Mill St. store closes

By Kara McIntosh After just over three years in business, retail store And Why Not! in downtown Creemore will close its doors over the holidays, so one of its two proprietors can relocate closer to her Alliston home. Blanche Heck is looking for a new retail space for...

Bidding begins for art show

By Martha Bull The 7th annual Creemore Centric community art free-for-all is upon us. The official submission date was last Monday and the show started being hung during the week so all entries can be on the wall ready for bidding on Saturday, January 4 at 2 pm. So,...

Fundraiser for Tanya Prentice

The family of a woman with cancer is hoping to see you on the dance floor at a party to help raise funds to support her during her fight. Tanya Schmidt Prentice was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer of the appendix in September 2011. Called the “dandelion cancer,”...

Runner sets world record

By Lisa Timpf Creemore runner Lee Anne Cohen came away from the Across the Years race with an accomplishment to be proud of, setting a new world record for her age group. Lee Anne entered the 48-hour race with the goal of bettering the Canadian record for 100 miles...

News Story of the Year

Thanks to an engaged public response to the Township’s electoral review, Clearview is going to look a little different after next fall’s municipal election. That’s when electoral ward boundaries that better represent the communities in the region go into effect. The...

Volunteers of the Year

She’s a behind-the-scenes organizational whiz who can whip up a festival in a frenzy. He’s an outgoing type whose curiosity has been known to get the better of him. Together, they make things happen in Creemore. Since moving to Creemore about 10 years ago,...