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Apr 8th, 2015
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News release from Nicole Cox and Brittney Francis Residents of Beeton, Ontario have been intensely campaigning against a County decision allowing for the removal of a mature local forest containing endangered butternut trees. Through the investigations carried out by Beeton residents themselves, susp...
Apr 8th, 2015
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New Tecumseth Free Press Online New Tecumseth solicitor Jay Feehely will represent the Town next Tuesday morning at a hearing concerning an appeal of Simcoe County’s stop work order that suspended a special permit issued to clear approximately 30 acres of woodlot from the 241 acre agricultural ...
Mar 28th, 2015
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Responsibility to protect crucial part of our community From: Steve de la Bastide As residents of Beeton know, if you take a short walk north of town you can find a lovely trail which was once an old railway line and is now a proposed Trans-Canada trail route. This trail leads to unique and stunning ...
Mar 23rd, 2015
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New Tecumseth Free Press Online Simcoe County has informed New Tecumseth it will look into establishing a lower speed limit on its road leading into Beeton. In a March 16th letter to the Town that touches on three separate issues involving upper tier jurisdictions, Christian Meile, Director of Transp...
Mar 22nd, 2015
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By Kate Harries AWARE News Network New Tecumseth Council meets tomorrow, Monday March 23, at 7 pm. Link to agendas under Upcoming Meeting Agendas. There is notice of an in camera meeting for a legal matter – the Beeton Woods issue and, no doubt, the position the town should take with regard to ...
Mar 17th, 2015
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NOTICE OF HEARING CONCERNING AN APPEAL PURSUANT TO BY-LAW NO. 5635 THE CORPORATION OF THE COUNTY OF SIMCOE NOTICE OF HEARING RE:      County of Simcoe – Appeal – Stop Work Order 2015-035 Property Location:  Part of Lots 8, 9 and 10, Concession 9, 6386 and 6416 9th Line, New Tecumseth, Ontario Take no...
Mar 17th, 2015
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New Tecumseth Free Press Online Opponents of Tecumseth Estates (Rizzardo) Special Permit to clear more than 30 acres of woodlot on their property in Beeton, will have the opportunity to state their case directly to Simcoe County council on Tues., April 14, beginning at 11 am at the Administration Cen...
Mar 15th, 2015
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An open letter to Members of County Council From Barbara Huson I wish to raise several issues for your consideration with respect to the Special Permit for tree clearing issued to Maria Rizzardo (Tecumseth Estates). The subject property abuts the urban Boundary of Beeton. A recent article about the t...
Mar 10th, 2015
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By Brad Pritchard Alliston Herald BEETON – A stop worker order will remain in place while Simcoe County reviews the application process that led to a Beeton landowner obtaining a special permit to clear 30 acres of mature trees. For the duration of the order, Simcoe County Forester Graeme Davis...
Mar 10th, 2015
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New Tecumseth Free Press Online Tecumseth Estates (Rizzardo) has appealed last week’s stop work order issued by Simcoe County that temporarily suspended the special permit the upper tier granted to allow the clearing of approximately 30 acres of woodlot on their 9th Line property in Beeton. The...