New Tecumseth Times

Dickens’ A Christmas Carol read by celebrities in Tottenham

By Wendy Gabrek On Sunday, December 8, Tottenham’s Anglican Church of the Evangelists set the stage for the annual “Celebrity Dramatic Reading of Dickens’ Christmas ...

Banting Memorial HS students host Christmas Marketplace

By Wendy Gabrek On Saturday, December 7, students at Banting Memorial High School in Alliston hosted a Christmas Marketplace in the cafeteria. Student and community vendors promoted ...

Town hires independent firm to evaluate effectiveness of aeration of Tottenham tap water: ongoing studies needed

By Wendy Gabrek On December 12, The Town of New Tecumseth released a statement and document of findings provided by RV Anderson, the independent firm ...

Hornets win over Stayner after first period blitz

By Brian Lockhart It wasn’t the game fans were expecting when the first place Alliston Hornets hosted the second place Stayner Siskins at the New ...

Local family pledges $50K to hospital redevelopment

On Thursday, December 5, Bill and Kim Wray were on hand at Stevenson Memorial Hospital (SMH) to present their pledge of $50,000 to the SMH ...

Tottenham Water: “We want clean water, and filtration at the source”

By Wendy Gabrek Members of the local group, Tottenham Water, held a meeting at the Tottenham Community & Fitness Centre on Tuesday, December 3 to ...

Alliston BIA hosts annual Christmas Crawl – and even Santa attends!

By Wendy Gabrek On the evening of Thursday, December 5, the Alliston Business Improvement Association (Alliston BIA) hosted its annual RURBAN Christmas Crawl in the ...

Alliston Lions Club hosts ‘Stuff a Cruiser’ success

By Wendy Gabrek On Saturday, December 7, from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., the Alliston Lions Club and the Nottawasaga Detachment of the OPP held ...

Fill The Bus food drive exceeds previous year

By Wendy Gabrek Firefighters from New Tecumseth Fire & Rescue Station 1 Alliston, along side volunteers from Landmark Bus Lines including drivers and managers, and ...

Banting students demonstrate for climate change action

By Brian Lockhart Over 100 students at Banting Memorial High School in Alliston traded their textbooks for protest signs during a lunchtime action in support ...

Simcoe–Grey MP “disappointed” with Throne Speech, lacked specifics

The Speech from the Throne was delivered by Canada’s Governor General Julie Payette last Wednesday and supported by the NDP, preventing a fall election. Highlights ...

Seniors being celebrated this month in New Tecumseth

The importance of protecting seniors has been highlighted over the past three months since COVID-19 started to spread throughout the world. June is an especially ...

Tottenham mom raises awareness ahead of Rare Disease Day

By Brock Weir This Saturday is February 29 – a rare day in our calendar that only comes around in the Leap Year. But, it ...

How can we help curb child poverty?

My son and I are embarking on a mission in late January, in an effort to help the less fortunate. Many of those we will be helping are children. We live relative luxury in this country, even if we are challenged by the free market and accompanying economic pitfalls. We complain about the price at the pumps, hydro rates and credit card bills.

Sale aids mission cause

This time I will walk the talk on mission trip

Mark Pavilons Writers write. We tell stories. Sometimes we witness events first-hand. Often, we help others retell their tales of adventure, both tragic and happy. ...

Democracy is the best system we have

The people have spoken. This pretty much sums up the fundamentals of our democratic system in a nutshell. Sure, our form of government may not be perfect, but it’s the very foundation of our society.

Neville-Lake Family memorial day planned

Hundreds of people are expected Sunday, Aug. 14 at Kettle Lake Park in King City, to commemorate the three Neville-Lake children and their grandfather, who ...

Do individual rights trump those of society?

The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few, or the one. Top-down dictatorships, socialist nations and communist ideology put the “state” ahead of the individual. We here in the free west have grown accustomed to our liberal rights, and shun those other systems.