Dec 24 - Local News + A Sneak Peek at New Year's Eve Events

Plus: Municipal holiday hours for Owen Sound, Georgian Bluffs, and Meaford

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Image source: Owen Sound Festival of Northern Lights

What’s happening in and around Owen Sound for New Year’s Eve? Well, full subscribers get our upcoming events in every weekday email and can look months ahead on our Event Listings page. Here’s what we see for Tuesday, December 31:

• Kid-Friendly New Year’s Eve Family Celebration at the Julie McArthur Rec Centre with Ice Skating 12:00 - 1:45 PM & 2:00 - 3:45 p.m., Open Swim 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. & 2:30 – 3:30 p.m. Registration is not required.

• The Beckett Family New Year's Eve Show at Roxy Theatre, two showtimes at 2:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.

• Rockcliffe Family Ministries New Year’s Eve Celebration starts at 4pm, with fireworks at 6:30pm

• New Year’s Eve Dinner & Jazz Performance by Julio at Shorty’s Grill with Friends, 967 3rd Ave E

• CATL, an Explosive Blues-Rock Duo from Toronto play the Parkwood Restaurant starting at 9:00pm, tickets $20

• New Year's Eve Dance at the Owen Sound Legion, 8pm to 1am, tickets $50

• New Year's Eve with The Rumpus Room, with a welcome Prosecco drink, 3 cocktails (or mocktails, beer or wine), mouth-pleasing treats by The Milk Maid, and music by DJ Strobe - 8:00pm

• New Year’s Eve Dinner Concert at Cobble Beach with reservations from 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Tickets $125 +HST includes a glass of bubbly from their award-winning Stewart Select Cellar.

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Public Notices

• Municipality of Meaford Holiday Hours

• City of Owen Sound Holiday Hours

• Township of Georgian Bluffs Holiday Hours

Local News

Keep reading for our original reporting + curated local news updates, plus upcoming event listings. Today, you’ll find a report from OPP on break-and-enter charges laid in Wiarton, holiday greetings from Brighstores Health System, a City of Owen Sound tribute to former mayor Stew Taylor, a million-dollar lottery win for an Owen Sound man, and more.

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