None of these festivals, launches, lunches, concerts, fundraisers, or celebrations makes any money, but they are the reason many of us are here, and many more are on the way.
On the other side of Parrish and Heimbecker's eight new 150-foot grain silos on Picton Bay, Doornekamp Construction appears to be expanding its quarrying operations into surrounding lands still zoned agricultural, ahead of any decision on the MZO application being considered by the Minister of Housing.
Former Councillor, Foundation Chair awarded 2025 Leo Finnegan Distinguished Service Award
Annual Lavender Festival draws well on opening weekend
Annual County Arts Council competition offers the largest display of work by local artists
Big Island resident Terry Sprague recognized by the Government of Ontario.
Even if you are not quite ready to enter an exhibit — a prize yearling calf, a basket of perfect, polished crabapples, or a precious bouquet of carefully tended dahlias — the Fair Book offers something perhaps more important. It’s a guide to how to enjoy the Fair. To appreciate the care that goes into every single competition, by every contestant, in every class and category.
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