Merry Christmas & Happy New Year – Wishing the community all the best for the holidays and a safe & healthy 2024. THEE (Tyrone, Haydon, Enniskillen and Enfield) Farmers Parade of Lights, December 6.
As the days count down toward Christmas Eve, we can all surely envision the amped up frenzy underway at the North Pole. Elves are double checking their spreadsheets of lists submitted from children across the globe, cross-checking this with naughty and nice lists, and hoping that someday Santa will agree to install the new smart app that collates all this data and with the use of a handy algorithm, determines whether Johnny really deserves that sled, or if Jinny’s behaviour has merited that new doll.
We are all aware on how important shopping locally is to our small towns and villages. It can be difficult sometimes finding what you need – have you ever thought of checking at the co-op?
The Municipality of Clarington is consulting the pub-lic about its Site Alteration By-law to ensure that our environment is protected, and our residents remain safe. The current by-law was enacted in 2008 to regulate the grading, filling or dumping on land, and removal of topsoil from land.
Clarington is growing and with expanded population, businesses and manufacturing centres, comes the need for our firefighters to have the latest and best training possible.
Just in case you are a little skeptical about Santa Claus, I’m here to tell you he walks among us – sometimes. Other times he’s very busy. And no, he does not always wear that red suit. Only in December. Other times he’s in blue jeans and a sweatshirt, and you wouldn’t recognize him. But he’s listening.
Clarington Polar Bear Swim otherwise known as the ‘Dash of Insanity’ January 1, 2019. Orono Times archive photo.
Photo Submitted by Shelby Dillon
The Orono Agricultural Society donated $1,000 to the Orono Firefighters Association’s 27th Annual Food Drive on Saturday. Pictured with OAS board president Shelby Dillon are Fire Fighter Brenton Wood and District Chief Steve Chad.
Yvonne Maitland, owner of Apple Blossom Flowers, presents Ann-marie Harley of Newcastle, one of the winners of their 40th Anniversary prize draw, with her basket.
It’s been a rollercoaster year for many families in our communities. Great milestones marked, traditions honoured, as well as much upheaval for some simply getting by day to day. The warp and woof of life.