Category: Grey County
Blue Mountains’ Matrosovs is Grey County’s 2025 warden
Blue Mountains Mayor Andrea Matrosovs encouraged Grey County council’s continued collaboration and consideration of future generations in her first address as 2025 warden Tuesday night. Matrosovs was acclaimed to the position during a formal swearing in within the Grey County council chambers, with her family, a number of past wardens and others present. A reception […]
Man admits he drove into four people in Eugenia and fled
A Southgate man who drove his truck into four people in the small community of Eugenia, killing one man, has pleaded guilty to failing to stop at an accident in 2022. Brett Page, who police said was 27 when charged, pleaded guilty on Oct. 28 in the Ontario Court of Justice in Owen Sound to […]
Meaford, CAO part ways after six months
The Municipality of Meaford announced the departure of Chief Administrative Officer Kymm Buckham in a statement Monday. Buckham was hired in May of this year. “During her time, Kymm led the organization and contributed to the organization’s ongoing efforts to strengthen its operations and build momentum for future success. The Municipality of Meaford wishes Kymm […]
Local apple growers getting help to improve their orchards
For one apple-growing family in Ayton, money from a government program to help farmers grow more popular and resilient fruit varieties will help a lot. Filsinger’s Organic Ltd. in Ayton is getting up to $50,000 to help pull out three or four acres of less productive and higher maintenance standard-sized McIntosh apple trees for more […]
Grey County and Chef Roger Mooking team up to showcase region
Celebrity chef Roger Mooking and Grey County are sharing the story of the region’s culinary heritage, diverse agriculture and hardworking families with the Gather Campaign. “This is his world. He knows culinary, he knows culture, he knows art, he knows all of those things and he knows our area now,” said Savanna Myers, Grey County’s […]
Grey County wants to talk affordable housing at spring meeting
Grey County will host a meeting in the spring to encourage affordable, near-market rental and attainable housing development. It owns lands in Markdale and Durham which could be used for affordable housing and county staff are looking at potential incentives to get it built, a report to council Oct. 10 says. Among those to be […]
Man calls on Grey County to act on local groundwater threat
Thorsten Arnold warned Grey County council Thursday that it must act to avoid widespread drinking water contamination due to a combination of local factors. This area’s karst geology is well known, with its shallow soil layer over permeable bedrock in places which reduces aquifer protection. The geology includes sinkholes and fissures which allow surface contaminants to […]
Grey County task force seeks to make some busy rural roads safer
A Grey County task force proposes to transfer more than 50 kilometres of its urban county roads, bridges and sewers to municipalities and assume and make safer certain increasingly busy rural municipal roads roads in exchange for other county rural roads. County council decided Thursday to receive a report which provided lists of affected roads, […]
Former Blue Mountains mayor filing complaint about Grey County meeting
Former Blue Mountains mayor Alar Soever said he will file a formal closed-meeting complaint against Grey County for conducting a joint meeting with its nine municipal councils behind closed doors. He sent a letter Sept. 19 to the county outlining his concerns about a joint planning services meeting held Aug. 8 and waited to see […]
Grey forecasted to grow faster than the county predicted
While Grey County growth plans must consider impacts on schools by Ontario legislation, there’s no provincial requirement to consider impacts on health care. That should change, West Grey Mayor Kevin Eccles told Grey County council at its regular meeting Thursday, and county staff agreed. “Publicly funded health care I think may be even more fundamental […]