Sixty years has flown by

Although they don't look like it, Jean and Chuck Beaton are celebrating their 60th wedding anniversary. According to the Beatons of Southampton, "... the sixty...

Principal Dan Russell leaves a legacy

With only four years until retirement, Russell is moving on to Alexandra Community School in Owen Sound, which is near his home. It will however,...

Eli Maor returns

I have a friend, Eli Maor, who has written another book 'Music by the Numbers, from Pythagoras to Schoenberg.'  The master writer has done it again. ...

Bruce County Museum receives special visitors

Bruce County Museum and Cultural Centre (BCM&CC) in Southampton had special visitors on Sunday, May 27th when Neil Turok, Executive Director of the Perimeter...

ALS – a disease that attacks regardless of gender, ethnicity or age

Although its official name is Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, it is better known by three little letters - ALS ... and Jamie Hingston, only in...

No need to stop hooking at 90

At 90, Helen Weurth the nonagenarian is as sharp as the scissors that she uses in her rug hooking. Weurth celebrated her birthday at the Chantry...

Featured People: A man of his word in support of local health care

Each year, the local Saugeen Memorial Hospital Foundation and Bayshore Broadcasting in Saugeen Shores host the annual Radiothon FUNdraiser in support of the Foundation...

United Way of Bruce Grey Executive Director Selected for Worldwide Leadership Program

Francesca Dobbyn, Executive Director of the United Way of Bruce Grey has been selected to participate in United Way’s Leaders Engaged in Accelerated Development...

Remembering an old friend

To the Editor: Tom (Stewart) and I were born the same year and we both grew up on Morpeth Street in Southampton. When he left school,...

Turning 16 a turning point in life – Dylan Poulsen

Turning 16 is a big turning point in life and, for a young man in Port Elgin, it will be a day to be...

‘This is her story’: More than a Century of Living – Part 1

On March 8, 2021, Joyce Van Dam celebrated her 102nd birthday at Tiverton Park Manor in Tiverton.  According to staff, she is "sharp as...

Kelly Graham Legacy Fund established at Community Foundation Grey Bruce

The family of the late Kelly Graham has established a legacy endowed fund to benefit the operations of Community Foundation Grey Bruce and to...

A War Time Treasure

A War Time Treasure by G. William Streeter Gail Hill is the widow of my cousin Ray Hill who was raised in Arran Township near Elsinore....

‘Flock a friend’ for local athletes off to the Worlds Lifesaving competitions

On September 18th (2022), three athletes from Saugeen Shores Lifesaving Club (SSLC) will be travelling to Riccione, Italy to compete in the Worlds Lifesaving...