Tag: meaford
Meaford ready to party like it’s 1874
Meafordites are celebrating a sesquicentennial. Say that 10 times fast. The bayside community is celebrating its 150th birthday this year and the municipality is set to party like it’s 1874 when the booming little town formally known as St. Vincent (Peggy’s Landing and Stephenson’s Landing before that) was welcoming both steamships and train cars with […]
Anonymous donor commits to matching donations up to $1,000 in support of Eat Local Grey Bruce
Eat Local Grey Bruce faced bankruptcy in early 2023. Now the local co-operative is ringing in the New Year with a donation-matching campaign thanks to an anonymous corporate sponsor. The anonymous corporate donation pledges to match donations from the community up to $1,000 until the end of February. In addition, Eat Local is offering a […]
Meaford to move forward with smaller land swap at track field after bid to purchase property fails
The Municipality of Meaford and Bluewater District School Board failed to come to terms on a deal for the former high school track and field property at 87 Aiken Street. Now the two parties are looking to move ahead with a land swap to turn a smaller portion of the property into community parkland. The […]
Meaford pumped storage project advances
Ontario Energy Minister Todd Smith has advanced TC Energy’s $4-plus billion pumped storage proposal in Meaford and asked for more information. The Ontario Pumped Storage project would draw water from Georgian Bay into a gigantic reservoir atop the Niagara Escarpment at night, when electricity is cheaper, then release it back through turbines to generate power […]
Owen Sound compost site closing for season Jan. 15
Residents of Owen Sound, Georgian Bluffs and Meaford have until Jan. 15 at 5 p.m. to take Christmas trees and any other compostable items to the city’s compost site. After then, the site will be closed until April 1. The site, at 2450 28th Avenue East, is open daily from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. […]