Mike Crone returns to city hall to head public works, engineering

Owen Sound welcomed back former city employee Mike Crone, who Monday assumed the position of acting director of public works and engineering. Crone replaces Dennis Kefalas, who has retired and who performed the director’s role since 2018, a city news release said. Crone and his wife, Betty, have lived in Owen Sound since 1991. “Mike […]

Record February home sales recorded in Grey-Bruce

Grey-Bruce’s hot housing market continued with a new sales record for February. A total of 216 units were sold in the region last month, which is up two sales from the previous record month of a year ago, according to the most recent statistics of the Realtors Association of Grey Bruce Owen Sound. Home sales […]

Owen Sound selects offensive dynamo with first pick in MSL Draft

Lady luck has smiled upon the Owen Sound Lacrosse Club. Owen Sound won the Major Series Lacrosse draft lottery and selected offensive dynamo Thomas McConvey with the first-overall pick Sunday afternoon. McConvey is a senior on the University of Vermont’s men’s field lacrosse team where he currently has 21 goals and seven assists in nine […]

Fun overflows as Maple Magic returns to Wiarton-area elk farm

Hundreds of people celebrated the first day of spring at the Regal Point Elk Farm near Wiarton for the return of Maple Magic. The Rotary Club of Wiarton’s Family Festival and Breakfast featuring the elk farm’s fresh maple syrup was on tap again after two years on the shelf amid worsening waves of the COVID-19 […]