointedly. He says a plan is needed to deal with would-be immigrants streaming ...
Town Council defers pay raise decision until next term
By Mike Pickford Orangeville’s current Council has decided against giving next term’s electees a pay raise, at least for now. The issue of council remuneration ...
DC Cultural Resource Circle needs $900 to finish off tipi
By Mike Pickford The Dufferin County Cultural Resource Circle (DCCRC) finally has a tipi (teepeee) it can call its own. Meeting with the Citizen last ...
Young Company’s The Secret Garden a real challenge
By Constance Scrafield Theatre Orangeville’s Young Company, “hasn’t done a ‘Junior version’ of any of their productions since 2012,” commented Sharyn Ayliffe, when we were ...
The Hatter celebrates 20th anniversary in Orangeville
By Brian Lockhart The Hatter Gastropub in Orangeville really is one of those places were ‘everybody knows your name.’ Last Friday, July 13, the pub ...
Local 12-year-old to swim for food bank donations
By Jasen Obermeyer A local boy is turning what he loves, competitive swimming, into a way to donate to the Orangeville Food Bank, at a ...
Climate change activists ask Town to ban plastic shopping bags
By Mike Pickford Hot on the heels of Orangeville Council’s decision to discourage the use of plastic straws, a local activist group is hoping to ...
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