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Sep 29th, 2014
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New Tecumseth Free Press Online Council incumbent Jamie Smith, the only member of the outgoing group running for deputy mayor, is fending off similar attacks all the incumbents are facing leading up to the October 27th municipal elections. In this case Mr. Smith is facing Peter Barbati, and Glen O...
Sep 15th, 2014
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New Tecumseth Free Press Online Four candidates are vying to replace three-term incumbent mayor Mike MacEachern, whose time in office ticks down to the October 27the municipal elections, after nominations closed Friday at 2 pm. Within in the final moments of that deadline, New Tecumseth firefighter D...
Sep 10th, 2014
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New Tecumseth Free Press Online Twenty people running for municipal and school board offices took the stage last night at Banting Memorial High School in Alliston for the first all-candidates meeting of the election campaign in New Tecumseth. Candidates for mayor, deputy mayor, Wards 1-3, and public ...
Sep 9th, 2014
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So you want to be on council New Tecumseth Free Press  Elected duty to municipal office in New Tecumseth comes with a paycheque, (one-third tax-free), health benefits, car allowance/mileage, phone and internet access, paid trips to out of town conferences, free dinner invitations, VIP treatment, in e...
Sep 4th, 2014
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New Tecumseth Free Press Online The Service Delivery and Operational Review of the Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority (NVCA) cost CAO Wayne Wilson his job following an Aug 22nd board meeting, and lays out 15 recommendations including “organization realignment” to “maximize th...
Jul 25th, 2014
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For how much longer will we be able to catch the magnificent fish that made the Nottawasaga River an angler’s mecca? Unfortunately the pressures on the watershed are increasing and the Nottawasaga needs our help.  Consider: * Walleye have all but disappeared from the river * Steelhead (rainbow ...
Apr 25th, 2014
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New Tecumseth Free Press Online  The Simcoe Grey Federal Liberal Riding Association (SGFLRA) has struck a nominating committee and is making overtures to “some high profile candidates” to vie for the nomination to run in the next federal election. Among them reportedly is New Tecumseth ma...
Apr 11th, 2014
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New Tecumseth Free Press  New Tecumseth’s annual debt service obligations grew to $5.4 million (P&I) in 2013, an increase of $1.58 million, reducing the municipality’s Annual Repayment Limit to $3.3 million in 2014, according to the Annual Repayment Limit (ARL) schedule posted by Onta...
Apr 2nd, 2014
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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...
Apr 1st, 2014
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New Tecumseth Free Press Online BG Properties Inc has approval to undertake earthworks and clearing trees from its 560 unit residential Willow Glen subdivision in Tottenham. The earthworks agreement, ratified last night by council, permits the developer to remove trees prior to April 15, before the n...