Huron-Bruce MPP Lisa Thompson and two additional provincial ministers were in Clinton on Friday to break ground on a new Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) station across the street from the Clinton fire hall.
The Brussels Santa Claus parade, as well as accompanying ice time and time with the man in red himself at the Brussels, Morris and Grey Community Centre, were held in Brussels on Saturday night.
As the plans currently stand, it will cost approximately $4.5 million for the renovation and expansion of the Brussels, Morris and Grey Community Centre.
The Fire Departments of North Perth and North Huron faced off in a fundraising game on Saturday. While North Perth claimed the victory, the real winner was the Wingham and District Hospital Foundation
The elves were out in full force for Londesborough s annual community Christmas, spearheaded by Nature s Nest. Here, in Londesborough, the elves kept warm by roasting marshmallows over an open flame.
The Huron County 4-H Leaders Association Awards Program was held at the Seaforth Agriplex late last month, recognizing 4-H members for their efforts throughout the year.
The snow was falling on Friday night as Clinton held the final Santa Claus parade of the Huron County season, bringing residents and visitors out to the town to help celebrate the holiday season.
A sure sign that the holidays are drawing close is the annual Community Christmas Choral Concert put on by the Brussels Ministerial. The event features singing groups from Brussels-area churches
Minister of Education and Huron-Bruce MPP Lisa Thompson visited Blyth Memorial Hall last Friday to announce funding for several initiatives in her riding through the Rural Economic Development (RED) grant program.
Seaforth Councillor Bob Fisher is Huron East s new deputy-mayor, besting two others who put their names forward at the inaugural meeting of Huron East Council on Dec. 4.
Belgrave s Olde Tyme Radio Centre is reaching the end of its 30th year in business and the workload is still very heavy as the business is poised to enter its fourth decade.
The recent, significant renovations at M.G.M. Townsend Tire outside of Londesborough have had one focus above all else: providing a more complete customer service.
The new Central Huron Council was officially installed on Monday afternoon with seven of the eight faces returning to the table, with the addition of Michael Russo as a councillor in the west ward.
In the wake of the cancellation of the Festival of Wizardry going forward, companies and community groups are holding bills that Transfigured Town Inc. is not able to pay according to documents obtained by The Citizen.
This year s Citizen of the Year Award winners Carl Nesbitt for Blyth and its surrounding communities and Doug Sholdice for Brussels and its surrounding communities were celebrated last week at a special event held at Memorial Hall in Blyth.
Businesses in Blyth s downtown core may see some relief from the thrice-weekly scheduled snow removal schedule North Huron implemented several years ago, however the sentiment from the outgoing council was the suggested changes don t go far enough.
The Huron Manufacturing Association held its annual awards gala last week in Brussels at the Four Winds Barn, honouring several local businesses for their hard work, talent and innovation.
With the expiration of the existing five-year fire protection agreement looming, Central Huron again finds itself at the negotiation table with North Huron.
The 2018-2019 Wingham Regional Midget Silver Stick tournament held in Wingham and Blyth wrapped up over the weekend with Mitchell capturing the B title and Norwich taking the C title.
While Blyth s Carla Pawitch is generally pleased with her work at the Ultimate Fitness Event (UFE) World Championships in Toronto earlier this month, she failed to come back with her professional card a goal she d set for herself.
DEAMS Property Management s David and Annie Sparling wanted to make sure that Blyth s downtown is as seasonal as possible this year with Christmas- and winter-themed animatronics.
The potential location of the new hall for the Fire Department of North Huron and Blyth Public Works Department building has come under fire from neighbouring residents.
The Huron County Planning and Development Department is working to close a loophole in the planning process that saw two different policies contradict one another.
Current Huron County Warden Jim Ginn is seeking another two-year term in the county s top political position. Ginn will not be unopposed, however, as Bluewater Deputy-Mayor Jim Fergusson has also declared his intention to seek the position.
