LOCAL HEADLINES

Flight Studio is now offering creative arts classes for children of all ages from its new year-round home in Room 1D at the Falstaff Family Centre.

Barry James Payne and String Bone Presents!, in collaboration with Tim Harrison and Onrush Music Festival, have launched a new concert series to be held in Stratford this fall.

One of the biggest car and truck shows Stratford and Perth County has ever seen was held recently at the Spruce Lodge Home for Seniors in Stratford.

After two sold-out screenings with Stratford Film Festival (SFF), and a successful run at the Stratford Cinema, the community came out and packed the barn for the screening of We Lend A Hand, The Forgotten Story of Ontario Farmerettes.

The Stratford Hunter Steel Warriors underwent their final preparations for the opening week of the regular season at the William Allman Memorial Arena. Like in training camp and preseason, there is great buzz surrounding the team with a blend of young and veteran players.

Led by a 34-save performance from Mason Courville, the Flint Firebirds came from behind to beat local star Jake Murray and the Erie Otters 3-1 in front of an energized crowd at the William Allman Memorial Arena on Sept. 12.

Knox Presbyterian Church’s new minister is eager to get to know the community of Stratford and learn how the church can best serve it.

A traditional Indigenous feast was held on the grounds of the Falstaff Family Centre (FFC) on Saturday, Sept. 13, uniting First Nations, Inuit and Métis (FNIM) people from Perth and Huron counties.

Picture this: I was eight years old when a major movie production rolled into my small town in Southwestern Ontario. The downtown transformed into a film set, and I can remember my mother dragging me by hand to a gleaming white limousine. Security moved to stop us, but Julianne Moore said it was okay, and signed my scrap of paper. I didn’t know it then, but that brief exchange was the spark that led me to study film and pursue a career in the industry—because film doesn’t jus

Black Creek Flower Farms welcomed hundreds of visitors for its Fall Harvest Festival last weekend, raising funds for the local food bank while offering a weekend of autumn fun.

The fourth annual SK8 Jam for Sam is set to honour the life of Sam Beauchamp with skateboarding, live music, raffles and community connection, while raising funds for local hospice care.

Stratford will be known as the City of Dreamers during the Provocation Ideas Festival this fall, beginning with an event portraying the Grand Trunk site in a new light.

Royal Canadian Legion Branch 8 will hold its annual honours and awards ceremony on Sunday, Sept. 28, at 2 p.m. Veterans and their families are invited to attend, and the event is also open to the public.

The Stratford and District Chamber of Commerce is shaking up its annual Business Excellence Awards this fall with a new venue, format and focus on accessibility.

Martine Lee has only lived in Stratford since March but has decided to take a stand against what she said is a lack of action by the city on homelessness.

The Falstaff Family Centre (FFC) will host its fourth annual Truth and Reconciliation Week this September, offering exhibits, ceremonies and film screenings leading up to the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on Sept. 30.

In part two of our homelessness series, Stratford Mayor Martin Ritsma weighs in on the future of the crisis and what steps the city may take next.

Downtown Stratford was a winter wonderland for a few days — or as much as it could be in September weather.

The final meeting of Stratford’s Ad-Hoc Grand Trunk Renewal Committee took place Sept. 15, offering members a chance to reflect on both the challenges and the accomplishments of the group’s work over the past term.

Though she went on to write more than 20 books in her career, including her latest, Walking with Beth, author Merylin Simonds got her start as a writer working as a summer intern for the Stratford Beacon Herald newspaper.