Osgoode Community Chronicles

Welcome to a special episode of Osgoode Community Chronicles where we are spotlighting the route that the 5K runners are taking around the village for the event. For those who may not know, the 'Goode Run is a cherished annual event in Osgoode Village, serving as both a community gathering and a fundraiser for the Osgoode Youth Association (O-YA). This fun run has become a staple in the community, reflecting Osgoode's strong tradition of volunteerism and local support. Over the years, the 'Goode Run has not only promoted physical activity and community involvement but has also played a significant role in sustaining youth services in the area. Its continued success underscores the community's commitment to fostering a supportive environment for its younger residents.​ A couple of episodes ago I sat down with Carley Scharf, Executive Director of Osgoode Youth Association, and she told us that the run has been going on for around 12 years. Covid disruptions make the history a bit blurry, but we know it's been a cherished event in our community for more than 10 years, and that's worth celebrating. The route that the committee has set up winds through the village streets, and allows participants like you a scenic route that showcases Osgoode's charm. In this podcast episode, we hope to highlight some of the areas that you will run through in the 5K portion of the event, and hopefully give you some interesting history and information as you journey through it. Naturally it's tough to keep pace with all runners, but we will do our best to provide you with some timely descriptions. Let's go! Here's what we cover on your 'run'! Osgoode Community Centre Osgoode Family Ball Tournament Osgoode Library Osgoode Public School Philip Street Sunstrum Street Osgoode Legion Pearl Street Jill Street Moses Sawmill MacTavish Place Osgoode Link Pathway Buckles Street Marlene Crescent White Spruce Street Ferdinand Street Drew Henry Road Osgoode Rideau Minor Hockey Association Osgoode Canada Day Osgoode Winter Carnival I hope you enjoyed your 'run'! Thanks to Carley Scharf for asking me to record this special episode of the podcast - check out more about The 'Goode Run and all of the fabulous programming that OYA has to offer! Be sure to check out all of our community events on our Community Calendar on our website. See you next week!

Welcome to Osgoode Community Chronicles. Each week we will bring you the news, events, businesses, community voices and more from our local area.  Here is the content for this week, April 13: 1:00 – Updates from last week and what's coming up in this week's episode 2:45 – News and Events: the events taking place this week in your community: check out everything we talk about in the podcast in our new online Community Calendar 6:30 – Business Segment: ASL Contractors 10:45 – Historical Segment: The Nixon Family 20:45 – Community Voices: Clare Nixon 23:00 – Mental Health Moment: Quotes About Mental Health 25:45 – Wrap up of this week's episode Thanks for tuning in! I hope you enjoy it! You can find links to this week's episode, events and segments on our website OsgoodeCommunityChronicles.com See you next week!

Welcome to Osgoode Community Chronicles. Each week we will bring you the news, events, businesses, community voices and more from our local area.  Here is the content for this week, April 4: 1:00 – Updates from last week and what's coming up in this week's episode 2:15 – News and Events: the events taking place this week in your community: check out everything we talk about in the podcast in our new online Community Calendar 7:30 – Business Segment: The 'Goode Run, Osgoode (May 2025) 19:45 – Historical Segment: The Scharf Family 26:45 – Community Voices: Viola Turner, Marathon Runner, interview by CBC's Adrian Harewood 35:00 – Mental Health Moment: Running for Mental Health 36:15 – Wrap up of this week's episode Thanks for tuning in! I hope you enjoy it! You can find links to this week's episode, events and segments on our website OsgoodeCommunityChronicles.com See you next week!

Welcome to Osgoode Community Chronicles. Each week we will bring you the news, events, businesses, community voices and more from our local area. Please note our new publish day is FRIDAY. Here is the content for this week, March 21: 1:00 – Updates from last week and what's coming up in this week's episode 1:45 – News and Events: the events taking place this week in your community: check out everything we talk about in the podcast in our new online Community Calendar 7:30 – Business Segment: The Settling of Osgoode Township / Carleton County 25:15 – Historical Segment: The McKenna Family 30:30 – Community Voices: Daley's Diary - Connecting Osgoode to Ottawa 35:00 – Mental Health Moment: Wakes and Funerals and Mental Health 37:00 – Wrap up of this week's episode Thanks for tuning in! I hope you enjoy it! You can find links to this week's episode, events and segments on our website OsgoodeCommunityChronicles.com See you next week!

