Wollaston deputy reeve resigns

February 2, 2017

More evidence of disarray emerged at the Jan. 24 regular Wollaston Township council meeting. The resignation of Deputy Reeve Marilyn Brickles followed the day after the meeting.

Wollaston council visits Bear Ridge Campground

By Jim Eadie Business development is always a priority for municipal governments, but getting there can be an interesting and complex process, as was evident ...

Highlands East changes council calendar

The following are brief reports of items discussed during a Jan. 23 meeting of Highlands East council.

Business Improvement Association plans WWW expansion

Dianne Eastman, while on contract to the Business Improvement Association, developed possible new logos for the town. The first is essentially the current town crest, ...

Council ‘laughing stock’: mayor

Bancroft’s Mayor Bernice Jenkins usually spends her opening remarks at council on developments in county and other levels of government, and on good news announcements. Not so at last week’s meeting. Instead, she delivered a blast at what she feels is a dysfunctional town council. Finding recent behaviour by councillors “bewildering,” she proclaimed that council lacked respect for each other, for the mayor, and for town staff. She declared a lack of team spirit, along with an absence of a common sense of direction.

Sewer mystery continues

By Tony Pearson The math is both simple and puzzling. A little over 800 households and business are hooked up to Bancroft’s sewer system. The ...

MPP starts school closure petition

Prince Edward-Hastings MPP Todd Smith has started a petition to draw attention to rural school closures.

Totem pole shares stories about Algonquin culture

By Nate Smelle After a devastating storm tore through his community in late August 2013, Algonquin elder and artist Dan Bowers came across a massive ...

Wollaston to stop Hydro One herbicide use

In a remarkable example of quick grassroots organizing for the public good, a citizen group has convinced Wollaston Township council to pass a resolution requesting Hydro One not spray herbicides “within the township boundaries, including township road allowances and township property.” In addition, the group has asked council to draft a bylaw prohibiting such spraying to cover future requests for permission to spray.