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Police searching for man in Bognor Marsh area
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Police are in the Bognor Marsh area looking for a 38-year-old man to check on his well-being. Grey Bruce OPP ask residents to avoid this area of Meaford. The man was last seen in Peel Region Dec. 2 and police identified him as Jason. Yesterday police got a report that he was in the Bognor…
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‘Top-flight’ poets performing at Words Aloud festival this weekend
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Words Aloud Poetry Festival returns to local stages this weekend. It’s been four years since the weekend of poetry was held. It will take place at several locations in Owen Sound and Meaford, from Friday through Sunday. Everyone who loves the written and spoken word is invited to be moved by top-flight poets who don’t…
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Grey County will ask province to intervene in sale of Meaford track property
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Grey County is pitching the province in an effort to turn the former Georgian Bay Community School track property in Meaford into affordable housing and green space. The 8.4-acre parcel of land at 87 Aiken Street in Meaford will soon be offered to the general public for sale, but the Municipality of Meaford and Grey…
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Victim suffers burns in Meaford house fire
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A house fire in Meaford resulted in a trip to the hospital for one person who suffered burns in the blaze. According to Meaford Fire Chief Courtney Allen, the fire began around 2 p.m. the afternoon of Oct. 2 on the second floor of a Lombard Street home in Meaford. Allen said the firefighting effort…
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Trades college and affordable housing tabbed for site of former high school in Meaford
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Plans are in the works for Meaford’s former high school, as well as its neighbouring running track and green space. A Toronto-based not-for-profit is proposing to turn the site of Meaford’s former high school at St. Vincent Street into an engineering and trades college, while the municipality is setting aside funds and seeking the county’s…
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Grey County defers motion to buy football field for affordable housing
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Grey County council deferred discussion Thursday of a motion to buy the former Meaford high school football field for affordable housing. The motion wasn’t dealt with in open session due to procedural concerns raised. Those concerns prompted council to go behind closed doors earlier than scheduled regarding the potential purchase and not much more was…
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Meaford program gives kids in need backpacks of food, toiletries
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When a Meaford teacher discovered a student wasn’t coming to school because she was embarrassed that her family wasn’t buying shampoo, she wondered how many other kids had hidden needs like that which were holding them back. “Her dad couldn’t afford shampoo and she didn’t want to come to school as a teenager with greasy…
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All are welcome to enjoy family-friendly event at the Parkin farm
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Saturday all are invited for a “Fall Day at the Farm,” at the Parkin farm just outside of Owen Sound. The annual Owen Sound Harvest for Hunger fundraiser gives people a chance to enjoy themselves, including by picking their own pumpkin and getting corn stalks for decorating, eating hot dogs and burgers, pie and butter…
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Terry Fox Runs return to Grey-Bruce Sunday
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Terry Fox Run events across Grey-Bruce will take place Sunday. The annual event bears the name of the revered young, one-legged runner who tried to run across Canada to raise money for cancer research. There will be runs in a number of local communities including Owen Sound, Hanover, Meaford, Durham, Saugeen Shores and Lion’s Head.…
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Police seek public’s help identifying suspects
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Police need help identifying two unknown males after the theft of about $2,300 worth of merchandise from a Meaford business, a Grey Bruce OPP news release said Friday. Police responded the reported theft on Thursday, Aug. 3 at 4:30 p.m. They released photos of the suspects. Police ask people to call them at 1-888-310-1122 or…