New Tecumseth Times

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By Brock Weir Everybody needs a little bit of time away. At least that’s the view of the band Chicago in their 1982 hit “Hard ...

North Dufferin Baseball League hosts annual awards presentation

By Brian Lockhart The North Dufferin Baseball League celebrated a successful 2025 season at its annual awards presentation held at the Lisle Legion on Sunday, ...

Nottawasaga OPP alerts residents to ongoing bail fraud scam

By Brian Lockhart The Nottawasaga Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police is warning residents about an ongoing fraud scheme in which callers impersonate a family ...

County celebrates Transit Worker Appreciation Day

By Brian Lockhart The County of Simcoe is celebrating the important contributions of transit staff and the vital roles they play across the region. March ...

Deadline approaching for 2026 Order of Ontario nominations

By Brian Lockhart The Order of Ontario is the province’s highest civilian honour, awarded each year to an Ontarian who has shown the highest level ...

Museum introduces Museum Makers program

By Brian Lockhart The Simcoe County Museum is introducing a program for youth where kids ages 9 to 13 can explore the colourful world of ...

Applications now open for Mayor’s Student Bursary Program

By Brian Lockhart The Town of New Tecumseth has announced that applications are now open for the Mayor’s Student Bursary Program. This program offers graduating ...

Stayner Siskins tie North Carruthers Division Championship series with Alliston Hornets

By Brian Lockhart The biggest crowd of the year turned out to see Game 2 of the Alliston Hornets–Stayner Siskins championship series as they battled ...

CONTACT wraps up seniors’ program with log cabin birdhouse crafts

By Brian Lockhart Keeping busy is important for seniors so they can stay engaged, socialize, and just have some fun. CONTACT Community Services has been ...

Alliston receives provincial funding for major road repairs

By Brian Lockhart The Town of New Tecumseth will benefit from the Connecting Links provincial program to the tune of $2,975,366 to improve roads in ...

Don’t worry – it’s paid for

By Brian Lockhart Throughout history, Western societies have always understood that sometimes people experience hardships beyond their control. A person could become sick and unable ...

Town proposed massive growth

After reading last week’s proposed growth plan from our elected officials, I was left shaking my head at the proposal’s lunacy. I understand “some” growth ...

Speaking English badly

By Gwynne Dyer It is a matter of chronic surprise that politicians, otherwise well-trained in saying just the right thing for the audience they are ...

Rumours

By Brian Lockhart There was a time when the year 2000 was considered a futuristic date. For some reason, that number represented a time when ...

Monthly Message: Plant a tree, shelter a life with annual campaign through My Sister’s Place

Every year at My Sister’s Place, we run our annual Trees for Shelter campaign. For this fundraising campaign, we sell potted trees. The program began ...

A story still being written

By Brock Weir I don’t know what it says about me that one of the most exciting days of my life took place when I ...

Demystifying public health food safety inspections

By Dr. Michelle Quaye, Public Health Physician Health inspections take place in many different settings, but they all have the same goal: making sure that ...