Welcome to Osgoode Community Chronicles. Each week we will bring you the news, events, businesses, community voices and more from our local area. Please note our new publish day is FRIDAY. Here is the content for this week, March 14: 1:00 – Updates from last week and what's coming up in this week's episode 4:15 – News and Events: the events taking place this week in your community: check out everything we talk about in the podcast in our new online Community Calendar 9:15 – Business Segment: The Glasgow Trading Post, Vernon Ontario 15:00 – Historical Segment: The McDiarmid Family 22:15 – Community Voices: Ottawa Citizen Article: Ottawa's rural neighbours are still a world apart 27:00 – Mental Health Moment: The Power of Music in Mental Well Being, Dr. Fatima Reynolds 28:15 – Wrap up of this week's episode Thanks for tuning in! I hope you enjoy it! You can find links to this week's episode, events and segments on our website OsgoodeCommunityChronicles.com See you next week!

Welcome to Osgoode Community Chronicles. Each week we will bring you the news, events, businesses, community voices and more from our local area. Please note our new publish day is FRIDAY. Here is the content for this week, March 7: 1:00 – Updates from last week and what's coming up in this week's episode 5:00 – News and Events: the events taking place this week in your community: check out everything we talk about in the podcast in our new online Community Calendar 12:00 – Business Segment: A Walk Down Cabin Road with Manning McEvoy 19:15 – Historical Segment: The Casey Family 24:30 – Community Voices: Poem - The Grace of Years 26:00 – Mental Health Moment: St. Patrick's Day (the best holiday of the year!) 27:00 – Wrap up of this week's episode Thanks for tuning in! I hope you enjoy it! You can find links to this week's episode, events and segments on our website OsgoodeCommunityChronicles.com See you next week!

Welcome to Osgoode Community Chronicles. Each week we will bring you the news, events, businesses, community voices and more from our local area. Please note our new publish day is FRIDAY. Here is the content for this week, Feb 28: 1:00 – Updates from last week and what's coming up in this week's episode 2:30 – News and Events: the events taking place this week in your community: check out everything we talk about in the podcast in our new online Community Calendar 7:15 – Business Segment: The Osgoode Township Museum 15:45 – Historical Segment: The McVey Family 24:45 – Community Voices: Grace McVey Scarabelli 32:15 – Mental Health Moment: Grief and Grub for Guys 33:45 – Wrap up of this week's episode Thanks for tuning in! I hope you enjoy it! You can find links to this week's episode, events and segments on our website OsgoodeCommunityChronicles.com See you next week!

Welcome to Osgoode Community Chronicles. Each week we will bring you the news, events, businesses, community voices and more from our local area. Please note our new publish day is FRIDAY. Here is the content for this week, Feb 21: 1:00 – Updates from last week and what's coming up in this week's episode 2:45 – News and Events: the events taking place this week in your community: check out everything we talk about in the podcast in our new online Community Calendar 8:00 – Business Segment: Service Organizations and Clubs in Our Community 14:45 – Historical Segment: The Porteous Family 21:15 – Community Voices: The Cliff Wilkes Band 23:00 – Mental Health Moment: Daleys Diary - Life's Little Instructions :) 24:15 – Wrap up of this week's episode Thanks for tuning in! I hope you enjoy it! You can find links to this week's episode, events and segments on our website OsgoodeCommunityChronicles.com See you next week!

