By Ian Adams Wasaga Sun Communication and council reform will be top-of-mind for local politicians as Clearview Township’s new council embarks on its four-year term. On Monday, Mayor Chris Vanderkruys oversaw a candid two-hour discussion on councillors’ priorities, allowing each municipal...
By Brad Pritchard Alliston Herald NEW TECUMSETH – A rural New Tecumseth landowner’s proposal to truck thousands of loads of fill to rehabilitate a property for a fruit farm is raising red flags with his neighbours. A planning consultant representing Stan Sneig, owner of the property located at ...
By Ian Adams Wasaga Sun CLEARVIEW Twp. – A multi-million-dollar industrial development planned beside the Collingwood Regional Airport could get moving as early as this summer. On Thursday, Paul Bonwick – the government relations consultant for a group that’s amassed more than 260 a...
By Ian Adams Wasaga Sun WASAGA BEACH — Municipal staff have taken a scalpel to the town’s budget, slicing off another few points. On Tuesday, councillors were presented with a second draft of the 2015 budget. The first draft presented to the previous council showed a tax increase of 1.39%; this lates...
New Tecumseth Free Press Online New Tecumseth’s new councillors wasted little time putting their own stamp on their four year term, voting unanimously last night to move committee of council meetings to Monday mornings starting at 10 am, replacing the traditional 7 pm starts. While it remains t...
County of Simcoe news release County Council today elected Gerry Marshall, Mayor of the Town of Penetanguishene, to serve as Simcoe County Warden for 2015 and 2016. “I am honoured to be elected as Simcoe County Warden for 2015 and 2016,” said Warden Marshall. “I look forward to work...
By Frank Matys Orillia Today Suzanne Craig will be re-appointed as the city’s closed-meeting investigator. Craig, who additionally serves as Orillia’s integrity commissioner, was first appointed closed-meeting investigator in 2013. Staff noted that any individual can request an investigation to deter...
By Ian Adams Wasaga Sun STAYNER — Clearview councillors started off their budget discussions on Monday with a proposed tax increase of more than 3.2 per cent. That would mean a $91 increase for the average household, according to treasurer Edward Henley, who led the new council through an overview of...
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