Tag: Grey County
Council directs city staff to limit budget increase to 5%
So far, Owen Sound homeowners are facing an overall estimated four per cent tax levy increase on their property tax bill, city hall estimates show. If estimates hold, for a home assessed at $232,000, taxes would increase by $178.25, or $14.85 per month, a report to city council Monday says. The city uses 2016 assessed […]
Grey County replacing elevator at 14th Street West apartments
Grey County is replacing the elevators at its apartment building on 14th Street West in Owen Sound. At its meeting on Thursday, county council agreed to award the tender for the elevator replacement project at 305 14th St. W., to Allen Hastings Ltd. in the amount of $866,864. In a report from Director of Community […]
Safety highlighted with new roundabout at Grey Rd. 3 and 4 intersection
Grey County has opened a roundabout at an intersection that had in the past been identified as the most dangerous in the county. The county announced last week that the roundabout at the intersection of Grey Rd 3 and Grey Rd. 4 between Hanover and Durham was open to motorists. In 2019, the same year […]
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 […]
Police launch probe over needed found embedded in Halloween candy
Police in the Grey County town of Hanover are reminding parents to thoroughly check their children’s Halloween candy after receiving a report of a sewing needle found embedded in a chocolate bar. Police are investigating after receiving a report at about 6 p.m. on Monday that a child had attempted to consume a KitKat chocolate […]