By Kate Harries AWARE News Network June 21 2013If natural justice were the objective, the Ontario Municipal Board will toss out the motion bought by Simcoe County to dismiss the Midhurst Ratepayers Association from the hearing into the County’s Official Plan.The decision was reserved by a two-person ...

By Douglas Glynn Midland Free Press June 20 2013PENETANGUISHENE – Simcoe County has been criticized for trying to road block efforts of a Midhurst ratepayers group to obtain party status at an Ontario Municipal Board hearing into the county’s amended official plan.Penetanguishene Mayor Gerry Marshall...

New Tecumseth Free Press June 20, 2013 Simcoe County is projecting a 2014 tax levy increase of two per cent, as part of its "initial direction and assumptions for the development of the budget draft," which would raise approximately $2.6 million more than the 2013 levy of $131,472,447. ...

AWARE Simcoe  also rejects companies’ claim that ratepayers' appeal is 'frivolous and vexatious' AWARE Simcoe news release June 19 2013 MIDLAND – AWARE Simcoe deplores the County of Simcoe's attempt to exclude the Midhurst Ratepayers Association (MRA) from the Ontario Municipal Board process involvin...

By Cheryl Browne, Barrie Examiner June 18, 2013SPRINGWATER TWP. - The Midhurst Ratepayers’ Association is gearing up for a fight to defend their right to participate at a Ontario Municipal Board (OMB) hearing to quash plans for a new subdivision in Midhurst. ...

New Tecumseth Free Press June 17, 2013Mayors of the seven municipalities in Simcoe County who meet as the Primary Settlement Areas (PUSA) Working Group have updated their Statement of Common Principles whose application with provincial support could include the regionalization of services such as wat...

AWARE Simcoe news release June 16 2013ELMVALE -- Simcoe County residents have enhanced access to make their views known at the Ontario Municipal Board hearing into the amended Official Plan that will govern development in the county.On April 19, OMB chair Sylvia Sutherland extended the deadline to th...

Lawrence agrees, citing concern over loss of agricultural landAWARE Simcoe June 15 2013Penetanguishene Mayor Gerry Marshall expressed anger and frustration at Wednesday’s corporate services committee meeting that Simcoe County has put forward a motion to dismiss the Midhurst Ratepayers Association fr...

Midland-Penetanguishene are a preferred settlement area, but Midhurst to be three times the size of Penetang, mayor points outBy Kate Harries AWARE News Network – June 11 2013At an Ontario Municipal Board pre-hearing on April 19, after hearing a submission from Sandy Agnew of AWARE Simcoe regarding S...

New Tecumseth Free Press May 29, 2013Simcoe County's governance committee is recommending a four month trial run that would replace the three standing committee system of council with a committee of the whole structure whereby all 32 county councillors would meet collectively to deal with all matters...