“I feel my home and farm were stolen from me”By Kate HarriesThere were heartfelt tributes and bitter-sweet memories as, after a tumultuous decade, the Site 41 Community Monitoring Committee disbanded yesterday.CMC Chair Ron Cobbett noted that the job i...

By Douglas Glynn Midland Free Press May 20 2010“Take me on, but be factual!” That’s Mayor Jim Downer’s response to comments made in a statement issued last week by Ward 2 councillor Gordon McKay who announced his candidacy for m...

By DOUGLAS GLYNN June 2 20101The race for mayor wasn’t listed on town council’s official agenda last week. But in a bizarre, Twilight Zone kind of twist, it became part of a discussion under “news business.” (In case you hadn...

The Toronto Star June 8 2010Disposal of what we no longer want or need — our garbage — tends to follow the path of least resistance: cost. Greener alternatives would never see the light of day if not for government regulations that push people beyond t...

Simcoe.com June 8 2010It’s truly amazing the great things a group of motivated individuals can accomplish when they unite with a common goal.It was 10 years ago that a handful of Adjala-Tosorontio residents came up with the idea of holding Divers...

By Laurie Watt Simcoe.com Sept 29, 2009Bad blood that has been flowing between Essa Township and the Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority for years could soon come to the boiling point, says one of Barrie’s NVCA reps.Longtime Coun. Barry Ward said...

Simcoe.com June 2 2010INNISFIL – Coun. Bill Van Berkel kicked of his campaign to become Innisfil’s next deputy mayor Monday, emphasizing that he will treat the position as a full time job. “The buck has to stop somewhere, and I believe the mayor ...

Simcoe.com June 2 2010CLEARVIEW TOWNSHIP – Brentwood resident Chris Vanderkruys has filed papers to run for mayor of Clearview Township.Vanderkruys is a development officer with the Barrie Public Library and a volunteer on the Brentwood Community...

New Tecumseth Online April 22 2010New Tecumseth mayor Mike MacEachern did not distance himself this afternoon from speculation that he would be interested in seeking the Conservative nomination in Simcoe-Grey if the riding association was ordered to fi...

Simcoe.com June 3 2010 MIDLAND – It’s done. Finished.A few months before voters head to the polls in a municipal election that seems long overdue, the last rites have been read for Site 41.Once county council made the request on May 25, it took Queen’s...