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August 15, 2018
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Festival fever“Who isn’t pumped about OronoFest?” asks Lori Williams of Orono’s Community Collective.
The OronoFest project team has been working hard on this brand new event designed to celebrate the village of Orono. |
Rural event venue deniedDeborah and Oswin Mathias were disappointed with the Ontario Municipal Board (OMB) decision regarding their proposed event venue.
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Editorial...
Up for the challenge
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Here we go. Over the past thirty plus years, I have written for five newspapers, two magazines and four non-profits assisting them with their communications, marketing and fund development strategies. Owning a community newspaper and getting back to my journalism roots has always been a dream of mine. In 1972, our family moved to Orono from Oshawa. I was a daffodil in one of the Orono Figure Skating Carnivals, was a brownie and girl guide, skied the hills at Brimacomb (Kirby Ski Hill in my day) and hiked in the Ganaraska. I was one of the first full grade 7 classes at The Pines and graduated from Clarke. This is a good fit.
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I do believe local newspapers are the heart and soul of our community. This is my goal for the Orono Weekly Times. From covering local happenings, to keeping readers posted on ‘what’s news’, the Orono Times is a committed, concerned friend supporting and promoting all the community’s worthy causes. Too often taken for granted, it is an easy target for unwarranted criticism. But a newspaper worth its salt does not hesitate to take stands on the issues that count, while giving other viewpoints a fair shake, too. Nor does it shrink from calling to account our elected officials.
Read the complete editorial in this weeks Issue.
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Coming Events...Aug 21st - Tuesday’s on the trail with OPG. Biodiversity along the trail at 10 a.m. or 1 p.m.
Aug 21st - Annual Flower and Vegetable Show at the Newcastle Community Hall, 5-7pm. All welcome. Aug 25th - Oronofest street festival in downtown Orono from noon to 8pm. Vendors, beer tent, music, food trucks and more! www.oronofest.ca Aug 26th & 29th - “Under the Sea” musical show with the merry pop in playgroup, St. Saviour’s Church at 23 Mill St. Aug 30th - BOAA hosts Steep & Sweets garden themed summer tea, 12 p.m. Call 905-697-2856 for tickets, $16 members or $18 non-members. Sept 22nd - BOAA Classic Gourmet Breakfast featuring Eggs Benedict, 9-11 a.m. Purchase tickets at 26 Beech Ave. 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 this weeks Looking Back in this weeks issue. Carrot
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