Saturday night s Ladies Harvest Social at the Brussels, Morris and Grey Community Centre has realized an estimated $8,000 profit for the Brussels Agricultural Society.
After a successful fashion show and week-long fundraising sale, Christine McGrath of Christine s Clothes Closet in Wingham reports that $3,600 was raised for the Wingham and District Hospital Foundation.
Local students Sam Hubbard and Lacey Papple received the Travel Fellowship Award at Central Huron Secondary School s convocation for their humanitarian efforts earlier this year.
The Rural Talks to Rural (R2R) Conference, a production of the Canadian Centre for Rural Creativity, looked to the past to tackle some very modern problems with the recreation of the old Farm Radio Forum.
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Central Huron Secondary School (CHSS) in Clinton held its commencement ceremony on Friday night, handing out graduating class awards to dozens of students.
F.E. Madill Secondary School handed out its 2018 commencement awards on Friday night, leading with naming Caleb Petersen the school s Valedictorian for the year.
On Saturday, the Blyth Festival wrapped up its 44th successful season one week later than originally anticipated thanks to an extended, sold-out run of The New Canadian Curling Club.
The Brussels Terry Fox Run was held on Sunday and the Bowles family were out to take part in the event. The event is co-hosted by the Brussels Lions Club and the Brussels Optimist Club. It raised over $6,600 this year
The Blyth Festival production of Wing Night at the Boot came to a close on Saturday afternoon with a matinee and with actor Daniel Roberts unable to perform in the final show of the run, Festival Artistic Director Gil Garratt, left, filled in for him
Mitch Godkin, right, founder of Leadbury Bat Company near Walton, visited Central Huron Secondary School s varsity baseball team to talk about his business and the science of baseball before donating two of his professional-level bats to the team.
Nancy Michie will be bidding adieu to her position as Administrator Clerk-Treasurer of Morris-Turnberry next year, after more than 40 years in the world of municipal administration.
The Huron County Plowing Match, held on the Thompson family farm just outside of Clinton, was a success on all fronts according to Huron County Plowmen s Association President Margaret Vincent.
Two local teams competed at the Oshawa Regional FireFit Competition last week. Squads from North Huron and Huron East attended the event which ran Aug. 25-26.
Lucas Townsend and Paul Dodds will be representing Huron County in competitive plowing for the next year after claiming victory in the Junior and Senior categories at the 91st annual Huron County Plowing Match.
After a full year as the Brussels Fall Fair Ambassador, Erin McMahon s duties in the position have drawn to a close after a performance at the Canadian National Exhibition (CNE) that will make her hometown supporters proud.
Belgrave-area athlete Ryan Jacklin has continued to make his mark on the track and field community with two gold medals and one bronze medal win at the 2018 Royal Canadian Legion s National Youth Track and Field Championships.
Seth Nichol of Brussels is taking his love of engines and cars and getting creative with GasPains TV, a show focused on putting engines on all kinds of vehicles.
The Brussels Tigers bested the Linwood Chiefs in a low-scoring 2-1 final game to win the A-A championshiop the Brussels squad s own 47th annual Men s Invitational Fastball Tournament to keep the top honours at home.
After a lengthy closed-to-the-public session on Monday night, North Huron Council approved three separate motions labelling the Emergency Services Training Centre (ESTC), south of Blyth, and the Blyth and East Wawanosh Public Works yards surplus
Terry Snell is currently cycling across Canada to raise both money and awareness for Alzheimer s Disease and other forms of dementia and last week he arrived in his hometown of Clinton to a hero s welcome.
While organizers are not yet sure how much was raised over the weekend, the Tanner Steffler Foundation s twin Six String Summerfest and Music Fest events have been deemed a successful day.
Don McNeil s famous shop and museum welcomed nearly 40 antique vehicles last week as part of the Antique Automobile Club of America, Ontario Region s annual London to Brighton tour.
