NORTH PERTH - You may have seen the sign along Mitchell Road South already, but council approved the contractor which will complete some major construction along a section of Mitchell Road South (Highway 23), with work to begin in less than two months and last until summer 2025.
North Perth Budget Committee reviews survey results from 2.1 per cent of the population
NORTH PERTH - “Although the surveying results cannot be assumed to represent the opinions of the North Perth community at large, they provide valuable information for council to consider during the 2025 budget process,” Communications Coordinator Mackenzie Smith told council on Aug. 14.
Health care recruitment becoming an ‘arms race’: Mayor
NORTH PERTH - Mayor Todd Kasenberg was recently a panelist on an Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO) conference panel, speaking to the subject of primary health care in communities.
EMS attending vehicle collision in front of movie theatre in downtown Listowel
At 4:14pm on Aug. 28, Perth County paramedics were seen attending to a person in a vehicle, which had been in a collision, in front of the Capitol Twin movie theatre, located in downtown Listowel.
Rain and mud didn’t stop the Teeswater Fair
It was a muddy good time at the Teeswater Fair last weekend. Events pictured include the parade…
The Farmerettes were cutesy but could have been more
BLYTH – Jointly commissioned with Fourth Line Theatre Company, Blyth Festival Theatre’s Onion…
North Perth to repave parking lots at three fire stations
NORTH PERTH - Council awarded a tender to pave the parking lots at all three municipal fire stations.
North Perth approves Attainable Housing Community Improvement Plan
Council unanimously approved the North Perth Attainable Housing Community Improvement Plan (CIP) at its Aug. 12 meeting.
Municipality of North Perth granted funds for new Innovation and Business Centre
North Perth was successful in a funding application for the creation of the North Perth Innovation and Business Centre, proposed to be located at the recently-acquired municipal building in downtown Listowel.
Don’t disengage now
The newspapers under the umbrella of Midwestern Newspapers Corp. have recently covered items at their perspective municipal councils that have attracted major public interest.
Stratford General Hospital Foundation asked Perth County to pledge $500,000
Co-chairs of the Stratford General Hospital Foundation’s capital campaign “In Our Hands” Rick Orr and Paul Roulston asked Perth County Council to pledge $500,000 in an Aug. 1 delegation.
Perth County passes 3.13% cost of living increase for council, staff
Down slightly from the year before, Perth County council set its cost of living increase for next year at 3.13 per cent.
North Perth Council denies ATV request
After receiving what was perhaps the most community engagement it ever has – according to one of council’s longest standing councillors – North Perth Council voted unanimously to deny the request to allow ATVs use of the North Perth Community Trail at its’ Aug. 12 meeting.
Gerber’s to close its Listowel store, relocate to Donegal
After over 20 years in their location on Wallace Avenue in Listowel, Gerber’s Workwear Ltd. will be relocating to its “state-of-the-art production facility” and head office in Donegal – just a 10 minute drive out of town.
Perth County deals with delayed vehicle delivery in purchase of ambulance, plow truck
The county’s paramedic services department is slated to purchase a new ambulance next year, however to get ahead of delays, staff asked to purchase the vehicle this year, with the hope of delivery in 2025.
