Stephen Vance, Editor
Monday, October 22 is municipal election day, and I have heard some folks express a desire to see Meaford elect the 'right council' for this municipality. While I agree with the sentiment, I would suggest that in a democracy like ours, whoever is elected on Monday will be the 'right council' for this municipality, as it will...
Stephen Vance, Editor
Hopefully all of our readers had a safe and happy Thanksgiving weekend filled with turkey, laughter, and some pumpkin pie. For me, the Thanksgiving weekend was a good time to take my newspaper hat off, and review our slate of council candidates from a personal perspective.After reviewing the candidate profiles from our municipal election guide issue, and...
Stephen Vance, Editor
Residents who have expressed concern about language in the new parks use bylaw that closes Meaford's public parks through the winter months are right to be concerned, because words matter, and the way the bylaw reads, Meaford, the town that has been striving to be a year-round tourist destination, is closed for business during the winter where...
Stephen Vance, Editor
Autumn officially arrived on Saturday, but here in Meaford we all know that the actual arrival of the season that leads us into snowy winter months is when the scarecrows march through town with their kazoos and their straw hats en route to the Rotary Harbour Pavilion for a big party by the bay.Without doubt the hundreds...
Stephen Vance, Editor
In some ways it's hard to believe that four full years have passed since the last Municipal Election Guide issue of our paper was on store shelves. But four years it has been indeed, and now we are facing another municipal election on October 22, and we are hoping our election guide with full profiles of all...
Stephen Vance, Editor
Any council candidates who attended Monday's council meeting were afforded a fine lesson in the complexity of serving on council, and the reality that just because something can be done, doesn't mean it necessarily should be done.Council covered a lot of ground on a number of issues on Monday, but the hot-button issue of the day was...
Stephen Vance, Editor
After a break during the month of August, council members will return to the Chamber on Monday for the final stretch in their four year term. Municipal election day is October 22, and in December when the new council is sworn in, it will look different than it does currently.For starters, Councillors Mike Poetker and Jaden Calvert...
Stephen Vance, Editor
The Labour Day long weekend is upon us, and in Meaford that means a few things are happening around town – the Meaford International Film Festival is underway, the 163rd annual Fall Fair will be in full swing this weekend, and after the busy weekend, the kids return to school.It's been a long, warm, and mostly dry...
Stephen Vance, Editor
I've written before about the importance of volunteers in our community, but with our multi-part series on volunteering opportunities in the Municipality of Meaford concluding in this week's print paper, and with the annual Volunteer Appreciation Dinner coming up next week, it's a good time to touch on the topic of volunteers again.Not all volunteers are highly...
Stephen Vance, Editor
It seems as if everyone I talk to these days is outraged about something. Gone are the good old days of simply being frustrated, or even a little angry. In these modern times apparently frustration is not enough – we need to be outraged by whatever bee is in our bonnet. Well, I refuse to be part...
