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On Tuesday, The Citizen won two Canadian Community Newspaper Awards through News Media Canada for its editorial writing and community service.
The Citizen has extended the deadline for Citizen of the Year Award nominations in the name of more nominations for the newspaper's home communities of Blyth and Brussels.
Most assuredly, each and every agricultural fair in this great, girthsome nation is special and unique in its own way, but there was just something a little bit extra awesome about the Brussels Fall Fair this year.
In the 1990s, the band Big Wreck was formed in Boston, Massachusetts by four college students with a dream: to make rock music.
Now that the final professional show has closed for the season and unsold art has all been returned to its creators, with sold art finding new homes on new walls, Carl and Kelly Stevenson took a morning to reflect on what was another successful season...
After all the pomp and circumstance that surrounded their 50th anniversary season over the winter of 2023/2024, the Wingham Ironmen are back on the ice and are 2-0 after their first two regular season games.
For the first time in seven years, the Huron County Fastball League champions are not the hometown Brussels Tigers. The Belmore Stingers claimed victory in Mitchell over the weekend...
Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh (ACW) has finally adopted a formal community flag-raising policy that restricts the municipality from flying any flag other than the National flag of Canada, the Provincial flag of Ontario, and the Township flag.
On Monday, Sept. 16, North Huron Council considered a proposal that could see the Blyth Public Library relocated to the second floor of the Blyth and District Community Centre.
Morris-Turnberry Mayor Jamie Heffer has declared his intention to put his name forward in hopes of becoming the next Huron County Warden this fall.
In Huron County, there's no surer sign that summer vacation has ended and the school year has begun than the spectacle of the student foot parade that kicks off the Elementary School Fair each year.
The Toronto Star is reporting that the city's Factory Theatre is suing the Blyth Festival for $115,000 in relation to the cancellation of The Waltz, which was scheduled to be part of the Festival's 2023 season.
If you go by what Google says, Blyth's Phillips Studio at 209 Dinsley Street was a photography studio that is now permanently closed.
After the cancellation of the Brussels Fall Fair in both 2020 and 2021, the Brussels Agricultural Society returned in 2022, though not at its traditional home of the Brussels, Morris and Grey Community Centre.
While the Brussels Fall Fair Ambassador Committee consists of four past winners - Maggie Speer, Nicole Lowe, Hannah Hodgins and Morgan Zoccolante - it's only Speer who is often referred to as the "Fair Mom" by the ambassadors of today.
For Walton's Reg Vinnicombe, this year's Brussels Fall Fair is one of opportunity and a glimpse into the future and the endless possibilities offered up by a newly renovated and expanded Brussels, Morris and Grey Community Centre.
When she was a kid, Nicole Lowe had to abide by one rule when it came to the Brussels Fall Fair: if she wanted the day off of school to attend the fair, she had to earn it by being part of the annual event in some way.
This year's Brussels Fall Fair Ambassador, Emily Bieman, is no stranger to the Brussels Agricultural Society or to holding an ambassador title within the organization for that matter.
Keith Roulston presents his specially-written sermon for the Thresher Reunion's annual Sunday church service.
On Wednesday, Sept. 4, Meghan Burke marched right into the Wingham Golf and Curling Club with an envelope. (The Citizen was lucky enough to be there.)
All the games have been played and the runs have been tallied and the Belmore Stingers are the regular season champions of the Huron County Fastball League with a record of 19-1 and 38 points.
It may have been a bit of a drizzly weekend in Blyth, but that didn't stop the annual Threshers Reunion from going full-steam ahead!
They say it takes money to make money, but should that sentiment be as true for worthy causes like local charities as it is for individuals and corporations just trying to turn a buck?
For almost as long as the Blyth Festival has been putting on shows at Memorial Hall, there's been a not-for-profit art gallery evolving alongside the unique rural theatrical space.