Community Events

2025 Meeting Schedule

Wednesday, January 15, 2025
NHS Annual General Meeting and Bring & Brag
We’ll have a quick review of 2024 and then elect the new Board. We will also be voting on some proposed bylaw changes. Then, the fun part:
Members are invited to bring in a treasure to share. It could be a mystery to solve, a family heirloom, a letter or document, or a curiosity. It may come with an interesting, tragic or amusing story.
7:30 PM
Lions Hall, Community Centre, Riverwalk Commons

Wednesday, February 19, 2025
Bring n’ Brag Continues

Due to overwhelming popularity, we will continue with our Bring n’ Brag!
7:30 PM
Lions Hall, Community Centre, Riverwalk Commons

Wednesday, March 19, 2025
The History of the Newmarket Fire Department

Join us as retired firefighter Rod Bruton along with Tim Chadwick take us on an exciting journey through the history of the Newmarket Fire Department.
7:30 PM
Lions Hall, Community Centre, Riverwalk Commons

Wednesday April 16, 2025

Mazo de la Roche

Presented by AnneMarie Hagan. Mazo was a child of Newmarket, born to the Roche family, merchants of the town. We’ll follow her remarkable life as the writer of almost 30 novels. PLEASE NOTE: there is a change in location for this meeting only.

7:30 PM (Please do not arrive before 7:00 PM – doors will not be open)
New Roads Theatre, 505 Pickering Crescent, Newmarket

Wednesday, May 21, 2025
Ted Barris – 1945 and the Liberation of the Netherlands

Ted will be fresh off his latest tour of WWII Europe to commemorate this important campaign by Canadian troops on its 80th Anniversary. There will be a $5.00 non-member fee to attend the meeting.

7:30 PM
Lions Hall, Community Centre, Riverwalk Commons

Wednesday, June 18, 2025
This will be an off-site members only event. Please check your May newsletter for details.

7:30 PM (we will be starting at 7:30pm sharp) Please plan to arrive 5 – 10 minutes early.
Location for members who plan to attend will appear in your May newsletter.

Meetings will be paused for July and August and will resume Wednesday, September 17, 2025

Wednesday, September 17, 2025

NHS member Dan Zaroski will be speaking to us about coopering (the making of barrels), including the early coopers in Newmarket. He will also be displaying and selling (100% of the proceeds will go back to NHS) some of his projects using his own coopering skills.

7:30 PM Council Chambers, Newmarket Town Offices 395 Mulock Drive

Wednesday, October 15, 2025

Join us as we take a walk back in time to our 2016-2018 commemoration of WW1. We will be featuring a film of Newmarket soldiers marching along Botsford Street on their way to training in Toronto and on to Britain and France in 1916. PLEASE NOTE: we will be at Newmarket Town Offices Council Chambers for this meeting.

7:30 PM Newmarket Town Offices – Council Chambers

Wednesday, November 19, 2025

We will be hosting our Holiday Potluck dinner. This is a members only event. Please see your newsletter for details.

6:00 PM Lions Hall Community Centre, Riverwalk Commons

There is no meeting in December. Meetings will resume with our Annual General Meeting and our annual “Bring n Brag” on Wednesday, January 21, 2026.