Orillia councillor hopes to head off costly OMB By SARA ROSS ORILLIA PACKET & TIMES August 300 2010To prevent the potential loss of $2.1-million for the City of Orillia, Coun. Michael Fogarty is questioning if council and local developers could come to...

Mayoral candidates chime in on Lehman motion By RAYMOND BOWE BARRIE EXAMINER August 30 2010Coun. Jeff Lehman's plan to fix downtown Barrie's bar scene has been called everything from early campaigning and too little too late, to "better than nothing" a...

AWARE Simcoe – August 28 2010 – We hear Adjala-Tosorontio Deputy Mayor Doug Little suffered serious injuries to his arm and hand in a lawn mower accident last week – and that he is now home after undergoing surgery. AWARE Simcoe membe...

16 mayors plus seven elected county councillors would rule Simcoe By Kate Harries AWARE Simcoe August 26 2010Simcoe County’s deputy mayors would get the push under a series of recommendations for a drastic restructuring of county council. ...

Barrie Advance August 24 2010Photo: our own Keith Wood sports a stylish AWARE Simcoe T-shirtTINY TOWNSHIP – The first public meeting of AWARE Tiny will be held at Wyevale United Church on Sunday from 2 to 4 p.m. Here, Keith Wood models a T-shirt with t...

Simcoe County opposed By John Edwards Barrie Advance Aug 25, 2010Black Ash Adult Village. This is a drawing of the design for the proposed Black Ash Adult Lifestyle Village. A developer is proposing a 295-unit development, including two seven storey co...

AWARE Tiny wants to hear from residents of all Tiny communities! Come share issues, concerns and ideas. Join us for a community discussion of what the public wants to see improved or addressed over next 4 years. Sunday August 29 at 2pm at the Wyevale U...

AWARE Simcoe is forming an AWARE New Tecumseth group. The first meeting will be held Saturday August 28, 10 am to 12:30 p.m at the Alliston Lions Club, 60 Boyne St. (corner of Maple and Boyne), Alliston. Refreshments and home-baked goodies provided....

Simcoe County council meets at the Administration Centre in Midhurst, starting at 9 a.m. Agenda...

MayorAngelo Orsi angelo@orsi4mayor.ca Tim Lauer 325-1873 tlauer@sympatico.ca (incumbent Ward 4 councillor)Ralph Cipolla (h) 326-5660 (o) 325-3400 cipolla@encode.com (incumbent Ward 2 councillor)Ward 1Leon Welch (o) 326-3619 leon@norweld.comWayne A. Gar...