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The Townships Outlet is an English-language regional newspaper published bi-weekly, linking Magog and the surrounding English-speaking communities of the Eastern Townships and northeastern Vermont. Published each Tuesday, The Townships Outlet focuses on news, features, history, cultural events and information of relevance to the 41,000-strong English-speaking community. The paper also boasts a Web site, updated regularly to keep readers abreast of news of interest, and in touch with advertisers.

Published by an award-winning editor, The Townships Outlet is available throughout the Eastern Townships at newsstands, and by subscriptions to households. Circulation of The Townships Outlet is audited by the Canadian Community Newspapers Association’s Verified Circulation Program.

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Magog in Bloom

May 7, 2013

The City of Magog and les membres du comité d’embellissement de Magog are informing the population that a new edition of Magog in Bloom (Magog en fleurs) kicked off May 1. The program of this year will be divided into four components that includes people of all ages, as well as lovers of gardening and horticulture.

Memphremagog tourist information office: All the information you need and more

May 7, 2013

Since the move that took place September 8 of last year from Cabanna Street to exit 115 off Autoroute 10, the Magog tourist information office has seen a lot more traffic come through at the new location. Clearly, it is a place where tourists can stop to ask for directions or find out what is there to do in Magog. If it happens to be a weekend visitors can speak with knowledgeable and helpful attendants, Charles-Antoine Millette and Simon Goyette. Nevertheless, it is an interesting place for locals to check out as well.

An extraordinary world at Magog Musee International D’Art Naif is waiting to be explored

May 7, 2013

Art connoisseurs who know about naïve art may well have already discovered the International Museum of Naive Art in the new Visual Arts Centre of Magog — the building that once housed the Municipal Library that is located at 61, Merry North Street, Magog. The Visual Arts Centre opened June 14, 2012, and exhibits a collection of more than 700 works by more than 250 artists from 32 countries attracting more than 5,000 visitors this year alone. In one-half of the new Visual Arts Centre of Magog, the non-profit museum displays many art works from Quebec and Canadian artists, including Acadia.

The once empty Sainte-Marguerite-Marie Church; now overflowing with books and culture

April 2, 2013

Due to dwindling attendance of church-goers, the sale and conversion of churches has been on the rise. Churches have been sold, renovated, and converted into residences, restaurants, bookstores or many another types of public buildings since they no longer could be used as places of worship. Such had been the case with the former Sainte-Marguerite-Marie Church, but for a little more than a year now it has served as a stunning new library in the city of Magog.

Cinema Magog; keeping up with the movie industry

April 2, 2013

There is no denying that technology has changed the entertainment and movie-going industry allowing us so many different ways of watching a movie in the confines of our own homes. Nevertheless, the actual experience of going to the — purchasing the ticket, walking through the theatre’s lobby, the large silver screen, and the smell of popcorn in the air still has a distinctive appeal to many. One avid moviegoer shares, “Movies are an experience for me…far from the phones, and the routine of home…the big screen offers something you cannot get at home. It is also a ‘communion’ with pop culture.