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1953 was truly a banner year for Atwood’s bantam and midget boys’ baseball squads – 70 years ago this September, both teams captured their respective Ontario Baseball Association (OBA) championships.

The Listowel 15U WOBA1 Legionnaires hosted the Kincardine Cardinals in a playoff tilt at John Bell South Diamond on Aug. 31. Listowel won the postseason opener, 5-1.

The opportunity to play softball abroad doesn’t come around every day. Neither does the chance to suit up for the likes of a national squad.

Three individuals are vying for the title of 2023-24 Howick-Turnberry Fair Ambassador.

It’s not every day that you see a retired farmer from the New Hamburg area set off on a two-hour tractor trek to enjoy breakfast with his friends at a country restaurant in Monkton. Laverne Gingerich, 83, driving his 1945 WC Allis Chalmers, did exactly that when he drove to the Monkton Diner recentl

Onam Celebration 2023 was an event organized by North Perth Malayali Samajam, a community of immigrants from the southern Indian state of Kerala with over 50 families residing in the Municipality of North Perth and nearby. The event was held on Aug. 19 at the Steve Kerr Memorial Complex and inaugura

North Perth fire crews responded to a barn fire near Britton on Line 82, on the afternoon of Aug. 21. The fire originated from a tractor and spread to the nearby barn. All of the livestock was evacuated safely. Damage estimates are unknown at this time.

Following North Perth council’s awarding of a request for proposal (RFP) during its Aug. 28 regular meeting, Listowel Memorial Park’s 20-year-old playground structure will be replaced next year.

A joint effort by the Listowel Scotiabank and Watson’s Home Hardware locations saw some valuable dollars raised for the ongoing MAP59 campaign through a community barbecue on Aug. 31, a project that will see a new park space and memorial erected on the former site of Listowel Memorial Arena.

The Stratford Beacon Herald covered all three days of the 1951 Stratford Fall Fair, which was known for many “firsts” that year.

Without fail, the Listowel Crabby Joe’s Bar and Grill You Eat We Give has come through for the Listowel Memorial Hospital Foundation for the better part of a decade.

Forty-three years after Terry Fox embarked on his monumental Marathon of Hope across the country with the goal of raising $1 from every Canadian for cancer research, his legacy hasn’t diminished in the slightest.

Already the winners of three previous tournaments over the course of the 2023 minor baseball season, the Listowel 11U squad only had one hill left to climb to cap a campaign for the books.

Every year the municipality puts out the word to all North Perth residents, inviting them to engage in the annual budget process by responding to an online survey found at yoursaynorthperth.ca.