Rotary Holiday House Tour

By Wanda Backus-Kelly   Port Rowan and the surrounding area was the location for the Rotary Club of Simcoe’s annual Holiday House tour this year. Five local homeowners in and around the Port Rowan area opened their homes to ticket holders. New this year as an added event, a talk on the history of rum-running […]

Jonny K’s makes changes in time for the holidays

By Care Lucas   In a social media post on November 9, Mark Kozicki, owner of Jonny K’s, shared that big changes were coming to the fresh produce store. “Jonny K’s is going back to the original owners. [We are now under renovation] adding an in-house bakery,” Mark said. On December 3, the updated location […]

Port Rowan groups receive $80,000 from Amplify Norfolk

The Long Point area will be the big winner for Amplify Norfolk grants next year. Norfolk County councillors on Dec. 10 voted to give Long Point Country Chamber of Commerce $40,000 to continue Sandpines Campfire Concert Series on June 28. And Long Point Country Bayfest will get $40,000 to create an annual community concert in […]