LOCAL HEADLINES

Survey says? Norwich will soon find out.

There will be plenty of opportunities for kids to be active, get creative, and be amazed and entertained over the March Break here in Tillsonburg.

A minor variance for a McDonalds restaurant on north Broadway was approved by council with amendments after neighbouring residents raised concerns.

There was excitement in the air in the Tillsonburg Community Centre Lion’s Auditorium as participants in the Coldest Night of the Year prepared to walk to raise money to aid homelessness locally.

Will Tillsonburg locales become the set for television shows or movies?

Local artists recently unveiled the Gallery of Goods in the Tillsonburg Town Centre.

A new year brings a powerful new single from Olivia Mae Graham, one of the country’s rising country voices.

Tillsonburg will reconsider its policy on community sponsorships and partnerships following a notice of motion passed at the Feb. 23 meeting.

On the heels of South West Oxford Township (SWOX) Mayor David Mayberry’s and Coun. Jim Pickard’s retirement announcements, Coun. Valerie Durston has confirmed she will not be seeking re-election.

The Tillsonburg Thunder are 1-1 in the A playoffs against the Erin Outlaws.

In the days of the Underground Railroad and Black slaves fleeing America in the 1800s, Oxford County had a strong connection to this part of Canadian history. 

Researching ancestry is often part detective, part historian, and part puzzle-solver, but if your ancestor was a slave and not recorded in early history, the challenge is greater.

Tillsonburg council turned down a request for additional support for the first business locating in the second phase of the VanNorman Industrial Park.

Keegan Diering went to the net. And as hockey coaches have suggested since time immemorial, a good thing happened.

People were shoulder to shoulder in Tillsonburg Curling Club to send Team King off to the Montana’s Brier this week in St. John’s, NL.

What started as Shrove Tuesday breakfast will turn into a regular event for the Salvation Army’s Hub.

Tillsonburg Post correspondent Jeff Tribe recently released his first novel, “Accountant with Benefits.”

Although the event has yet to occur, it could easily be said that the Tillsonburg and District Chamber of Commerce hit a homerun with its latest event.

Lucie Panschow is a pessimist by nature… and to a degree, choice.

A planned 10km/h speed reduction for a section of Highway 59 north of Norwich doesn’t go far enough, according to Norwich councillors and at least one local resident.