Stephen Vance, Editor
It might not feel like it, but we are nearly a full week into the month of June, and with just a few weeks left in the school year, summertime fun will soon be upon us.Our winters might be long and cold, but when the temperature rises and the flowers bloom, we break out of our winter...
Stephen Vance, Editor
If you live on a rural road surfaced with tar and chip, I would encourage you to round up your neighbours, head to the next council meeting and demand a commitment from council for an upgrade to asphalt when it's your road's turn for resurfacing. Why? Well, because that's what some folks on Concession A did, and...
Stephen Vance, Editor
As far as Victoria Day long weekends go, the one we just experienced was certainly on the chilly side compared to many years, and though we did see some sunshine, it was mixed with overcast skies and periods of rain. In Meaford, the long weekend was capped off with a power outage which got me thinking how...
Stephen Vance, Editor
When council rejected staff recommendations for the use of $642,000 in unexpected grant funding from the province in favour of using the money to fund two infrastructure projects I understood what council was trying to do, but I was disappointed that they had passed on an opportunity to use the money for some important stuff that people...
Stephen Vance, Editor
I have spoken to a number of residents in recent weeks who are rightfully frustrated that Meaford's public transit pilot project will come to an end this summer as a result of low ridership.For those who have been using the service, it has been valuable. One reader who lives in the downtown area told me that once...
Stephen Vance, Editor
Mother Nature didn't cooperate for the 10th Annual Memorial Park Earth Week Clean-up. While last Sunday was a bright and sunny day, snowfall and rain on Friday and Saturday made venturing into the park with its soft, soggy ground a less than great idea, so this weekend, we will try again along with the rest of the...
Stephen Vance, Editor
For those who have a love for this planet and a desire to ensure that the conditions remain such that human life (along with all other life forms) can continue to thrive, Earth Day, and these days Earth Week, have become somewhat of a call to arms, but for many corporations, the very corporations who have a...
Stephen Vance, Editor
After a long chilly winter, it's been nice to see some occasional bursts of sunshine and slowly rising temperatures in recent weeks. Now that April has arrived, most of the snow is gone (or was until this past weekend), the birds are chirping, and the first dashes of colourful spring blooms have begun to show themselves –...
Stephen Vance, Editor
The signs were posted this week alerting motorists to the pending rehabilitation of the Sykes Street bridge, which will get underway in just a few weeks. While the municipality is forking over the extra cash to ensure that one lane of the bridge remains open during the anticipated 20 weeks of the project, we will no doubt...
Stephen Vance, Editor
When you are in the local news business, there are some things that you hear from readers with a fair degree of regularity: Our taxes are too high, our roads are a mess, all I get for my tax dollars are garbage pickup and the snowplow drives down the road once each day in the winter. But...
