LOCAL HEADLINES

Monsignor O’Neil Catholic School hosted IT/Cyber professional Paul Davis to speak to parents and students about Internet safety on June 18. The title of the presentation was, “The Internet Never Forgets.”

Town council did not exercise its right of first refusal on the Tillsonburg Town Centre Mall property.

Ready your fishing rods and tune your tackle as Tillsonburg’s free family fishing derby is this weekend.

The current exhibit at the Station Arts Centre gives viewers the opportunity to have input into their favourite piece.

The wall of Tillsonburg Memorial Arena has some new artwork. The banner that hung in the Hockey Hall of Fame’s front window announcing Tillsonburg resident Colin Campbell as one of the inductees in 2024 now hangs in Memorial Arena.

In an effort to bring forward the Indigenous culture, the Tillsonburg and District Historical Society hosted its fifth National Indigenous Peoples Day Celebration on June 21 at Memorial Park.

Council gave the go-ahead to town staff to start a public engagement process on a proposal to relocate the four Annandale ball diamonds to new town land on Mall Road.

By all accounts, this year’s TurtleFest was a record breaker. While official attendance numbers are a few weeks off, TurtleFest chair Mark Renaud estimated the crowd at 45,000 to 50,000 people.

Tillsonburg council directed staff to apply to a provincial program that would allow development charges to be cut in half for the next three years.

Just about everything in the travel industry has changed from the days when Tillsonburg Travel opened its doors in Market Square 65 years ago, except for the need for top-notch customer service.

A local business professional has thrown her name into the race for Tillsonburg council. Katherine Englander filed her papers on June 12. Most recently, she founded and operated Katherine Englander HR Services in Tillsonburg and later established HRP4B. This company became the HR Business Group after its sale.

A Tillsonburg businesswoman is the latest to file her papers to run for council. Dee Tosto, who moved to Tillsonburg three years ago, found Tillsonburg quickly felt like home and became involved in the community.

The Tillsonburg FC U9 boys soccer team picked up a bouquet of fun along with a U9B Bridge Tier championship at the one-day Welland Wizards Rose Festival tournament Saturday, June 13 in Niagara.

A ribbon cutting on Friday afternoon officially renamed the green space housing the fountain at the corner of Broadway and Oxford Street the Tillson Family Parkette, but didn’t show the quick work by the business and volunteer community that made it come together.

Tillsonburg council wrestled with the best way to tackle fees being charged to local groups for town staff time and materials associated with events.

Craig Gillis, Ward 6 councillor for South-West Oxford (SWOX) Township, has filed his papers to run for mayor of SWOX.

At its June 16 meeting, South-West Oxford (SWOX) council voted to appoint George Klosler as Ward 3 councillor, replacing Valerie Durston who passed away in April.

There is officially a race for the mayor’s seat in Tillsonburg with Coun. Kelly Spencer filing her papers to run for the town’s leadership last week.

It could be said that Running with the Bulls organizer Tamara Bull has a way of grabbing the bull by the horns and running with it.

Oxford County is hosting four in-person workshops and launching an online survey to gather feedback to help develop its new Official Plan (OP).