Posts By Sam Odrowski

Popular skate sharpening business at Orangeville rinks closes 

Mel kept the blades and relationships sharp for 39 years By Sheila Duncan Mel’s Pro Shop in Orangeville has been a popular place for hockey ...

Tourism Tent to feature live music, art, food at upcoming plowing match

By Paula Brown, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Looking to learn more about the sites, sounds and flavours that can be found in the Dufferin County ...

Orangeville Food Bank expects to distribute 650,000 lbs of food this year

By JAMES MATTHEWS September is Hunger Action Month. And who better to speak about the sobering statistics of local examples of hunger than Heather Hayes, ...

Dufferin festival to celebrate local films

By JAMES MATTHEWS, LOCAL JOURNALISM INITIATIVE REPORTER Many films and television productions have used Orangeville and Dufferin County locales as a backdrop location. Local talent ...

Headwaters Arts Fall Festival to wrap up with ‘Bookish Afternoon’ at Alton Mill

By Constance Scrafield The finale for the Headwaters Arts Fall Festival is the annual “Bookish Afternoon,” as BookLore’s Nancy Frater likes to call it. This ...

Cairn of Peace marks 60th anniversary

By Anne Thompson Each and every day, thousands of motorists travel through Caledon Village on Highway 10 and there are probably very few alive today ...

Jamie’s Jam to take over Orangeville Fairgrounds for old-school Halloween party 

By Sam Odrowski The 80s and 90s are coming to the Orangeville Fairgrounds for Halloween. A retro party night featuring DJ Stevie P from z103.5 ...

Plowing Match to hold Celebration of Excellence for naming of Ontario Queen of the Furrow, top-plowmen

What better way to wrap up a once-in-a-generation event than with a celebratory evening—and that is exactly what will happen when the International Plowing Match ...

Chance to test-drive an electric vehicle coming to Grand Valley Fall Fair

Dufferin County invites residents to take the wheel and experience the benefits of electric power on Sunday, Sept. 24 for a free electric vehicle test-drive ...

Town of Orangeville seeking creative names for new snowplow

The Big Leplowski. Edgar Allan Snow. Yer a Blizzard, Harry. Sled Zeppelin. You may be familiar with these unique snowplow names, generated through naming contests ...

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