UPDATED twice on December 8 2014 Outspoken on issues of transparency and accountability By Kate Harries AWARE News Network Simcoe County elects a new warden on Tuesday. In the running are Basil Clarke, Ramara’s newly elected mayor, and second-term Penetanguishene Mayor Gerry Marshall. Councillors wil...
By Sara Carson Orillia Today Oro-Medonte Mayor Harry Hughes will not seek to become Simcoe County’s next warden. As deputy warden the past four years, Hughes was the leading contender for the top job. “I really thought I was going to do it until I really sat down and said, ‘What are you doing?” Hugh...
By Meade Helman AWARE News Network A new day has dawned in Bradford West Gwillimbury. In his inaugural address on Tuesday, Mayor Rob Keffer vowed to focus on making make the town better not bigger and to take care of the whole town instead of just spending money on development for the new part of [&h...
AWARE News Network In his inaugural address, Barrie Mayor Jeff Lehman articulated a vision of Barrie as the economic and social capital of Central Ontario, with entrepreneurship and added value as the drivers of an expanding economy and continued revitalization of the downtown to make it the city’s “...
Tay Township Mayor Scott Warnock puts name forward for deputy warden Midland Mirror SIMCOE COUNTY – Freshly re-elected as mayor of Penetanguishene, Gerry Marshall wants to expand his political resumé to include the title Simcoe County warden. “My executive-level business background, combined with my ...
By Paul Brian, Collingwood Enterprise Bulletin Collingwood officially has a new council. The 2014-2018 town council was sworn into office Dec. 1 at the Collingwood Royal Canadian Legion Branch #63 in a morning inauguration ceremony attended by many members of the public, family and friends who watche...
By Michael Gennings, Collingwood Enterprise Bulletin A new era in Wasaga Beach municipal politics started Tuesday night with the swearing in of the town’s council for the 2014-2018 term. Justice Dennis Wilson swore in the new seven-member council. Mayor Brian Smith, who beat incumbent Cal Patterson i...
By Gisele Winton Sarvis, Collingwood Enterprise Bulletin In his opening address to council, new Clearview Mayor Chris Vanderkruys said that councillors will need to collaborate and think “outside the box” to make sure they can meet the expectations of residents over the next four years. Vanderkruys a...
By Ian McInroy, Barrie Examiner Simcoe County is looking at its future recycling and waste-disposal options, and it’s looking for input from county residents. The county’s Solid Waste Management Strategy has recommended the potential development of two infrastructure projects — an o...
AWARE News Networ About 150 Springwater residents packed into the council chambers Monday night to see their new council sworn in. In his inaugural address, Mayor Bill French picked up on themes from the election campaign to outline a program for the next four years – preservation of the township’s ...
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