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Hot dog cart stays
By Chris Fell – A downtown hot dog cart is allowed on public property. Municipal staff reported to Meaford council that a bylaw from the Town of Meaford had been discovered that does allow a hot dog cart to be set up on public property. The town implemented a Hawkers and Peddlers bylaw in 1992 [...]
On Stage at Meaford Hall
ON STAGE AT MEAFORD HALL meafordhall.ca Quilts in My Garden July 17, 2010 Times:9:00am – 4:00pm This event takes place in six beautiful gardens in the scenic Meaford area, with each garden displaying locally created quilts. Also in the gardens enjoy gardening and quilt-related vendors and quilting demonstrations. Visit every garden can be entered to [...]
Georgian Beach Road lawsuit continues
By Chris Fell – Meaford council in a stunning turn of events voted to continue on with the Georgian Beach Road lawsuit at its regular meeting on Monday, July 12. After a lengthy in-camera meeting with its legal advisors, insurance company representatives and insurance company’s lawyers council passed a resolution to rescind the resolution passed [...]
The LocalMotive Project
By Shane Jolley – This series of videos by Chris Martenson explains the interactions of economy, energy, and environment and the increasing challenges and opportunities those interactions present. The series is based on US data, and in most cases the Canadian data is comparable on a smaller scale. localmotiveproject.com/video The purpose of The LocalMotive Project is [...]
Meaford to fight fire-related charges
By Scott Dunn – Meaford intends to fight six health and safety charges laid in connection with practices and equipment of the Meaford and District Fire Department. “We believe we can defend those charges quite well,” chief administrative officer Frank Miele said in an interview Thursday. “So we are going to be defending those charges [...]
MPP Bill Murdoch announces his retirement
By Chris Fell – MPP Bill Murdoch announced on Monday morning that he will not run in the next provincial election and is retiring from politics. Murdoch held a special press conference at his Owen Sound office on Monday morning to make his decision official. The next election is being held in October 2011. Murdoch [...]
Task force split about running Hall
By Don Crosby – A citizens’ task force set up to develop a unified strategy for all of Meaford’s revenue-generating municipal facilities runs the risk of creating new controversy. The task force committee report was unanimous in the parts of a study released last month that relate to the Meaford Library, the Meaford and St. [...]
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