LOCAL HEADLINES

Tillsonburg District Memorial Hospital and Alexandra Hospital Ingersoll are two of five health care facilities in the province being added to an innovate program to assist patients to transition from hospital to home.

A controversial development on Earle Street was given the go-ahead by town council at the Nov. 10 meeting.

At its regular council meeting on Nov. 4, South West Oxford Township (SWOX) council voted to proceed with a construction management approach for its new municipal office, child care facility and library located west of Highway 19 on Mount Elgin Road. The new rough estimate, from design through to construction, is estimated to reach $13,966,212 plus HST.

At its regular council meeting on Oct. 7, South West Oxford Township (SWOX) council authorized the mayor and the CAO/deputy clerk to sign a lease agreement with the developer, 1000182281 Ontario Inc., for the Mount Elgin Community Centre Parkland that was swapped with the developer on Sept. 19 in exchange for parkland on the west side of Mount Elgin.

While most home owners have just put their Halloween decorations away, participants in the Tour of Homes have likely been up to their arm pits in Christmas decorations for some time to prepare for the Tour of Homes on Nov. 22.

Curious art and food seekers are invited to indulge in holiday festivities and support the community at the many Christmas craft markets and bazaars planned for Tillsonburg.

Given the name his parents picked, it’s only so much of a stretch he ended up in a stock car. “I didn’t have much of a choice,” said Tillsonburg’s Rayse Meyer about his moniker. “Can’t really complain about it either.”

Sea lamprey have been called the vampires of the Great Lakes.

Tillsonburg’s new manager of innovation and strategic initiatives is hoping to help chart the course for the future of the town while keeping economic constraint in mind.

The Kinsmen’s new Christmas fundraiser will provide another option for Christmas gifts while supporting local businesses.

A local trio of women known as the Tillsonburg Angels is hoping to bring a smile to more children’s faces this Christmas.

Saturday night’s Santa Claus parade is traditionally looked at as the start of the Christmas season in Tillsonburg.

Nurse Practitioner’s Week had an extra special meaning at Tillsonburg District Memorial Hospital (TDMH) with the success of a year of the Rapid Assessment Fast Track (RAFT) program under Nurse Practitioner (NP), Krista Wright.

Three Canadian organizations are coordinating efforts to offer mental health support for Jamaican foreign migrant workers struggling to deal with Hurricane Melissa’s devastation.

While the towns and cities will lead the way for Oxford County’s population growth in the next 30 years, among the county’s townships Norwich is expected to welcome in the most new residents.

Oxford County’s Community Futures branch has teamed up with the Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) to offer $100 million in financing.

A letter from Schep’s Bakery Ltd. to the Town of Tillsonburg requesting a town logo made council members aware of the new industry’s plan to donate 4,500 invidiually wrapped Stroopwafel cookies to attendees at the annual Santa Claus parade.

The Tillsonburg Gemini junior boys’ volleyball team began its Thames Valley Regional Athletics (TVRA) Southeast campaign a little ‘6-7’ in terms of experience.

Author, journalist and historian Ted Barris was at the Tillsonburg Legion on Oct. 17 to give a talk that shared the title of his 17th book: “Breaking The Silence”, which reveals “veteran's untold stories from the Great War to Afghanistan”.

At the age of 18, in August 1957 after the tobacco harvest was finished on his family farm, Ron Phillips and his cousin joined the navy.