Final vote on town budget scheduled for Jan. 24By Nicole Million Midland Mirror Jan 19, 2011 MIDLAND – After months of back and forth, Midland councillors will get down to voting on the town’s 2011 budget at their Jan. 24 meeting. ...

NDACT appeals to public in quarry fight Ontario Farmland Preservation founder Bernard Pope to speakBy WES KELLER Orangeville Citizen January 20 2011Saying demolition of farm homes by The Highland Companies will cost Melancthon taxpayers an assessment l...

Email from Simcoe Solar Farm Awareness Project January 20 2010'Simcoe Solar Farm Awareness Project' is hosting a Symposium on the importance of  preserving agricultural land from large scale solar facilities. ...

By Melanie Redman Rabble.ca January 20, 2011Will the global community define water as a human right, available to all, or as a commodity to be bought, sold, traded, and ultimately out of reach from the poorest people on this earth? ...

But calls for county-wide rejection of amendment are seen as unpractical By Chris Simon Innisfil Scope January 19 2011An Orillia-area MPP is calling on Simcoe County municipalities to outright reject the provincial Liberal government's growth plans for...

Months of delays surround board’s meeting minutes, says Lougheed By Chris Simon Innisfil Scope January 19 2011The South Simcoe Police Board needs to be more accountable to local residents and government, says Innisfil councillor Doug Lougheed.Lougheed,...

AWARE Simcoe January 19 2011A recent Simcoe County posting for a newly created $140,000-$168,000 manager’s position specifies as one of the duties: "Ensures confidentiality is maintained in accordance with the Municipal Freedom of Information and Prote...

Letter to Simcoe.com January 18 2011I was dismayed and disappointed to find out Gord McKay, mayor of Midland, was not named to the County of Simcoe’s waste management committee. ...

By Laurie Watt Barrie Advance Jan 18, 2011SIMCOE COUNTY - Simcoe North MPP Garfield Dunlop discovered this week just how little new municipal councillors understand about Places to Grow. ...

Town not deemed rural or small enough for bigger slice of partnership fundBy Nicole Million Simcoe.com Jan 17, 2011 PENETANGUISHENE – Penetanguishene council is displeased with the amount of money the town has been allotted for 2011 under the Ontario m...