Category: Grey County
Meaford seeks applicants for vacant council seat
Meaford is seeking candidates to fill a vacant seat on its council. Longtime councillor Steve Bartley resigned after almost 11 years. He and his wife have downsized and moved to Chatsworth. At a meeting on Sept. 22, council selected the “call for nominees” method to fill the vacancy, rather than hold a byelection. Applications are […]
Grey Roots unveils updated Grey County Gallery exhibit
The Grey County Gallery redesign project at Grey Roots Museum and Archives is complete. The museum launched its cornerstone exhibit, celebrating local stories, in a ceremony on Friday. Grey Roots was approved for a total of $355,486 in funding from Canadian Heritage through the Canada Cultural Spaces Fund (CCSF) for the last two phases of […]
Doug Ford helps Chapman’s Ice Cream announce $200 million expansion
The expansion will include the construction of a new 175,000 square-foot production facility.
Chatsworth Fall Fair ‘keepin’ it rural’ Saturday in Williamsford
Just driving to the 162th Chatsworth Fall Fair at Williamsford arena Saturday was a celebration of rural living. The fall colours were coming on strong and the late summer smells with car windows down seemed an antidote to news cycles filled with violence and chaos. A light sprinkling of rain made way for sunshine in […]
Grey County council discusses response times, tax breaks, labour
Grey County councillors briefly debated the merit of a new provincial tax policy that would result in a tax reduction up to 35 per cent for eligible affordable units. Owen Sound’s Municipal Non-Profit Housing Corporation sent a letter to the City of Owen Sound asking that the province’s new multi-residential rate subclass be adopted by […]