Posts By Sam Odrowski

Shelburne Council quashes plan to sell Fiddle Park to developer

Special to the Citizen Shelburne Council unanimously voted to rescind the proposed sale of Fiddle Park Monday evening, to the applause of those assembled. After ...

Can all Ford’s promises be kept?

IT WAS PERHAPS APPROPRIATE that Premier-elect Doug Ford chose as his first task determining just what shape the Ontario government’s books are in. And while ...

Not just another fundraiser

THERE’S AN EVENT tomorrow night at Orangeville District Secondary School that you shouldn’t miss. It’s the Dufferin Relay For Life, the local version of a ...

Mono Council raises tourism flag, issues Senior of the Year award

Special to the Citizen Mono Council opened its doors to two bright and cheerful events on May 29, starting with the raising of the Headwaters ...

Time for a minority government?

UNLIKE THE UNITED STATES, Canada has a multiplicity of political parties, as evidenced locally by the fact there will be no fewer than seven names ...

16 years and counting

WE WONDER WHETHER founder Larry Kurtz really imagined 16 years ago how successful Orangeville’s Blues & Jazz Festival would become. We see it as nothing ...

Northmen Field Lacrosse teams at Provincial championships

The Orangeville Sanderson Sports Northmen Field Lacrosse teams were in Brampton on May 19-20 for the Ontario Provincial Championships. The U11-1 Northmen took their regular ...

Politicians and the media

IN RECENT YEARS, the relationship between governing politicians and the media seems to have been changing. Gone are the days when presidents, prime ministers and ...

The next set of signals

IT WAS 10 YEARS AGO that Dufferin County’s Public Works department did something the ‘experts’ said wasn’t necessary. They installed traffic signals at two intersections ...

Decision to sell Fiddle Park slammed by Rotary Club, citizens

Special to the Citizen As the 70’s Motown hit song says, “and the beat goes on.” The proposed sale of Fiddle Park, announced at the ...

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