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Apr 10th, 2014
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Letter to the Springwater News The Midhurst Landowners Group hosted a second community information meeting at the County museum on March 25th.  The presenters seemed sincere, professional and well-intentioned.  I overheard one of them say, “We are excited about being a part of your community.”  With ...
Apr 9th, 2014
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By Brad Pritchard Alliston Herald  ANGUS – A public meeting next month will allow residents to comment on a zoning matter that if passed will put a Barrie developer one step closer to building a new commercial plaza along Mill Street in Angus. The matter deals with a zoning bylaw amendment invo...
Apr 8th, 2014
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When:   Saturday, April 12th, 10 am to 12 pm Where: Nottawasaga (Duntroon)Community Hall, lower level Just west of the CR 124 and CR 91 intersection in Duntroon Join us to get an update on the implementation and the future monitoring of the impacts of the Walker Duntroon Quarry.  Share your concerns ...
Apr 7th, 2014
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From Ward 5 Councillor Jack Hanna newsletter An Ontario Municipal Board Prehearing related to the Mega Development in Midhurst is scheduled for 10:00 AM Wednesday, April 9 at the Springwater Township administration centre, 2231 Nursery Road, Minesing.  The Prehearing is open to the public and you can...
Apr 2nd, 2014
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New Tecumseth Free Press Online A multi-faceted infrastructure expansion in Bradford West Gwillimbury (BWG) will require Simcoe County to push forward planned improvements to the intersection of Cty Rd 27 and the 5th Line. The project was scheduled for construction in 2016 and 2017 timed with BWGR...
Apr 1st, 2014
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New Tecumseth Free Press Online BG Properties Inc has approval to undertake earthworks and clearing trees from its 560 unit residential Willow Glen subdivision in Tottenham. The earthworks agreement, ratified last night by council, permits the developer to remove trees prior to April 15, before the n...
Apr 1st, 2014
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New Tecumseth Free Press Online The Terri Caron era in New Tecumseth will end officially Aug. 25th, when the Town’s Chief Administrative Officer/ In House Counsel, “will step down following the last scheduled Council Meeting of this term (election year meetings in September and October ar...
Mar 30th, 2014
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At the March 28th Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority board meeting, the board voted (the vote was fast but I think it was unanimous) to accept the staff recommendation to seek full party status at an April 9th Ontario Municipal Board pre-hearing conference for a hearing initiated by several de...
Mar 28th, 2014
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UPDATE: Podcast of this discussion available HERE From Gary Cerantola Gary Cerantola, host of It’s Your Town Beach Talk on Beach Boooster Radio, will discuss how an urban development planned for Springwater Township the projected size of the City of Orillia may threaten the Nottawasaga River watershe...
Mar 27th, 2014
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By Dominik Kurek Bradford West Gwillimbury Topic Council approved two new subdivisions with a combined total of more than 900 homes at the south end of town at a meeting March 18. The two new subdivisions, though being constructed by separate developers, will be built close together, just south of Li...