Welcome to Osgoode Community Chronicles. Each week we will bring you the news, events, businesses, community voices and more from our local area. Please note our new publish day is FRIDAY. Here is the content for this week, Feb 14: 1:00 – Updates from last week and what's coming up in this week's episode 2:00 – News and Events: the events taking place this week in your community 6:15 – Business Segment: Rolston General Store, Metcalfe 11:00 – Historical Segment: The Rolston Family 13:30 – Community Voices: Ottawa Journal Article: 'Metcalfe Becoming Haven For Ottawa Fun Lovers' 20:15 – Mental Health Moment: Social Life in Metcalfe 22:15 – Wrap up of this week's episode Thanks for tuning in! I hope you enjoy it! You can find links to this week's episode, events and segments on our website OsgoodeCommunityChronicles.com See you next week!

Welcome to Osgoode Community Chronicles. Each week we will bring you the news, events, businesses, community voices and more from our local area. Here is the content for this week, Feb 7: 1:00 – Updates from last week and what's coming up in this week's episode 2:30 – News and Events: the events taking place this week in your community 6:45 – Business Segment: The Moses Sawmill 14:30 – Historical Segment: The Moses Family 21:15 – Community Voices: Poem by Sue Knippel Potvin 26:00 – Mental Health Moment: Osgoode Care Centre Fundraising Article, 1984 28:00 – Wrap up of this week's episode Thanks for tuning in! I hope you enjoy it! You can find links to this week's episode, events and segments on our website OsgoodeCommunityChronicles.com See you next week!

Welcome to Osgoode Community Chronicles. Each week we will bring you the news, events, businesses, community voices and more from our local area. Here is the content for this week, January 30: 1:00 – Updates from last week and what's coming up in this week's episode 3:30 – News and Events: the events taking place this week in your community 9:00 – Business Segment: The Rideau Valley Conservation Authority (RVCA) 13:30 – Historical Segment: The Loney Family 21:00 – Community Voices: Daley's Diary from 1976 Historical Society Newsletter 27:15 – Mental Health Moment: Just a Mom?? from the files of (Grandma) Mary Blanchfield 31:15 – Wrap up of this week's episode Thanks for tuning in! I hope you enjoy it! You can find links to this week's episode, events and segments on our website OsgoodeCommunityChronicles.com See you next week!

Welcome to Osgoode Community Chronicles. Each week we will bring you the news, events, businesses, community voices and more from our local area. Here is the content for this week, January 21: 1:00 – Updates from last week and what's coming up in this week's episode 2:00 – News and Events: the events taking place this week in your community 6:00 – Business and Historical Combined Segment: The Settling and Founding of Osgoode Township and Snake Island Road 25:15 – Community Voices: A Longer Social Season by Hilda Richmond 29:15 – Mental Health Moment: Six Stories Full of Meaning 31:00 – Wrap up of this week's episode Thanks for tuning in! I hope you enjoy it! You can find links to this week's episode, events and segments on our website OsgoodeCommunityChronicles.com See you next week!

Welcome to Osgoode Community Chronicles. Each week we will bring you the news, events, businesses, community voices and more from our local area. Here is the content for this week, January 14: 1:00 – Updates from last week and what's coming up in this week's episode 2:30 – News and Events: the events taking place this week in your community 10:15 – Business Segment: The Millinery Trade / Hat Making 14:30 – Historical Segment: The McCaul Family 22:00 – Community Voices: 19th Century Manotick Business Women 25:45 – Mental Health Moment: See Something, Say Something 27:30 – Wrap up of this week's episode Thanks for tuning in! I hope you enjoy it! You can find links to this week's episode, events and segments on our website OsgoodeCommunityChronicles.com See you next week!

Welcome to Osgoode Community Chronicles. Each week we will bring you the news, events, businesses, community voices and more from our local area. Here is the content for this week, January 7: 1:15 – Updates from last week and what's coming up in this week's episode 2:30 – News and Events: the events taking place this week in your community 5:45 – Business Segment: House of Lazarus / What They Ate and What They Drank 15:30 – Historical Segment: The Ice Storm of 1998 by Joe Banks 37:30 – Community Voices: Ice Storm Blog by Pat Drummond 48:45 – Mental Health Moment: Be a Better Friend by Larry Ellis 51:00 – Wrap up of this week's episode Thanks for tuning in! I hope you enjoy it! You can find links to this week's episode, events and segments on our website OsgoodeCommunityChronicles.com See you next week!

