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May 15th, 2011
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Levels exceed limit for discharge into watercourse – but not detected in the drinking water New Tecumseth Free Press Online May 12, 2011 A hydrogeological study as part of the process to expand the Parson Road Reservoir in Alliston has turned up “elevated levels of Trichloroethlene (TCE) ...
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Apr 25th, 2011
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New Tecumseth Free Press Online April 19, 2011 Simcoe County has confirmed the tax ratios lower tier municipalities use to allocate the “tax burden” between the various assessment classes, and for New Tecumseth ratepayers, the overall average tax bill will increase by $55.04 or 1.9 per ce...
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Apr 19th, 2011
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Concerns about unfettered access to Canadian procurement by European corporations AWARE Simcoe April 19 2011New Tecumseth is asking the provincial government to negotiate a clear exemption from the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement for local governments. A resolution moved by Councillor Jim ...
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Mar 31st, 2011
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New Tecumseth Free Press Online March 29 2011 Gayla McDonald has hired local lawyer Kevin Kemp to sue New Tecumseth for wrongful dismissal. Ms. McDonald told Free Press Online last Tuesday morning she was “blindsided” by her termination on March 21, following the New Tecumseth council mee...
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Mar 13th, 2011
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New Tecumseth Free Press Online March 9, 2011A Calgary based land banker has submitted plans to develop an urban industrial park on 62.7 hectares (155 acres) of property on Industrial Parkway at Church Street South in Alliston....
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Mar 13th, 2011
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New Tecumseth Free Press Online March 8, 2011New Tecumseth council approved a 2011 municipal budget last night that, combined with County and education levies, will increase the average property tax bill by $57.87 or 1.99 per cent on a residential home assessed at $283,477....
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Mar 13th, 2011
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New Tecumseth Free Press online March 8, 2011 The Parsons Road reservoir in Alliston will undergo a $7.7 million expansion that will permit Tottenham to be connected to the water pipeline between Collingwood and Alliston. Financing the project, which was still short on details this morning, will come...
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Feb 18th, 2011
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New Tecumseth Free Press Online February 15, 2011New Tecumseth's plan to borrow $32.8 million over a 20 year term with the National Bank of Canada has been postponed pending a more favourable interest rate....
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Jan 15th, 2011
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New Tecumseth Free Press Online January 13, 2011 The Executive Director of the Gibson Cultural Centre in Alliston laid out a proposed five year plan last night that would see the municipal budget line item for arts and culture grants in New Tecumseth go from $100,000 to $200,000 by 2015. Angela Drain...
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Jan 15th, 2011
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Letter to the editor New Tecumseth Free Press Online January 13 2011I would like to know why in the elections there was talk about a transit system even from the Mayor, but in the budget that has just come out there is not anything about a transit system. This has been on going for many […]...