December 2024 Archive
Orangeville’s 2025 budget approved with 4.9 per cent tax increase
By JAMES MATTHEWS People are an essential resource for Orangeville to best provide residents with the services they need. The town’s 2025 operating budget has ...
Orangeville residents wary of possible tax increase
By JAMES MATTHEWS Some Orangeville residents pleaded for empathy from a council face-and-eyes into determining next year’s municipal operating and capital budgets. And council gave ...
Orangeville author releases third ‘Auston the Sidecar Dog’ children’s book
Out of this world adventure brings readers through space By Sam Odrowski A local musician and author, who’s best known riding around Orangeville on a ...
Theatre Orangeville’s ‘Sleeping Beauty – A Fairy’s Tale’ fills Opera House with laughter
By Constance Scrafield This year, Theatre Orangeville’s Pantomime, “Sleeping Beauty – A Fairy’s Tale” is very funny right away. Gorgeous, song-filled and full of surprises, ...
Santa’s little helpers’ from Sears
By Keith Schell Last Christmas, I sent out a story for publication to this newspaper titled, ‘The Sears Christmas Wishbook’, describing the joy that the ...
Theatre Orangeville’s ‘Sleeping Beauty – A Fairy’s Tale’ fills Opera House with laughter
By Constance Scrafield This year, Theatre Orangeville’s Pantomime, “Sleeping Beauty – A Fairy’s Tale” is very funny right away. Gorgeous, song-filled and full of surprises, ...
Syria gets another chance
By Gwynne Dyer Take a moment, first, to celebrate the fall of a regime of surpassing evil even by the demanding standards of the Middle ...
How smart are you?
By Brian Lockhart I think people in general consider themselves to be intelligent. It’s very rare to hear someone say, “I am really dumb” and ...
How hot is it?
By Brian Lockhart Have you ever listened to a weather forecast on the radio and the announcer says something like “it’s 26 degrees, but it ...
A type of magic
By Anthony Carnovale I was surprised when my daughter asked for ‘magic tools’ for Christmas. She was inspired by a friend that made two squishy ...
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