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JOHN BLOHM Volunteers come in all shapes and sizes, and all demeanors too. John Blohm, the Creemore Echo’s choice for our 2012 Volunteer of the Year, could be described as gruff, perhaps. On the [...]

HIGHLAND WITHDRAWS While it’s been our tradition the past few years to pick an individual as our Newsmaker of the Year, we found that no one, or nothing, eclipsed the moment on Wednesday, [...]

You never know who might be lurking on your roof… photo by Helen Chung (with a few liberties taken!)

Threatened with having to take the year off due to the teachers labour dispute, the Stayner Collegiate Institute Cybergnomes robotics team will instead compete this year as a special committee of [...]

Pop-up retail has been a growing trend in cities around the world, and this Christmas, it’s arrived in Creemore. Marcy Stewart’s original plan was to open up in the old Creemore Meat Market space [...]

Creemore’s Hannah Whitley and Angus’s Elliott Graham, or “Whitley and Graham” as they may one day be called on an Olympic broadcast, were crowned the Pre-Novice Canadian Ice Dance Champions at [...]

Clearview Council got a first look at its 2013 budget Monday, during an introductory working session that saw staff present its proposed operating revenues and expenses for the year. Council was [...]

It has become a tradition to finish off the seasonal Gift of Music series with a concert featuring female vocalists, our “Divas,” and this year is no exception. Mezzo-soprano Erica Iris Huang, [...]

This year’s Santa Claus Parade was the fifth and final one to be organized by John and Marie Blohm. The Echo sends many thanks to the Blohms, on behalf of the entire community, for their [...]

Another local artisan has come forward with a work of art to be auctioned off, with all proceeds going toward the Creemore Medical Centre’s expansion fund. Mulmur resident Michael Monahan has a [...]