Welcome to Osgoode Community Chronicles. Each week we will bring you the news, events, businesses, community voices and more from our local area. Here is the content for this week, December 31: 1:00 – Updates from last week and what's coming up in this week's episode 3:15 – News and Events: the events taking place this week in your community 8:45 – Business Segment: The Carkner Lumber Mill 15:30 – Historical Segment: The Carkner Family 21:30 – Community Voices: Living in Kenmore Village 32:45 – Mental Health Moment: a weekly segment to bring attention to our mental health 35:30 – Wrap up of this week's episode Thanks for tuning in! I hope you enjoy it! You can find links to this week's episode, events and segments on our website OsgoodeCommunityChronicles.com See you next week!

Welcome to Osgoode Community Chronicles. Each week we will bring you the news, events, businesses, community voices and more from our local area. Here is the content for this week, December 17: 1:00 – Updates from last week and what's coming up in this week's episode 3:45 – News and Events: the events taking place this week in your community 6:15 – Business Segment: The Manotick Medical Centre 20:15 – Historical Segment: The History of Long Island (Phase One) 34:45 – Community Voices: Dr. O.B. Wilson 39:00 – Mental Health Moment: a weekly segment to bring attention to our mental health 41:00 – Wrap up of this week's episode Thanks for tuning in! I hope you enjoy it! You can find links to this week's episode, events and segments on our website OsgoodeCommunityChronicles.com See you next week!

Welcome to Osgoode Community Chronicles. Each week we will bring you the news, events, businesses, community voices and more from our local area. Here is the content for this week, December 10: 1:00 - Updates from last week and what's coming up in this week's episode 3:00 - News and Events: the events taking place this week in your community 8:30 - Business Segment: Osgoode Township Road Crew Paves Road to Russell 13:45 - Historical Segment: The Saunders Family 24:00 - Community Voices: Interview with 'Uncle' Charlie Saunders 31:15 - Mental Health Moment: a weekly segment to bring attention to our mental health 33:30 - Wrap up of this week's episode Thanks for tuning in! I hope you enjoy it! You can find links to this week's episode, events and segments on our website OsgoodeCommunityChronicles.com See you next week!

Welcome to Osgoode Community Chronicles. Each week we will bring you the news, events, businesses, community voices and more from our local area. Here is the content for this week, December 3: 1:00 - Updates from last week and what's coming up in this week's episode 2:45 - News and Events: the events taking place this week in your community 6:45 - Business Segment: Bytown Prescott Railroad 18:15 - Historical Segment: Accidents on the Railroad and Al Capone's Bootlegging 27:00 - Community Voices: Margaret Robb and Mike Daley memories of Osgoode Station 34:15 - Mental Health Moment: a weekly segment to bring attention to our mental health 35:30 - Wrap up of this week's episode Thanks for tuning in! I hope you enjoy it! You can find links to this week's episode, events and segments on our website OsgoodeCommunityChronicles.com See you next week!

Welcome to Osgoode Community Chronicles. Each week we will bring you the news, events, businesses, community voices and more from our local area. Here is the content for this week, November 26th: 2:15 - News and Events: the events taking place this week in your community 7:15 - Business Segment: Dare to be Vulnerable Project 12:00 - Historical Segment: The Ferguson and Fergusson Families 23:45 - Community Voices: A Tribute to Arlowa Ferguson by Elizabeth Stuart 27:45 - Mental Health Moment: a weekly segment to bring attention to our mental health 30:30 - How to help us grow the podcast by liking, subscribing, and leaving us a review! Thanks for tuning in! I hope you enjoy it! You can find links to this week's episode, events and segments on our website OsgoodeCommunityChronicles.com See you next week!

