I want to tell you a story about my friend, NIMBY. NIMBY – short for Not In My Back Yard – is known by everyone around town.
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Ten Years Ago 2012 – Listowel residents were concerned and angry over the migration of rainbow trout at the Listowel Memorial Park dam site, as dead fish started washing up along the Maitland River banks. A new school site was up for review. Wal-Mart was soon to arrive in the community.
The dragon needs some teeth
To read some of recent reports from integrity commissioners in this province, one gets an impression of a fire-spewing dragon who can produce horrifying roars and blasts of sulphurous breath. Unfortunately, it seems the dragon has no teeth.
Second driver involved in March 31 crash near Molesworth has died
Perth County OPP say a second driver involved in a fatal crash near Molesworth on March 31 has succumbed to their injuries.
Trustees vote to defer boundary changes
After a question-and-answer period at the April 26 Avon-Maitland District School Board board of trustees meeting, trustees voted to defer the decision on boundary changes.
Open-air fire laws passed in North Perth
At North Perth’s April 25 council meeting, the municipality voted unanimously to impose a new bylaw that changes the rules on open-air fires. The new by-law affects recreational and non-recreational fires
LDSS takes baseball season opener over Stratford DSS
The Listowel District Secondary School boys’ varsity Lightning baseball squad got off to a productive start in their 2022 spring season, doubling up the Stratford DSS Bears 10-5 at John Bell South on May 2.
OPP lay murder charges in investigation of Brussels deaths
HURON EAST – Members from the Huron County OPP Crime Unit have laid murder charges in…
A pre-emptive adieu to Mr. Claude Giroux
Make no mistake, this one physically hurts me to write.
Cyclones drop four of five on recent road trip
CALEDON – Except for a successful outing in Stratford on March 11, the Listowel Junior Cyclones will be looking forward to returning to the friendly confines of the Steve Kerr Memorial Complex following a road trip that saw the club drop four of five games.
