Candidates for Pickering-Uxbridge

In alphabetical order:

Corneliu Chisu – People’s Party of Canada
http://www.electcorneliuchisu.com/

Peter Forint – Green Party
https://www.greenparty.ca/en/riding/2013-35085

Eileen Higdon – NDP
www.eileenhigdon.com

Cyma Musarat – Progressive Conservatives
https://www.cymamusarat.ca/

Jennifer O’Connell – Liberal
https://joconnell.liberal.ca

Grant will help launch long-planned seniors programs

by Roger Varley

Addressing a gathering of Trinity Manor residents last Thursday, Pickering Uxbridge MPP Peter Bethlenfalvy announced that Uxbridge seniors will be receiving a grant of $11,000 to stage a series of talks and information sessions on a variety of subjects. He said the grant, which has to be used within six months, is part of $3 million the provincial government has promised… …continue reading…

Popular upscale restaurant scaling down in upcoming move
by Roger Varley
After 13 years at its present location on Toronto Street North, The Tin Mill restaurant will be closing its doors in January and reopening in a new location sometime in February. Partners Don Andrews and Conrad Lepine will be taking the restaurant to the former TD Bank at the corner of Brock and Main…  …continue reading…

 

Pump park proves pretty popular

by Roger Varley

Construction of the pump park at the Fields of Uxbridge is complete except for the landscaping. Before the “soft” opening, before the official opening, even, riders have been trying out the track. On at least one day last week, more than a dozen riders were testing the dips and rises, while members of the Velosolutions team worked on the parks cosmetics…  …continue reading…

House explosion leaves Zephyr man in coma

by Roger Varley

Two men were seriously injured on Oct. 8 following an explosion at a home in Zephyr. Uxbridge Fire Chief Phil Alexander said the explosion occurred while a propane furnace was being worked on. The two men were identified as Darryl McFarlane of Zephyr and D’Arcy Stephens of Bowmanville… …continue reading…

LMMSO celebrates 25 years of celebrating Maud

Can it really be 25 years since a group of volunteers decided to continue the job of making Wilda Clark’s dream a reality? Clark, a retired Uxbridge teacher, worked for years, lobbying, arm twisting, rallying politicians and community leaders to recognize the need to make the Leaskdale Manse a National Historic Site and a destination for visitors and fans of Lucy Maud Montgomery… …continue reading…

Popular indie bookstore preparing to get town ‘drunk’ on books

by Shelagh Fitz

Tagged as “30 authors, 18 events, 10 venues, one event,” the Book Drunkard Festival is putting the town of Uxbridge on the literary map of Canada in a big way. The seed for hosting a literary festival in Uxbridge has been germinating for a long-time in the imagination of Blue Heron Books owner, Shelley Macbeth. “It has been a life-long dream,” says Macbeth. It is effectively the culmination of and concentration of what Blue Heron Books has been doing for the past 30 years into a single three-week long event. Coinciding with the 30th anniversary of the store, the Book Drunkard Festival offers something for everyone……continue reading…

‘Barefoot on the Moon’ offers a different view of moon landing

by Lisha Van Nieuwenhove

It’s been 50 years since the United States broadcast the moon landing to the world. A play coming to Uxbridge on Oct. 24, suggests that the moon, however, was not the site of this momentous occasion – Sudbury was.…continue reading…

Bruins split games on weekend

by Roger Varley

It only takes a look at the shots on goal to know who won last Friday’s PJHL Junior C game at the arena. The North Kawartha Knights, currently in first place in the Orr Division with an 8-1 record, outshot the Uxbridge Bruins 57-18 on their way to a 5-3 victory. It could have been worse: the Knights had two other goals disallowed… .…continue reading…

Plan on planting trees? Plan to attend this workshop first

The York Durham Chapter of the Ontario Woodlot Association (OWA) is holding a workshop on Saturday, Oct. 19, for anyone planning to plant trees. …continue reading…