Georgetown News

Earlier this week, I covered the second annual Light Up the Hills event. And, as usual, I had one of the best vantage points for the event.

Traffic, like the weather, is something everyone seems to complain about. And, like the weather, it often seems little is done to improve the situation.

No Halton Hills Catholic schools are on the list to move to all-day Kindergarten programming next year, but two will go in that direction the following year.

Halton Hills residents will have an opportunity to comment on transportation issues in the area at a provincially-led open house tomorrow night.

Georgetown Little Theatre members Vera Macdonald, Colin Hoare, Roscoe Petkovic and Anthea Hoare are among those GLT members who are reading Dickensa A Christmas Carol on Saturday at Maple Ave.

Halton Police are investigating a robbery in the parking lot at Cedar Springs Motel on Hwy.

After visiting Halton Hills for the two local parades on Saturday, Santa Claus made a return trip to the Georgetown Market Place on Sunday where he listened to the Christmas wishes of several youngsters including five-year-old Jeremy Barnes and sister Kadynce, 2, of Acton.

The new Halton Hills Fire Station at Eighth Line and 10 Sideroad has finally become operational after poor weather and construction woes delayed the opening by several months.

Tuesday, Dec. 1, is Ignition Night, 7 p.m. at the Dominion Gardens in Georgetown.

A free Christmas Dinner, hosted by Georgetown Christian Fellowship Church, will be held on Friday, Dec.

It will be a full day for Santa Claus in Halton Hills Saturdaya ' with two parades in his honour.

An electric battery-powered ice resurfacer and a mobile radar message board were the only additions to 2010 capital budget approved by Halton Hills budget committee Monday night.

One Halton Hills councillor is grumbling over what he says is a disparity in distribution of federal/provincial infrastructure stimulus funds within Halton Region.

Literacy North Halton, Maple Lodge Farms and Georgetown Little Theatre present the fifth annual reading of Charles Dickensa A Christmas Carol, December 5, 7 p.m. at Maple Avenue Baptist Church, Georgetown.

A Google map image shows the McKenzie-Smith Bennett school property. Halton Hills Mayor Rick Bonnette and the Ward 1 councillors sent a message to the Acton community at Monday night's council meeting: the Town is not giving up on the McKenzie-Smith Bennett school lands fight.

The Town of Halton Hills will hold its annual agricultural meeting November 19 at Pineview Public School at 7 p.m. Mayor Rick Bonnette, councillors and Town staff will provide an update on issues that directly affect the farming community and allow for an open panel discussion.

The Halton HIlls Chamber of Commerce Business of the Month for November is Hassell Autmotive Sales and Service, located at 45 Mountainview Road North.

Halton Hills Firefighters will be collecting new toys for the Salvation Army during the Georgetown Lions Santa Claus Parade on Saturday, Nov.

Applications and donations are now being accepted at Links2Care for our annual Holiday Hamper Program.A Hampers of childrena s clothing and toys are provided to lower income families with children aged 18 and younger, in the Halton Hills community.

As the temperature drops, the Town's Public Works department is hoping to avoid a repeat of a budget snowed under.