Welcome to Osgoode Community Chronicles. Each week we will bring you the news, events, businesses, community voices and more from our local area. Here is the content for this week, November 19th: 1:45 - News and Events: the events taking place this week in your community 8:15 - Business Segment: Community Newspapers in the Area 17:15 - Historical Segment: The Rowan Family of Metcalfe 24:45 - Community Voices: Daley's Diaries - Mike Daley's Farewell to Joe Rowan 27:45 - Mental Health Moment: a weekly segment to bring attention to our mental health 28:15 - How to help us grow the podcast by liking, subscribing, and leaving us a review! Thanks for tuning in! I hope you enjoy it! You can find links to this week's episode, events and segments on our website OsgoodeCommunityChronicles.com See you next week!

Welcome to Osgoode Community Chronicles. Each week we will bring you the news, events, businesses, community voices and more from our local area. Here is the content for this week, November 12th: 2:00 - News and Events: the events taking place this week in your community 5:15 - Business Segment: Royal Canadian Legion 8:15 - Historical Segment: Gilbert Thompson, Black Watch WWII 22:30 - Community Voices: William Gillissee, RCAF Flying Officer, Murdered in 1945 31:15 - Mental Health Moment: a weekly segment to bring attention to our mental health 32:22 - How to help us grow the podcast by liking, subscribing, and leaving us a review! Thanks for tuning in! I hope you enjoy it! You can find links to this week's episode, events and segments on our website OsgoodeCommunityChronicles.com See you next week!

Welcome to Osgoode Community Chronicles. Each week we will bring you the news, events, businesses, community voices and more from our local area. Here is the content for this week, November 5th: 2:30 - News and Events: the events taking place this week in your community 7:00 - Business Segment: Herberts Corners Schoolhouse SS #4 11:30 - Historical Segment: The Herbert Family 21:45 - Community Voices: Daley's Diaries - James Herbert and the California Gold Rush 24:45 - Mental Health Moment: a weekly segment to bring attention to our mental health 26:30 - How to help us grow the podcast by liking, subscribing, and leaving us a review! Thanks for tuning in! I hope you enjoy it! You can find links to this week's episode, events and segments on our website OsgoodeCommunityChronicles.com See you next week!

Welcome to Osgoode Community Chronicles. Each week we will bring you the news, events, businesses, community voices and more from our local area. Here is the content for this week, October 29th: 2:20 - News and Events: the events taking place this week in your community 6:15 - Business Segment: McArthur's Foundry in Kenmore written by Cecil Reaney 17:45 Historical Segment: The Doyles of Prescott Road 25:00 - Community Voices: Dance or Fight, read by Liam Maguire 36:30 - Mental Health Moment: a weekly segment to bring attention to our mental health 38:00 - How to help us grow the podcast by liking, subscribing, and leaving us a review! Thanks for tuning in! I hope you enjoy it! You can find links to this week's episode, events and segments on our website OsgoodeCommunityChronicles.com See you next week!

Welcome to Osgoode Community Chronicles. Each week we will bring you the news, events, businesses, community voices and more from our local area. Here is the content for this week, October 22nd: 3:30 - News and Events: the events taking place this week in your community 8:45 - Business Segment: the post office of Osgoode Station (Osgoode Village) 12:00 Historical Segment: The McEvoy family 22:30 - Community Voices: Daley's Diaries - Mike Daley writes about the renaming of Enniskerry 27:30 - Mental Health Moment: a weekly segment to bring attention to our mental health 30:00 - How to help us grow the podcast by liking, subscribing, and leaving us a review! Thanks for tuning in! I hope you enjoy it! You can find links to this week's episode, events and segments on our website OsgoodeCommunityChronicles.com See you next week!

Welcome to Osgoode Community Chronicles. Each week we will bring you the news, events, businesses, community voices and more from our local area. Here is the content for this week, October 16th: 3:10 - News and Events: the events taking place this week in your community 8:30 - Business & Historical Segment (Combined): A Walk Down Old George Street to the Moses Sawmill Property 23:05 - Community Voices: featuring a poem written by Mary (Dewan) Pritchard 26:30 - Mental Health Moment: a weekly segment to bring attention to our mental health 27:40 - How to help us grow the podcast by liking, subscribing, and leaving us a review! Thanks for tuning in! I hope you enjoy it! You can find links to this week's episode, events and segments on our website OsgoodeCommunityChronicles.com See you next week!

