By Dominik Kurek Bradford West Gwillimbury Topic It turns out the average Bradford West Gwillimbury homeowner will see a property tax increase of 0.37 per cent in 2014, not the nearly 2 per cent town officials previously anticipated. This translates to a taxation increase of $14.73 for a home valued...
Ever have to listen to someone, that doesn’t even vote, complain about political issues? Meade Helman may have the solution, listen to his video blog....
New Tecumseth Free Press Online A multi-faceted infrastructure expansion in Bradford West Gwillimbury (BWG) will require Simcoe County to push forward planned improvements to the intersection of Cty Rd 27 and the 5th Line. The project was scheduled for construction in 2016 and 2017 timed with BWGR...
By Dominik Kurek Bradford West Gwillimbury Topic Council approved two new subdivisions with a combined total of more than 900 homes at the south end of town at a meeting March 18. The two new subdivisions, though being constructed by separate developers, will be built close together, just south of Li...
By Meade Helman We as a species have a problem and we call it growth or over-development. WE don’t really have any predators so the only way the population will be reduced is pestilence, war or invasion by aliens that think humans taste like chicken. By the way, overpopulation leads to pestilence and...
By Miriam King Bradford Times “What we’re looking at here, folks, is nothing less than the Town’s future… It’s a big, big day.” With those words, Bradford West Gwillimbury Mayor Doug White introduced the final version of the Early Payment Agreement #3 for ratificat...
By Meade Helman I have written here before about municipal reform. I think our current way of conducting municipal business is unfair and not democratic. Officials get elected, often without having a majority if there are more than two candidates running. Then we have very limited input into the act...
By Meade Helman The town staff brought forward the budget for engineering of a number of projects to support future growth. NOTE: The council had already approved obtaining $66 mil in funding from developers that, if the employment lands weren’t populated, would require the town to reimburse the deve...
By Meade Helman Before Christmas a major developer who has been trying to get pipelines and roads extend to build more house in BWG, hired a consultant to do a deputation before council. Some of what he said was: • Industrial development in Ontario was poised to soar. • Developers and industry were r...
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