Economic Effects of 2013 and Surviving 2014 From Mayor Gerry Marshall The Town of Penetanguishene is hosting a public consultation session on Saturday February 22, 2014 from 10am to 12pm at the Arena (Brian Orser Hall. 61 Maria St.) The purpose of the consultation is to gather information from our lo...
Let’s put Ontario Ombudsman André Marin in charge of investigating back-room municipal meetings and needless secrecy, not just for some cities, but for all Toronto Star Editorial Fairness demands that public business be conducted in the open, for all to see, but some municipal councils still indulge...
Municipalities in Ontario are allowed to appoint anybody they’d like to investigate secret meetings, leading to what Ombudsman Andre Marin calls a “patchwork” system where governments can ditch investigators they disagree with By Tim Alamenciak Toronto Star In the City of Brampton, a complaint about ...
Midland’s Deputy mayor topped the list and Penetanguishene’s mayor was ranked number 4 in the Midland Mirror’s newsmakers’ list 1 – Stephan Kramp Whether supporting a doomed push to reduce Midland council to seven members from nine, backing a successful motion to explore OPP coverage for the town, or...
By Travis Mealing Midland Mirro July 19 2013 PENETANGUISHENE – Penetanguishene council has voiced support for a program to get help for municipalities to tackle the threat of the emerald ash borer. The Asian beetle has left a trail of dead and dying ash trees across southern Ontario. It is notoriousl...
Small-town provincial Ontario has been abandoned, Marshall saysBy Kate Harries AWARE News Network April 19 2013Penetanguishene Mayor Gerry Marshall today announced that he will seek the New Democratic Party nomination in the riding of Simcoe North. Marshall, who cites business experience as one of hi...
Midland Free Press January 29, 2013 University of Guelph professor Stefan Bolliger brought 45 landscape architecture students to Penetanguishene Monday and Tuesday to tour the downtown, St. Anne’s Roman Catholic Church, the waterfront and Rotary Park. Bolliger has been a landscape architect for 40 ye...
By DOUGLAS GLYNN Midland Free Press January 10, 2013 PENETANGUISHENE — Mayor Gerry Marshall casually describes 2012 as “an interesting year.”Interesting, indeed, when you consider that he doggedly pursued what he believes are inequities in provincial funding programs and the high cost of policing....
By GISELE WINTON SARVIS Midland Free Press December 7, 2012 PENETANGUISHENE — Council and town staff who have been toiling over the 2013 budget opened the books to the public at a meeting held Nov. 28 as part of establishing the tax rate.At issue is the number of projects the town can undertake depen...
Eleanor Rath dismissed after six years at town hall By Nikki Million-Cole Midand Mirror Sep 18, 2012 PENETANGUISHENE – Eleanor Rath, the Town of Penetanguishene’s CAO for the past six years, has been fired by the municipality. News of Rath’s departure – and that of chief building official Bria...
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