by Trina Berlo | Feb 12, 2016 | News
A plan is afoot to install another dozen or so plaques commemorating Creemore’s heritage and organizers want to hear from the community as to the subject matter. There are already 13 plaques installed throughout the village on the topics of Champlain’s visit in 1616,...
by Trina Berlo | Feb 5, 2016 | News, Visit Creemore, Business
A select few businesses will be a portal to expanding culinary tourism in Clearview Township in 2016. John Giffen (pictured) has been successful in getting Clearview on the map – the Apple Pie Trail map. A product of the Blue Mountain Village Association, the Apple...
by Trina Berlo | Feb 5, 2016 | News
Local students were presented the Collingwood Optimist Club’s Friends of Youth awards Jan. 20. Thirty-three students from 16 area schools were recognized for their achievement of outstanding community involvement. The club recognizes students from Collingwood, Wasaga...
by Trina Berlo | Jan 29, 2016 | News
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]A Clearview Township house was destroyed by fire this afternoon. Passersby noticed smoke coming from the house on County Road 124, just east of Singhampton, shortly before 1:30 p.m. No one was home at the time and no one was injured...
by Trina Berlo | Jan 29, 2016 | News
A process that could determine the fate of Stayner’s high school began this week. An eight-member committee will look for solutions to “accommodation pressures” on three Stayner schools, specifically issues with the building at Byng Public School (above), while also...
by Trina Berlo | Jan 29, 2016 | News
Marg Purkis is the new chair of the Creemore Medical Centre service board. “We will be rebuilding the board and the focus of the medical centre will be on program development and new doctor recruitment,” she said. The position became vacant after the chair and two...