Welcome to Osgoode Community Chronicles. Each week we will bring you the news, events, businesses, community voices and more from our local area. Here is the content for this week, October 8th: 3:15 - News and Events: the events taking place this week in your community 7:15 - Business Spotlight: featuring Kellys Landing 14:30 - Historical Segment: The Kelly Family 22:45 - Community Voices: featuring a note from 'Uncle' Dominic Kelly 25:00 - Mental Health Moment: a weekly segment to bring attention to our mental health 27:00 - How to help us grow the podcast by liking, subscribing, and leaving us a review! Thanks for tuning in! I hope you enjoy it! You can find links to this week's episode, events and segments on our website OsgoodeCommunityChronicles.com See you next week!

Welcome to Osgoode Community Chronicles. Each week we will bring you the news, events, businesses, community voices and more from our local area. Here is the content for this week, October 1st: 3:05 - News and Events: the events taking place this week in your community 8:45 - Business Spotlight: featuring The Metcalfe Fair 16:45 - Historical Segment: The Dow Family 26:00 - Community Voices: featuring Daley's Diaries: Happy birthday to Mike Daley! 27:45 - Mental Health Moment: a weekly segment to bring attention to our mental health 29:45 - How to help us grow the podcast by liking, subscribing, and leaving us a review! Thanks for tuning in! I hope you enjoy it! You can find links to this week's episode, events and segments on our website OsgoodeCommunityChronicles.com See you next week!

Welcome to Osgoode Community Chronicles. Each week we will bring you the news, events, businesses, community voices and more from our local area. Here is the content for this week, September 24th: 2:05 - News and Events: the events taking place this week in your community 9:45 - Business Spotlight: featuring The Lighthouse Collective 12:00 - Historical Segment: The Lighthouse 20:30 - Community Voices: featuring Daley's Diaries: The Indispensable Man 23:30 - Mental Health Minute: a weekly segment to bring attention to our mental health 24:45 - How to help us grow the podcast by liking, subscribing, and leaving us a review! Thanks for tuning in! I hope you enjoy it! You can find links to this week's episode, events and segments on our website OsgoodeCommunityChronicles.com See you next week!

Welcome to Osgoode Community Chronicles. Each week we will bring you the news, events, businesses, community voices and more from our local area. Here is the content for this week, September 17th: 3:20 - News and Events: the events taking place this week in your community 6:30 - Business Spotlight: featuring business succession in Osgoode Village 10:45 - Historical Segment: The Turner Family (Prescott Road) 20:45 - Community Voices: featuring a personal letter of Mary Turner Blanchfield (my grandma!) 29:00 - Mental Health Minute: a weekly segment to bring attention to our mental health Thanks for tuning in! I hope you enjoy it! You can find links to this week's episode, events and segments on our website OsgoodeCommunityChronicles.com See you next week!

Welcome to the first full episode of Osgoode Community Chronicles. Each week we will bring you the news, events, businesses, community voices and more from our local area. Here is the content for this week, September 10th: 1:15 - News and Events: the events taking place this week in your community 5:25 - Business Spotlight: featuring me, Tracey D'Aviero, Virtual Assistant Coach and Trainer 9:45 - Historical Segment: Everyone's a Blanchfield 19:20 - Community Voices: featuring the words of Michael Daley, local historian for our area 26:40 - Mental Health Minute: a weekly segment to bring attention to our mental health Thanks for tuning in! I hope you enjoy it! You can find links to this week's episode, events and segments on our website OsgoodeCommunityChronicles.com See you next week!  

