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Apr 1st, 2014
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New Tecumseth Free Press Online The Terri Caron era in New Tecumseth will end officially Aug. 25th, when the Town’s Chief Administrative Officer/ In House Counsel, “will step down following the last scheduled Council Meeting of this term (election year meetings in September and October ar...
Mar 21st, 2014
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By Maija Hoggett  Alliston Herald NEW TECUMSETH – Another Alliston councillor is gunning for a promotion in the fall municipal election. Current Ward 1 Coun. Bob Marrs is running for the New Tecumseth mayor’s seat. He said a number of people have been asking him to run for mayor, but it was a r...
Jan 21st, 2014
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New Tecumseth Free Press   2139549 Ontario Ltd. (Nottawasaga River Estates) has won its appeal to the Ontario Municipal Board (OMB) and secured approval to build 160 residential units on CW Leach Road and to relocate the parkland in a more centralized location within the proposed draft plan of subdiv...
Jan 16th, 2014
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By Maija Hoggett Alliston Herald NEW TECUMSETH – New Tecumseth council is poised to approve fee increases for marriage licenses, burning permits, and more. The mostly minor adjustments have been suggested by staff to bring the town in-line with neighbouring, or similarly sized, municipalities. ...
Jan 2nd, 2014
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By Maija Hoggett  Alliston Herald UPDATED – New Tecumseth Deputy Mayor Rick Milne didn’t waste any time making his intentions for this year’s municipal election clear. Milne filed his nomination papers to run for mayor first thing this morning. Milne is a longtime member of council and has sat ...
Dec 20th, 2013
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By Maija Hoggett  Alliston Herald NEW TECUMSETH – After sitting on New Tecumseth’s council for 15 years, Mayor Mike MacEachern won’t be seeking another term at the table. MacEachern has been mayor for 10 years and announced today he won’t be seeking re-election in the October 2014 municipal ele...
Dec 18th, 2013
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New Tecumseth Free Press Local developers have appealed New Tecumseth’s updated Development Charges fee schedule to the Ontario Municipal Board (OMB). It’s the second time in a row the DC update has been appealed. In September, council approved increasing DCs by $6,723 to $38,409 per deta...
Dec 17th, 2013
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New Tecumseth Free Press For the first time since New Tecumseth was created by amalgamation in 1991, council has approved two municipal budgets in the same calendar year, the most recent last night will add an average $113.57 or 7.05 per cent to property taxes on a home with a market value assessment...
Dec 12th, 2013
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Director of Planning retiring next month New Tecumseth Free Press Eric Chandler, New Tecumseth’s Director of Planning informed council last week that he will be retiring from the Town effective Jan. 31, 2014. Mr. Chandler has been the Manager/Director of Planning since January 2007. He was prev...
Dec 10th, 2013
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New Tecumseth Free Press Two complaints lodged during the 2010 municipal elections in New Tecumseth were cited by the mayor as justification to prohibit candidates from placing their signs on road allowances without the permission of the resident abutting the public access. The restrictions are now e...