Georgetown News

Charlotte Holicka displays the advance homecraft prize list for the 2009 Georgetown Fall Fair, along with crafts she created for the competition.

I have just received the latest membership list, and see we have 294 paid-up members as of June 2. Thata s great! Some people dona t realize that to be a member you have to be 55 plus and young at heart.

It's only the first week of summer - and some of us doubted we'd see a summer this year - but residents are reminded there are ways to keep their cool during the steamy days ahead.

A man who removed a smoke alarm from his hotel room because it was activating when he smoked has been issued a ticket by Halton Hills Fire Protection and Prevention Services.

The Town is monitoring the splash pad in Dominion Gardens Park after receving complaints the surface is too slippery.

Following the announcement last week from The World Health Organization that the H1N1 flu outbreak had turned into a global pandemic, Halton Hills Chamber of Commerce has partnered with the Emergency Management Department at Halton Region to hold a pandemic planning workshop Thursday, June 25 from 7:30 a.m.-noon at the Club at North Halton.

Innerscapes artists, from left: Tiziana Manierka, Jan Zimmerman, George Perdue, Bea Dumbreck, Herta Hajek and Eileen Simpson.

Emergency personnel remove the passenger from a Pontiac Sunfire following a collision with a westbound transport truck on Guelph Street at Windsor Road Friday afternoon.

Halton Hills council endorsed a staff-recommended growth option calling for an urban boundary expansion, southwest of Georgetown, to accommodate up to 20,000 people, at its meeting Monday night.

As part of Rural Medicine Week, first year University of Toronto medical students recently toured the facilities at Georgetown Hospital, and picked up some pointers on applying casts.

A 22-year-old Halton Hills woman was not injured when the Kia she was driving southbound on Winston Churchill Blvd.

Melanie Franke, co-ordinator of the first annual Georgetown-Acton Walk for ALS said her main goal for the event was to raise public awareness of the disease and maybe bring in $10,000 to $15,000. That goal was blown out of the water Saturday when the walk at Gellert Community Centre drew more than 1,500 participants and raised a record-setting ...

Halton Hills council has called a halt to the development of a Local Improvement Approach policy to help pay for future neighbourhood traffic calming measures.

Halton Hills Mayor Rick Bonnette struck out with Education Minister Kathleen Wynne in his attempt to get help from her on reinstating busing for Georgetown South high school students and halting the possible sale by Halton District School Board of some land at McKenzie-Smith Bennett School in Acton.

The Taste Of Mediterranean restaurant at 130 Guelph St. inA Georgetown opened recently as owners and franchisees gathered to cut the ribbon.

Tradition runs deep in Glen Williams and this year's Victoria Day weekend was celebrated with an annual community BBQ hosted by St. Alban's Church.

The tables were set and a feast was served at the Georgetown Lions Club where 100 Seniors from the community were provided with a lovely meal followed by an evening of entertainment.

Live entertainment at Tim Horton's South Camp Day helped raise over $11,000.00