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Orono Weekly Times 5310 Main St., E-mail: oronotimes@rogers.com Phone: 905-983-5301 |
September 19, 2018
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Not just carsLast year’s Car Show in downtown Orono was such a success that this year it is More Than a Car Show and it is taking over the fair grounds.
Hospice gets extra acreOne of the last official acts of this term of council was to grant Durham Hospice – Clarington, the additional acre of land they were looking for.
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Stutt’s celebrate 150 yearsPersonal service is what has kept Stutt’s Pharmacy going for the past 150 years, and will keep it going well into the future, according to Raymond Bishay.
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Editorial...
That's a wrap
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Council chambers will be quiet for a couple months, as we – the residents of Clarington, choose who will serve and act in our best interest until 2022. Monday night’s meeting was long, as loose ends were tied and what couldn’t be resolved will be the concern of the newly elected on October 22.
It was a very full agenda – so full the meeting went past midnight. I confess I left at 11:45 p.m. as council went in camera to discuss a proposed acquisition of land, an item in the Planning and Development Committee Report to Council. |
What fascinated me about this meeting was the democratic process. There was a very heated topic on the agenda – the possibility of a by-law passed to protect consumers of unapproved residential real estate. As a consumer this sounds like a pretty good thing – right?
Read the complete editorial in this weeks Issue.
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Coming Events...Sept 21nd - Orono United Church is proud to present An Evening of Classical Music. 7:00 p.m. Tickets - $20.00. Call 905-485-5502 or at the door at United Church, 11 Church St. N.
Sept 22nd - Clarington household hazardous waste collection, 8 a.m. to noon at the Clarington Operations Department. More info at durham.ca/waste. Sept 22nd - BOAA Classic Gourmet Breakfast featuring Eggs Benedict, 9-11 a.m. Purchase tickets at 26 Beech Ave. Sept 23th - St. Saviour’s Church, Mill St., Orono presents the Gospel Plus Singers, 9:30 a.m. Sept 27th - Orono Horticultural Society presents: Take your garden from lousy to lush in 10 easy steps. 7:30 p.m., Orono United Church, Fundraising appetizer and dessert buffet. To pre-purchase tickets: Call Shelly: 905-983-5102. $15/person, $25/couple. Photos...See the photos published in this weeks edition by visiting our "Photo Gallery". High quality colour prints of our photos can now be purchased. Email us for more information.
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Looking Back...Do you want to know what was happening in Orono 25 years, 50 years or 75 years ago?
Read Looking Back in this weeks issue. Ford Smash
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