March 22, 2023
Grace helps stir one of three big pots of stew at the Newtonville Community Hall on Sunday night. The community turned out for lots of food, lots of music, lots…
Safe and secure, lion never a threat
No doubt everyone has seen or heard about the post made by a woman visiting Orono who, while walking her dog, claimed she came ‘face-to-face with a lion through a…
Newcastle Family Connection Dance Recital is back, live and in person on April 29
After three long years of making do without an in-person celebration of a season’s worth of dancing, the NFC Dancers will be ready to light up the stage at the…
Angie Austin – Just a country girl
Ward 4 has a wide variety of people with a wide variety of talents and interests. The one thing that we all have in common is a natural interest in…
At 102, OHS kicks off gardening season
On Saturday the Orono Horticultural Society held their annual membership drive. This year food items were collected for the Clarington East Food Bank. Board members Andrea Hester, treasurer; Carol Bailey,…
Durham Region is eliminating paper waste collection calendars
As part of The Regional Municipality of Durham’s Long-term Waste Management Plan to mitigate environmental impacts, paper waste collection calendars will no longer be distributed to households. Residents of the…
Happy 90th Birthday
Anne Harrison celebrated her 90th birthday on Saturday at The Snug. She was born on March 17 in Ireland and immigrated to Canada in 1960. Her brother Nigel from Amesbury…
Spring Flora, Fauna and Folly
Though it appears like clockwork each year, it always feels like the most magical of moments. We enthusiastically cast off the heavy, grey cloak of winter. Then we put it…
Mighty Mites!
He shoots he scores! I caught the tail end of the Mighty Mites’ practice on Sunday morning. It was quite obvious from what I witnessed, we have lots of future…
