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Dufferin’s Cultural Impresarios

Sep 11, 2023 | Signe Ball

From the archives: Our first issue in 1994 profiled the driving forces behind two exceptional new cultural institutions: Wayne Townsend, curator of Dufferin County Museum and Archives (as it was then known) and Jim Betts, artistic director of Theatre Orangeville.

When Caledon Was Made: Tales of Conflict and Triumph From the Early Days

Sep 8, 2023 | Bert Moore

A rural route by any other name? Where to put the blue bins? A memoir from Caledon’s first public works architect.

The War Heroes of Headwaters We Must Not Forget

Sep 8, 2023 | Tony Reynolds

A new exhibition at the Museum of Dufferin honours the history of service by veterans from Orangeville, Mono, Mulmur and more.

Mary Brett, Farmerette

Sep 8, 2023 | Dyanne Rivers | Back Story

As World War II raged in 1943, dozens of Shelburne High School students traded in their text books for farmer’s tools to support the war efforts, becoming ‘farmerettes’.

Swimming at Woodside Lodge

Jun 16, 2023 | Dyanne Rivers | Back Story

A snapshot from August 1938 captures the joy of cooling down in the Nottawasaga River on a hot summer’s day.

Paving Broadway, 1921

Mar 20, 2023 | Dyanne Rivers | Back Story

In our first installment of Back Story, we zoom in on the paving of Orangeville’s main street, Broadway, more than 100 years ago.

The Rise and Fall of the Rural Post Office

Sep 20, 2022 | Ken Weber | Historic Hills

Before rural mail delivery was established in the early 1900s, nearly every village and hamlet in these hills had a post office.

The Phenomenon that was Rock Hill Park

Jun 24, 2022 | Ken Weber | Back Issues

A booming mecca of down-home entertainment once brought thousands of happy visitors to the heart of Mulmur Township.

Free Calendars at Christmas

Nov 29, 2021 | Ken Weber | Historic Hills

Collecting calendars was once a seasonal ritual on main street.

Stories in the Stones

Sep 24, 2021 | Ken Weber

Murder, Hollywood intrigue and heroic deaths are among the tales that lurk on tombstones in cemeteries from Bolton to Horning’s Mills.

Donna Holmes

Sep 24, 2021 | Gail Grant | Over the Next Hill

This devoted Relessey Cemetery Board volunteer helps the group manages the graveyard next to the Mono church, which dates back to the 1870s.

‘Spooks’ In the Hills

Sep 24, 2021 | Ken Weber | Historic Hills

In 1930, a series of strange physical disturbances led a family to abandon their farm in Mulmur Township. Was a spirit at work? A poltergeist? Was it real?

In The Hills

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