Reduce, reuse, recycle. We have heard it for decades now, and for most of us, it has become our standard approach to managing waste, but in the years to come, the focus will change.
Our three Rs will expand to Prevent, Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Recover, and Dispose, as municipalities everywhere continue to grapple with waste management.
The 'prevent' aspect of the...
Many in this community were saddened upon hearing the news back in November that the Scarecrow Invasion & Family Festival was put on pause for this year due to a lack of members on the event's executive board. On Monday afternoon we learned that the 2023 edition of the event has been saved, and we will indeed have an...
We are just 11 days from the end of winter and the beginning of spring. Not that we'll necessarily notice a difference, as this strange winter has felt much like a harsh spring for much of the time, but spring is indeed nearly here.
As spring arrived a year ago I was thankful that nearly all of the restrictions we...
Monday's council meeting was expected to be heavily attended, and it was. In anticipation of much larger than normal attendance, municipal staff moved the meeting from the cramped council chamber on the 7th Line to the spacious opera house at Meaford Hall, which allowed some 200 residents to attend the meeting in which the Deputy Mayor brought forward a...
The coming wave of development in this municipality has been a hot topic over the past couple of years. In the past we have been teased with the potential for a development boom, but it never seemed to actually happen, but brace yourselves, residents of the Municipality of Meaford, as new development is indeed in our future, and it...
Do our busy lives rob us of the time and energy required to be informed and engaged?
One of the most common statements I hear is that Meaford's taxes are too high. I hear it throughout the year, in personal chats, in comments on social media, in email messages sent to me.
The topic of Meaford's taxes, and the feeling that...
Many in this community were understandably saddened by the recent news that the much loved Scarecrow Invasion & Family Festival is taking a pause this year due to a lack of executive board members, though organizers have said they remain hopeful that the event will return, possibly in 2024.
It has been a rough few years for the organizers of...
On Monday afternoon I settled into my place at the media table in Meaford's council chamber ready for the beginning of yet another municipal budget season.
Though the agenda package was more than 400 pages in length, the focus for everyone in the council chamber was item 8(a), the tabling of the draft budgets for 2023.
The draft budgets presented to...
I was recently told about a local woman who had thankfully been saved from a scam that would have cost her thousands of dollars. What saved this woman from being fleeced of some $8,000 was a caring community which recognized warning signs and stepped in before it was too late.
The woman had been contacted by a stranger, and had...
The first meeting of the year for Meaford's council was held on Monday, January 16, and in a world with little certainty, we can say with confidence that our council has a busy year ahead.
Elected three months ago, our new council features a mix of experience and new energy, with two of the seven members having been elected to...
