Less than seven months after releasing her memoir, Gwen Lamont has signed an agreement with Dog Eared Productions for Penny Eizenga to write, produce or co-produce the screenplay of her book The View From Coffin Ridge: A Childhood Exhumed for a feature-length film.

Dec 11, 2024 · When the first draft of the 2025 municipal budget was presented to council on November 4, council had expected to have approved the 2025 budgets during their December 9 meeting.

At its November 2024 meeting, 100 Men Who Care Southern Georgian Bay chose to support Hospice Georgian Triangle Foundation (HGTF) by donating $12,049 to assist the Hospice Georgian Triangle with the great work it does in providing end …

5 days ago · Meaford’s council will be busy as we head into February. With a second attempt to develop a municipal budget for 2025 now underway, councillors will be busy scouring the new budget documents in hopes of finding opportunities for cost savings in order to shape a budget that will both meet the needs of the municipality and the pocketbooks of Meaford’s ratepayers.

Nov 7, 2024 · Among those 49 ‘elective services’ is policing, which, at a cost of more than $2.5 million, would add 14.48 percent to the required levy in 2025 that is not currently included in the core budget, and would add to the required rate increase for property owners next year.

6 days ago · Manning told council that, as presented, version two of the draft budgets for 2025 will require a total levy increase of 15.78 percent, which would translate into a 9.46 percent blended rate increase (which includes municipal, Grey County, and Provincial Education tax rates) for Meaford’s ratepayers in 2025. Manning told council that a blended rate increase of 9.46 percent would mean an $843 ...

Wally left us suddenly on the morning of January 24, 2025, in his 73rd year. He was the beloved husband of Nancy for almost 51 years. Predeceased by his parents Wallace and Marion Ward, and by his sister Shirley Anne.

Jan 9, 2025 · Welcome back, dear readers, and Happy New Year. I hope that all had a joy-filled, relaxing holiday season. Here at The Independent, we are back to work after taking a semi-break over the past two weeks, and our first newspaper of 2025 has now been published. So a new year begins, often a time of ...

100 Men Who Care Southern Georgian Bay Donates to Support Hospice Georgian Triangle Foundation

Nov 6, 2024 · Staff’s November 4 report to council suggested that the implementation of a short-term accommodations bylaw and regulatory framework would be costly, with staff estimating that such a program would cost Meaford ratepayers roughly $500,000 per year.