August 2019 Archive

Shelburne Police presents bicycles to Canada Day draw winners

On July 1, 2019 the annual Shelburne Police Service Canada Day bicycle draw was held at the Canada Day festivities at Fiddle Park.  Jaz White ...

The possibility of a coalition government taking office in Ottawa?

EDITORIAL IF RECENT POLLING is any indication, the October 21 election will result in, for the first time since 1867, no one party having a ...

Crusty old codgers

Written by BRIAN LOCKHART I I pulled into a gas station the other week to put fuel in the truck and get a coffee for ...

Shelburne Library News

Written By ROSE DOTTEN TD Summer Reading Club Finale Please join us at 11 am on Saturday, August 16, 2019  for the Awards ceremony. All ...

New Food and Music Festival hopes to draw hundreds this weekend

Written By MARNI WALSH The first ever Family Fun Food and Music Festival, presented by Alethia Stephenson, Max Lewis, and DJ Cool from 102.7 FM, ...

Successful HMF already looking ahead to 70th fiddle anniversary

Written By MARNI WALSH Heritage Music Festival (HMF) Co-Chair, Bobbi Ferguson says Shelburne Rotary Club is very pleased with this year’s festival.  “The calibre of ...

Shelburne CAO helping to guide municipality into fruitful future

Written By PETER RICHARDSON As part of a new series, the Free Press will take an in-depth look at some of the community’s most important ...

An old solution to a new problem, can trees really save the planet?

Written By MARNI WALSH In their August news letter, the North Dufferin Agricultural and Community Task Force (NDACT) presented studies on mass tree planting as ...

Shelburne Police Laid 86 Traffic Related Charges over Long Weekend: includes 2 Impaired and 2 Stunt

The August Civic Holiday long weekend kept Shelburne Police officers busy with traffic related offences. In total, 84 traffic related charges were laid, including some ...

Shelburne Man Arrested for Death Threats, Using Imitation Firearm to Commit Offence, Operate Vehicle Over 80 and More…

During the afternoon on Saturday August 3, Shelburne Police Service responded to a call from a resident concerned that someone may be wielding a gun ...

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