Clearview sees decrease in policing costs

Clearview Township will benefit from a new method of billing for policing costs. In 2015, the township’s bill will decrease by $150,272. Clearview treasurer Edward Henley said the change is because of a new methodology for calculating costs. Based on more of a...

Emily and darci-que take over Hillview Cellars Winery

Emily Fischl and darci-que and have taken over Hillview Cellars Winery on Creemore’s main street. The mother-daughter team is purchasing the make-your-own wine business from Noel VanWallegham, who ran the wine shop for more than a decade and the meat market for five...

MacIntyre, Winter in conversation in Avening Hall

Curiosity House Books is hosting authors Linden MacIntyre and Michael Winter at Avening Hall Monday. MacIntyre is promoting his new book Punishment and Winter is promoting a non-fiction book called Into the Blizzard. “They are really interesting books, very different...

Creemore Home Hardware open for business

Home Hardware is now open. The store opened its doors Monday after a six-month closure. It is now under the ownership of Ross Lotto. He said taking ownership of the store has been a long process and he was officially approved as a dealer in September. Lotto worked for...

Miller's Dairy fights industrial classification

John Miller said he was shocked to learn his dairy farm had been classified industrial and that he owed thousands of dollars in back taxes. In September he received notice that the farm is being classified as industrial by MPAC – the Municipal Property Assessment...

Designer pops up in shop to help widowed florist

Florist Nicole Lemaire is closing the Florist Fairy after the holidays. She said she just can’t keep it going after the death of her husband. Lemaire and her husband Patrick Badertscher were new to the area and opened the flower shop in Creemore last November. “The...