The Blyth Lions hosted a special fundraiser for the Blyth Brussels Minor Hockey Association on Sunday with Olympian and Blyth native Justin Peters signing autographs and showing off some of his gear from the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics
While rain truncated the event, the Brussels Tigers, for the third time in four years, hosted the Australian Junior Men s Steelers softball team on June 27.
While North Huron Council has oficially decided to go with the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) to provide service in Wingham, it s still possible it won t happen, which is making planning difficult for the municipality s police services board.
Eight months into an 18-month fundraising campaign, Huron Christian School (HCS) in Clinton has raised $3.11 million towards a massive expansion and renovation project.
The Tanner Steffler Foundation has now had a direct impact on the mental health landscape of Huron County with the creation of a pilot project with two local school boards.
Lisa Thompson of the PC Party will now serve her third consecutive term as Huron-Bruce s Member of Provincial Parliament after a decisive victory in the June 7 election.
After nearly seven years of hard work, a Londesborough man has reached purple belt status in Brazilian jiu-jitsu (BJJ), which has been called the most frustrating belt in jiu-jitsu.
As part of its official relaunch earlier this month, the Taste of Huron hosted two special tours last week showing off some of the best food in the county.
Renowned musician Tommy Hunter, known as Canada s Country Gentleman , was in Blyth Saturday night as he was honoured by the Barn Dance Society with its Pioneer Award.
The Citizen was honoured provincially on Friday night with a first-place finish in the Ontario Community Newspaper Association s Better Newspapers Competition.
Working out of her home at RR1, Londesborough, Sally Rhoads-Heinrich and her company Surrogacy in Canada Online have helped hundreds of families to grow since 2001.
Last week, The Hullett Central Public School Advisory Council s (SAC) carnival fundraiser raised a total of $14,500, which will help install new playground equipment at the school by the end of this month.
Mitchell Godkin may be on the cusp of a technological breakthrough with his new venture, Leadbury Bat Co., and a new bat-drying method that is yielding tremendous results.
The culmination of years of hard work and determination came to fruition on Sunday with the grand opening of the Huron Residential Hospice just west of Clinton.
Long-time sports broadcaster and mental health awareness advocate Michael Landsberg spent May 3 speaking to over 1,400 Huron County residents and he says it was time well spent.
The Huron Arts and Heritage Network handed out its annual Cultural Awards on Friday night at Memorial Hall and a number of local projects and people were honoured.
The F.E. Madill Secondary School Junior Rugby Team welcomed visitors from British Columbia last week, just a short while after visiting the western province themselves.
Blyth native Holly Howson has just returned from a volunteer trip in Ecuador and she s standing on the edge of what she hopes will be a life full of travelling the world.
Last week, the Blyth Brussels Novice Rep Crusaders topped off a back-and-forth series with the Minto Mad Dogs with a 4-3 victory en route to the Western Ontario Athletic Association (WOAA) crown.
The Blyth Cowbell Brewing Company-sponsored cycling team raised $8,250 for the Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Society of Canada on Saturday thanks to 16 members cycling in place on their trainers for eight hours in the brewery s Threshers Hall on Saturday.
The Blyth Brussels Atom Rep Crusaders brought home the Western Ontario Athletics Aassociation (WOAA) championship last Thursday, besting Goderich 3-2 in overtime to take their series against the Sailors two games to one.
The committee behind last September s International Plowing Match (IPM) held its final all-chairs meeting last week and whether it was attendance figures, banding together in the face of adversity or donating money to local charities
He was wandering outside New Orleans pizza in Clinton when pizzeria owner, Judith Damsma, saw him. He had put his boots and a pair of socks on a picnic table and was walking around the parking lot wearing a rather worn pair of socks.
Within the next few weeks, Household Games will release Way of the Passive Fist on all major game platforms. It has been a labour of love for the team, which includes Blyth native Orie Falconer who designed the game s music and sound effects.
