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Mar 12th, 2012
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But residents and some councillors showed dismay for the process By Chris Simon Innisfil Scope March 7 2012 Innisfil will be getting a new look, despite some obvious dismay expressed by residents and a few councillors. Following a two-week public survey, council voted 5-3 to adopt Option 2 as a new m...
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Mar 12th, 2012
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Simcoe.com Mar 08, 2012  Taking out the papers and the trash is poised to cost you more. At Tuesday’s committee of the whole meeting, council voted to increase the residential waste management levy to $160 per unit. That means homeowners will pay an extra $20, or 2.29 per cent, for waste pick-up this...
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Mar 10th, 2012
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By Brad Pritchard Simcoe.com Mar 09, 2012  ESSA TOWNSHIP – The municipality is sending a resolution to county council to object to the recent increase to tipping fees at county landfills. Read more    Force restaurants to recycle more Letter to Simcoe.comm Narch 8 2012 ESSA TOWNSHIP – I a...
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By Michael Gennings Stayner Sun Mar 08, 2012 CLEARVIEW TOWNSHIP – The County of Simcoe is looking at its waste management options for the next 25 years and one possibility includes re-opening a mothballed landfill site just east of Sunnidale Corners in Clearview Township.  Read more ...
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Mar 9th, 2012
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The great debate – What costs should we share? Lehman blog March 8, 2012  On Monday night Council had a good debate about the Barrie marina and cost-recovery.  What that speaks to is a much broader question – who should pay for what services, and to what degree should we all pay for them through [&he...
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Mar 8th, 2012
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By Josh Tapper Toronto Star March8 2012 About 20 per cent of refuse collected through the city’s blue bin recycling program eventually finds its way to the Green Lane landfill, according to one insider at the city’s solid waste management services. That number has grown since 2007. Read more ...
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Mar 8th, 2012
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New Tecumseth Free Press March 8, 2012 The County of Simcoe Water and Wastewater Visioning Strategy puts it on a collision course with its so-called urban growth nodes, including New Tecumseth, and communities like Essa Township, if that ‘vision’ includes the upper tier moving into those ...
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Mar 8th, 2012
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New Tecumseth Free Press March 8 2012 As part of the fact finding and information gathering process for the story posted this morning, new board President Christine Brayford was asked to clarify the mortgage payment situation including the notion that a mortgage payment was overdue. Ms. Brayford repl...
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Mar 8th, 2012
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Property owner seeking ‘anchor’ tenant for property By BOB BRUTON – Barrie Examiner March 7 2012 The redevelopment of a key downtown Barrie property has begun in earnest. The landowner of this vacant Five Points property, site of a fire in 2007, is seeking an anchor tenant for future developmen...
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Mar 7th, 2012
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Midhurst Community Newsletter March 2012 Probably everyone knows by now that over 1,000 Midhurst residents have already signed the petition to voice their opposition to the Midhurst Secondary Plan... Maybe if our elected officials had been more in tune with Midhurst’s opinions they might have been a ...