LOCAL HEADLINES

To put it simply, Tillsonburg’s future water capacity after the next 15 years is all allocated. But it’s not that simple.

Theatre Tillsonburg came home from the Western Ontario Drama League with three awards from 11 nominations for its production of Ken Ludwig’s ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas.

Tillsonburg council was behind a request to waive town fees for Turtlefest, but initially struggled over the best process to make it happen.

Tillsonburg council voted to increase the amount recipients of its low-income recreation program receive and to fund the increases through the taxpayer levy.

Tourism is growing in importance in Oxford County and supports a large number of small and medium-sized enterprises.

Tillsonburg is considering bringing back emergency warning sirens.

An annual review of planning services in Tillsonburg provided insight into both current and future growth in the town at the May 25 meeting.

With the passing of Councillor Valerie Durston, South-West Oxford (SWOX) council declared the Ward 3 seat vacant at its May 5, 2026 meeting and is now calling for applications to fill the seat.

At its meeting on March 25, the Oxford County Library Board strongly endorsed a new larger library for Mount Elgin to be located in the proposed new municipal office.

The Canadian Harvard Aircraft Association's monthly open house and fly days attract some individuals with interesting stories among the patrons. Saturday’s inaugural open house and fly day of the year started with one of those.

The options for local residents looking for cultural opportunities in the evening have increased.

It could be said the latest effort of the Lake Lisgar Revitalization Committee is for the birds.

The 2026 Tillsonburg Gemini Thames Valley Regional Athletics (TVRA) girls rugby season is gone, but will not be forgotten by coach Shelby Colldock.

John Haldane hadn’t planned to volunteer for 21 years after retiring from his 40-year career at Canada Life Head Office in Toronto, but that’s what ended up happening. Life has a funny way of taking you places you didn’t see coming.

The Tillsonburg Senior Centre is preparing for Seniors’ Month and is doing it in a big way.

David Brandon has been working on the concept for his book for more than a decade, but it took retirement for him to finish it.

The latest craze sweeping the nation, pickleball now has a new home in the Tillsonburg Senior Centre.

Ron Gasparetto filed his papers to run for Tillsonburg council last week, becoming the third person to run for one of six councillor positions.

The county said its goal of “Housing for all” is taking a major step forward with a new Homelessness Support Centre in Woodstock that will offer emergency shelter alongside other services that help transition people out of homelessness and into stable housing.

Christine Poier, Alzheimer Society Southwest Partners, Director of Operations, could hardly contain her excitement when she learned how much money was raised at Saturday’s Walk for Alzheimer’s in Tillsonburg.