Hello and welcome to the very first episode of Osgoode Community Chronicles. I'm your host Tracey D'Aviero and I'm so excited that you are here. I'm excited to be here myself. I have been trying to find my place in the community and I really think this is it. I hope you agree! Many of you may know me as Tracey Blanchfield, I've been married to my husband Tony D'Aviero for almost 30 years so you've had time to get used to the new name, but in a small community like ours, we often still refer back to our maiden or family names. I know I do all the time. I have lived in Osgoode all of my life … well, almost all of it. My relatives have been living in what was called West Osgoode since the 1830s. My father was born on what is now called Blanchfield Road, and after he married my mom they briefly lived in Ottawa where my sister and brothers were born, before moving us all out to Lion Street in Osgoode village. Let's just say I don't remember living anywhere else. Tony and I are still living in the village with our son Owen. I wouldn't live anywhere else! Now although the podcast is called Osgoode Community Chronicles, it will not be just about the village of Osgoode. I like to think lots goes on here, but probably to get enough content for a weekly podcast would consist mostly of peeking through my neighbours windows and we have to draw the line somewhere! We will be covering Osgoode and area – and that area doesn't have ward or road boundaries. We are going to talk about the communities that we are living in – news and events, history, local businesses, community voices, and a whole lot more. And I'll bring it to you from my home in Osgoode village. Why a podcast? I've hosted a weekly podcast for my business for more than 2 years and I love the way that it is accessible to the people who want to tune in whenever they like. A podcast is just a radio show that you can listen to anytime you want – from anywhere you want. So whether you are a current resident of our area, or a former resident, you can listen in, and I hope you do. I myself have been involved in a number of community groups over the years and here is what my vision of Osgoode Community Chronicles is: a hub for local organizations and groups to get the word out about their events, a spotlight on local businesses and their products and services, a dive into our area's rich history and the families that have come here and stayed, or simply passed through, an account of the community leaders who have helped to shape and build our communities through their businesses or other community initiatives, and a place where stories that make up the history of our rural communities can be shared and passed on to our future generations. Many of you will know or have heard of Mr. Michael Daley. He is our local historian, which seems like a measly title when you see all of the information he has gathered and shared over the years. Mr. Daley, I call him Mike … is one of my biggest inspirations for this podcast. You will hear a lot more from and about him on this podcast – when he made the decision to move away from his family farm on Stagecoach Road, in his 90s, he had to downsize. A lot. And I am humbled and so very proud to have been the recipient of ALL of his historical records. It's a lot, and he's a lot. He is a wealth of knowledge and he has put much of it in writing. Some of it has been published by the Osgoode Township Historical Society, which is now the Osgoode Museum, as well as other locations. Much of it is held in multiple file folders and cabinets, which now reside at my home. I will be drawing on this collection for content for this podcast, as well as a regular segment which I call Daley's Diaries. I'm hoping to do him proud. I sure will try! I will be sharing historical accounts, stories, as well as memories of people who live or have lived here in our growing communities, hamlets, boroughs and villages. Where possible I will do interviews to capture their own voices and stories. The podcast will come to you every week on Tuesdays – and you can listen to it anywhere you listen to your favourite podcasts – Apple, Spotify, Google. I have a website – OsgoodeCommunityChronicles.com which is where you can find links to all of the podcast episodes, as well as more information about the topics we cover in each episode, links to our sponsors, and also where you can give us your ideas on what you want to hear, who you want us to talk to, and let us know about events that are taking place in your area. A brief disclaimer: if you have ever heard a story passed down from generation to generation, you will know that not everything ends up being historically accurate, shall we say … I will strive to ensure that the historical information and anything else we share here on the podcast is accurate… I pride myself in telling the truth. But if we make a mistake, be forgiving and just let us know. I invite you to come along as we uncover the fascinating history, stories and culture of our beloved region. I have SO much content mapped out for you, and I can't wait to share it. I hope you'll come along for the ride. Don't forget to like and subscribe to the podcast so you can be notified when a new episode becomes available! Quick thanks to my family who I sprung this on recently, after much planning in my own head. Thank you to Tony, Owen, Mel, Mom, Lynne and JR, for your immediate support and genuine interest, and for saying all the nice things that you all said when I was brave enough to tell you that I was doing this. I know it's weird and new but it's exactly the vehicle I want to use to bring our community together and move it forward while remembering our very rich past. I know I am not alone in that, and I can't wait to connect with all of you who also feel the same way. Thanks so much to you for being here. Until next time, let's keep our rural spirit alive, one story at a time. See you next time!