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COW Meeting Monday Night – Clear Bags & Water Rate Increase

The next Committee of the Whole meeting is 7:00pm Monday, December12. The Committee of the Whole package has been released, <atarget=_blank”href=”http://www.winghamfreepress.com/files/cowdec122011.pdf”>clickhere  for your own copy. Highlights: Larry Meyer wants a different truck for $15

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Trailer Park Fiasco Worsens – North Huron Caught Trying To Sell Portion Of Legion Property

At the poorly attended meeting at the trailer park, about 1/2 dozentown staff showed up to answer questions.  This meeting was notadvertised in the local paper, and is briefly mentioned in the RFPpackage that states the park is for sale.  It is not clear whynone of the conventional media were in attendance. The meeting started […]

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Global Indignation Mounts – Police Strip Occupy Protestor In Public – Warning Contains Images Of Abuse

The Occupy movement took a comical turn in Australia, when theCouncil ordered the police to remove the tents of theoccupiers.  The creative protestors turned their tents intoclothing by cutting a hole in the top and one in the floor. They stuck their heads through the top, and their feet through thebottom hole. When the police showed […]

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Theft From Commercial Vehicle

(ST.MARYS, ON) On Tuesday December 06, 2011 Perth County OPP officers were dispatched to an address on Church St. North in St.Marys where the owner reported a theft from a van parked on the driveway. Investigation revealed that the complainant had parked the work van on his driveway for the night. Upon checking the vehicle […]

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Donald Elliott – No Interlock Device, No Insurance, No Plates

(TOWNSHIP OF PERTH EAST, ON) On Tuesday December 06, 2011 shortly before the noon hour an OPP officer on patrol in Shakespeare became suspicious of a Jeep Grand Cherokee that was missing a front license plate. The Jeep was pulled over and while checking the driver and the vehicle documentation a number of violations were […]

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Multiple Deer Collisions

(TOWNSHIP OF PERTH SOUTH, ON) On Tuesday December 06, 2011 at approximately 2:30 p.m. a motorist was driving a VW Passat on Perth Line 9 east of St.Marys, when a deer ran out in front of the vehicle. The deer was struck and killed and the driver was transported to Stratford General Hospital with minor […]

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It’s Official – Taxes Number One Issue Facing North Huron

The survey results are out, and it’s official, the number one issuefacing North Huron is property taxes! <a href=http://www.winghamfreepress.com/files/nhsurvey.pdf”>Downloadyour own copy of  the survey results

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Car Thief Arrested – Manuel Cordeiro – Breach Probation, Flight From Police etc.

(HURON COUNTY & BRUCE COUNTY, ON) On December 4, 2011 at approximately 7:30 p.m. South Bruce OPP officers were dispatched to a report of a theft of gasoline from a gas station located on Elora Street in Mildmay, ON. Minutes later the suspect vehicle was observed on County Road 3 in Carrick Township. A traffic […]

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Driver Tries To Avoid RIDE – Stolen Vehicle Recovered

(GODERICH, ON) On December 2, 2011 at approximately 10:30 p.m. Huron County OPP officers were conducting a R.I.D.E check on Suncoast Drive East in Goderich when a green Mercury Grand Marquis caught their attention. Officers observed the vehicle suddenly pull into a parking lot and then turn around to avoid the spot check. Officers followed […]

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SCAM ALERT: Children Services Christmas Bureau Fund

(GODERICH, ON) On December 5, 2011 a Goderich resident received a phone call from a scammer requesting donations to the “Children Services Christmas Bureau Fund”. The scammer requested a credit card number to complete the donation. The recipient of the call became suspicious and hung up the phone. A reverse look up on the phone […]