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The Stratford 18U Nationals mounted a strong comeback effort late in the game, only to lose 7-6 to the Guelph Royals on June 1.

The inaugural issue of What’s On Live Stratford has been launched as both a magazine and live webapp listing local events. This is the brainchild of local musician, entrepreneur and previous magazine publisher Barry James Payne.

Memorable Moments Senior Care Services is now providing subsidized programming for its non-profit division Memorable Connections for the summer, thanks to fundraisers like the annual hockey tournament and donors.

In Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, the boundaries between what’s real, what’s fantasy and what is a dream are thin – almost imperceptible – and the play’s characters slip between one world and the next, in some cases unknowingly.

Volunteers and pride workers gathered together Sunday, May 31 at 9 a.m., unpacking and preparing the tents at Upper Queen’s Park for this year’s vendors. Tasks were quickly given out and everyone was sent to work, putting together what was going to become Stratford-Perth Pride’s most successful festival to date. Everyone was feeling just how needed this celebration of love was this year.

A popular summer dinner will return to Avondale United Church, continuing Parkview’s legacy.

The community garden located in the green space at the end of Franklin Drive will still be operating this year, despite being terminated by the City of Stratford just last week.

Aleah Graff and a friend were at a local restaurant. When it came time to order their meals, the server took her friend’s order, then nodded toward Graff as she asked her friend: “And what would she like?” As always, Graff took the high road and politely ignored the unintentional slight. As someone with cerebral palsy, this was not new to her. She says, “My physical disability is quite visible but I am naturally quiet and introverted so it leads people to assume things about

At the May 11 council meeting, Cate Trudeau, Shelterlink executive director, and Cambria Ravenhill, board director, spoke to council to request immediate and medium-term actions to address youth homelessness in Stratford and Perth County.

This past week, the Stratford 18U Nationals experienced highs and lows both on the field and in the weather, winning one of their three games while also suffering a defeat at a rain-shortened tournament in Brampton and Mississauga.

Perth County council has approved another round of revisions to its proposed tree-injury bylaw as debate continues over how best to balance environmental protection with the practical realities faced by farmers and rural landowners.

If the Upper Thames River Conservation Authority (UTRCA) makes it to 2027, it will officially be 80 years old – though that milestone is looking more distant than ever nowadays.

Every year, starting on the last Sunday of May, is national AccessAbility Week, a week to celebrate and promote the contributions of people with disabilities, the work of accomplices in removing barriers and the ongoing efforts to become a barrier-free nation where all members of society can participate equally.

Avondale United Church is encouraging adults to join a community conversation to learn how they can evaluate what affects their own resilience.

The Queen’s Inn – the stately Waterloo Street centrepiece in downtown Stratford – may soon re-open as the Queen’s Cue, after getting a timely heritage adjustment at the most recent city council meeting on May 26.

The Stratford Festival and outgoing artistic director Antoni Cimolino’s season-opening production of Shakespeare’s The Tempest proved once again that good theatre is “such stuff as dreams are made on.”

A weekend-long rainstorm shortened the Stratford U15 Nationals’ participation at the Cardinal Classic in St. Thomas, and they held off a late rally by the Brantford Red Sox to win 6-4 on May 25.

It has been two years since Kevin September opened the doors of Our Stōr(y) with the goal of showcasing the many diverse stories to be found in Stratford and Perth, Huron, Waterloo and Wellington counties. Through books, quilts, works of art and whimsies, September has curated an “Explorium Imporium.”

Illume Wellness Spa at 35 York St. is shaking things up in the wellness industry with their new and innovative technology-based spa service.

The Stratford General Hospital Foundation has a big reason to smile, thanks to the Tim Hortons Smile Cookie fundraiser.