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Jeff Rollings

Jeff Rollings is a freelance writer living in Caledon.

Local Heroes

Nov 21, 2011

Our annual salute to the extraordinary people who make our community a better place to live.

Drs Stephen and Stephanie Milone

Nov 21, 2011

Local Heroes: When you call the Highlands Health Network clinic in Orangeville to schedule an appointment with Dr. Milone, you never know who you’ll get.

Ken Weber

Nov 21, 2011

Local Hero: Best-selling author Ken Weber, shown in his office near Caledon East, has launched a “third career” as a speaker on Canadian history.

Jordan and Jeremy Grant

Nov 21, 2011

Local Heroes: Jordan and Jeremy Grant restored The Alton Mill: A showcase for the arts

Herb Campbell Public School

Nov 21, 2011

Local Heroes: You need only to flip through the mountain of documentation to know the environmental program at Herb Campbell Public School goes way beyond a regular school curriculum.

Community Living Dufferin and Theatre Orangeville

Nov 21, 2011

Local Heroes: David Nairn and Sheryl Chandler are building dreams together

Dianne Acheson

Nov 21, 2011

Local Hero: Dianne Acheson says, “I’ve always believed retail is theatre, and fundraising is just the same.” The Hillsburgh resident and owner of Acheson’s, must know. She’s a whiz at both.

Anne Harland

Nov 21, 2011

Local Hero: Anne Harland has become a champion of accessibility for the disabled

Empty plates

Sep 9, 2011

For many people in this community, need and desperation are a daily reality, and front-line workers at local food banks say the situation is growing worse.

Brutus and Lou

Jun 16, 2011

The amazing but true tale of an innocent fish man, a loyal swan, a vindictive queen, and the triumph of true love.

Catching a few rays

Mar 24, 2011

While debate rages about the pros and cons of corporate wind farming, solar power production has largely flown under the radar.

Inglewood Light and Power

Mar 24, 2011

It’s an elegant old lady, decked out in a fancy hat. Inglewood’s Riverdale Woolen Mill – these days perhaps better known as the Riverdale Fitness Centre – has seen a lot of different uses since Thomas Corbett first established a business on the site along the banks of the Credit River in 1841.

2010 Local Heroes: Sharon Gaskell

Nov 23, 2010

There are those who feel parenting one teenager is a task of Herculean proportion. Try 120 as a senior citizen with limited income in Haiti.

2010 Local Heroes: Michael McCreary

Nov 23, 2010

Michael began developing his interest in performing at age eight, when he became a member of Theatre Orangeville’s Young Company.

2010 Local Heroes: Neirin

Nov 23, 2010

Neirin Canada’s national horse.

Imagining the Future

Jun 15, 2010

It’s called community-based planning, and with it citizens hope to shape a sustainable future in the hills.

Hal Henry: An Artist’s Life

Jun 15, 2010

Dufferin’s very own Renaissance Man, Hal Henry has a creative heart and gifted mind. Jeff Rollings profiles this “Daniel Boone meets Rhodes Scholar meets poet meets Delta bluesman.”

The Greenbelt: Letting the Belt out a Notch or Two

Mar 21, 2010

Should the Greenbelt be expanded? The central purpose of the plan is to protect farmland and environmentally sensitive land on the urban fringe.