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Kids Helping Kids

PHOTO BY WENDY SOLODUIK KIDS HELPING KIDS – Children and staff from Locomotion Day Care Centre in Tottenham participated in the Annual Walk-A-Thon benefiting Sick Kids Hospital through the Asso More...

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Editorial

The hunger games - Free Access

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By Wendy Soloduik
wendy@simcoeyorkprinting.com

The problem with Food banks is this: they are a band aid solution to the major issues of poverty and hunger and the problem isn’t going away. More...

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Letters

Creating a sustainable future for New Tec

Dear editor: More...

To clarify...

Re: Mr. Goddard’s letter of May 10. Actually there was a picture of the moon in this newspaper along with Mr. Goddard’s missive. More...

Nothing for tourists to do in Tottenham

Dear editor: On May 20 South Simcoe Railway, Tottenham's biggest attraction begins it's 20th year of operation. The Railways ridership is approaching 700,000. More...

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Community Events

Register for Relay

BY WENDY SOLODUIK

It isn’t too late to register a team for the upcoming Alliston Relay for Life. The Annual event, which takes place each year at the 8th Avenue field, will be held this year on Friday June 8 (from 7 p.m. – 7 a.m. June 9). More...

Youth Dance Friday in Alliston

The Alliston Firefighters Association and Alliston Community Policing Committee will be hosting a Youth Dance this Friday. May 18 at the Alliston Memorial Arena on Nelson Street,from7–10:30p.m.LocalDJwithallthecurrent music and lights. More...

Horticultural Society

The Tottenham Horticultural Society will meet on May 17 at the fire hall to met with guest speaker Katie Dawson from the ‘Cut and Dried Flower Farm’. More...

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Breaking News - 01:08 PM

Police launch Cottage Patrol - Free Access

OPP, York Region and South Simcoe officers all participating in long weekend blitz

South Simcoe, York Regional and Ontario Provincial Police traffic officers are gearing up for the Cottage Patrol initiative, which kicks off during the Victoria Day long weekend. More...

Fire chief authorized to buy aerial truck - Free Access

BY WENDY SOLODUIK

Fire chief, Dan Heydon, is shopping for a replacement aerial truck for Station 3 Tottenham. More...

News

Chapel blessing at Father F.X. O’Reilly Catholic School

BY KRISTI MCLENAGHAN

The newest addition to the Father F.X. O’Reilly Catholic School in Tottenham sits proudly in the front part of the school. May 9 marked the official blessing for the chapel as well as the school addition. More...

Bottle drive Wednesday

BY WENDY SOLODUIK

On Wednesday, May 23, members of the St. Thomas Aquinas High School 2012 St. John's United Church Guatemala Team, will host a door-to-door bottle drive between 7 – 9 p.m. The event will take place in Tottenham, Alliston, Everett and Baxter. More...

Visit OPP station

In honour of Police Week, the Nottawasaga Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) will be hosting an open information and display session on Thursday May 17. More...

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Nottawasaga 911

Wandering boy returned to his mother

On May 11 at 4:48 a.m., two concerned citizens noticed a young child alone and wandering around the area of Nelson and King Street in Alliston. More...

Stolen snakes discovered during drug bust

Nottawasaga OPP Street Crime Unit received information in relation to a Break and Enter that was reported on May 2, on Lankin Boulevard in Orillia. Police executed a property warrant on a residence on Heydon Avenue in Alliston on May 9. More...

R.I.D.E.

On the afternoon of May 12 a male driver was stopped and after a brief interaction with the officer it appeared that he was under the influence of alcohol. As a result, Christopher Hopper (43) of Essa Township was charged with Over 80. More...

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Sports

Beeton Women’s Volleyball

The Beeton Women’s Volleyball league season has drawn to a close for another year. The season, which runs from September to April, has seen its share of victories and the ladies are looking forward to the upcoming 2012/ 2013 season. More...

Mother’s Day roller derby mayhem at the Memorial Arena

BY KEVIN MICHIE

Alliston’s Misfit Militia roller derby team suffered its first loss of the roller derby season on Saturday night inside the Alliston Memorial Arena at Mother’s Day Mayhem. More...

Michael Worrod Tournament

The 5th Annual Michael Worrod Memorial Golf Tournament takes place on July 21. The event will again be held at the Glen Eagle Golf Course in Bolton. More...

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