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It makes total sense that Angela Keeley loves Christmas; it's the one time a year when the true spirit of the season gives a gentle goose to the general population, which boosts their festive energy...
Every year, as the weather gets colder and the days grow shorter, The Citizen staff is given the enviable task of combing through all the unique communities of Huron County...
A few weeks ago, Morris-Turnberry Mayor Jamie Heffer was officially sworn in as the new Warden of Huron County. While he was more than kind enough to accommodate The Citizen's request for a holiday interview...
Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy once wrote that all happy families are alike. And perhaps that was true of families living in Russia circa 1875.
In the winters of yesteryear, the Dodds family farm was the place to be as the snow poured down, the banks rose high and there was tobogganing to be done.
As her first year running The Haven in Brussels draws to a close, there are only two things that Leesa Stephenson wants for Christmas. But the gifts she's hoping for can't be found in Santa's sack, and they won't fit under any tree.
For Linda Stewart and her husband Don - known to most in and around Blyth as Barney - they were largely spared the early, early mornings that Christmas can bring, as their children tended to sleep in until at least 8 a.m. or so - a blessing, some...
As of Dec. 1 every year at the de Boer house in Blyth and all the way to Christmas, there's always somebody watching. More recently, there are always two people watching and they're little elves... often on shelves.
The holiday season is a great time for making memories, but pursuing a picture-perfect Christmas can put a lot of pressure on people.
The Josling family likes all the typical trappings of a traditional Canadian Christmas. They enjoy decorating the tree, exchanging gifts, having festive feasts and seeing family.
It is fitting, perhaps, that the predominant Christmas memory of one of the area's most prolific radio presenters has its roots in music.
The holiday season is quiet for Jeff and Cindy Norgate of Blyth, but they really wouldn't have it any other way. In their apartment in the village, they have a perfect view of snow-covered trees in the winter
The Joslings are, without doubt, one of the bravest families in Blyth. They've now been fighting fires in the area for three generations, which is certainly an achievement worthy of being immortalized as part of the public record.
Seaforth Junior Broomball held its first-ever tournament over the weekend, hosting dozens of games in both Seaforth and Brussels, in what has been deemed a true success.
After a two-win weekend to begin the month of December, the Wingham Ironmen lost both of their games this past weekend, scoring just one goal to their opponents' nine.
St. Anne's Catholic Secondary School is now home to a budding author in the form of 14-year-old Grade 9 student Nate Potvin, whose Arf the Intergalactic Dog has been impressing and selling well locally since he self-published it earlier this year.
As far as Artistic Director Gil Garratt is concerned, the 50th anniversary season of the Blyth Festival has been one for the ages, with the number of patrons taking in Festival shows reaching pre-pandemic levels.
An annual tradition that plays out weekend after weekend in Huron County, Santa Claus came to town in both Clinton and Brussels this weekend.
The Brussels Santa Claus parade on Saturday night, a holiday tradition in the village, was well-attended and well-reviewed by the hundreds who were there to see it live.
At this year's Royal Agricultural Winter Fair in Toronto, a Southdown Lamb named Marlee, owned by Auburn's own Holly Gross, was named the Grand Champion Lamb in the Junior Sheep Show.
Josie Bee Ink Tattoo in Brussels has only been open for a few months, but it's already generating so much "buzz" that The Citizen sent a scout on over to get the scoop on the new shop and add a little more ink to the permanent record.
Toronto-based author and Huron County native Curtis Campbell recently published an open letter in response to Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh's (ACW) new municipal flag bylaw.
The U13 A Huron Heat found success in the Guelph Winter Classic over the weekend, hosted by the Guelph Junior Gryphons, winning gold after an undefeated six-game run during which the team only allowed one goal.
Last week, approximately 350 North Huron residents awoke to find some money missing from their accounts, taken by way of pre-authorized payment withdrawal by the township in error.