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...
Stephen Vance, Editor
Just as it was looking as if we might not have enough council candidates to even fill the chamber, a flurry of candidate nomination filings in the final days before the July 27 deadline has given Meaford voters much to choose from.In the days and weeks to come we will learn more about all of the candidates....
Stephen Vance, Editor
A proposed 'boutique hotel' in a blended residential and commercial neighbourhood on Boucher Street has put council in a difficult spot.
Residents are concerned that the proposed six unit 'hotel' with no restaurant, and more importantly to residents, no staff on site could cause issues in their neighbourhood. According to the proponent, all bookings would be made online,...
With just a week remaining in the nomination period for October's municipal election, many are wondering where the candidates are. In the 2014 municipal election Meaford voters had five mayoral candidates, two deputy mayor candidates, and 13 council candidates to choose from, but so far this time around with the candidates that have filed their nomination paperwork thus far,...
