Wingham Free PressThere have been rumours that a local business is going/gonebankrupt. The company in question denies this, but the rumourspersist. WFP would like any uncompensated employees to emailus at <a href=mailto:[email protected]”>[email protected] details. WFP would also like to thank all the youth the came forward lastyear
Orange Hill Produce estimates their tomatoes will be ready at theend of the month (April). Their greenhouse is heated with hotwater pipes burred in the soil, this allows them to have produceready for market much earlier in the season. If you want FRESHlocal produce, this is the place to shop. You can see whereyour food […]
Many people have complained about pot-holes in Wingham. Itseems like a pot hole will not get filled, unless someone complainsabout it specifically. This was demonstrated when a citizencomplained at a council meeting about a pothole in front of hishome, the town was their the next day filling it. Town workershave been seen out patching a […]
At Tuesday’s Council meeting, Rec and Facilities Director askedcouncil to pass a motion so she did not have to follow the normaltendering process, of getting 3 estimates to make sure the taxpayeris not overpaying for things. Pat Newson want’s to use thedirect negotiation method” for $60
Below are excerpts of Ray Hallahan’s votes and comments from thelast meeting. The clip is only 111 seconds long. Lastyear North Huron Councillor Ray Hallahan averaged<ahref=http://www.thewinghamfreepress.com/story.shtml?story=4989″>$686/meeting. At that rate
That’s right, Wingham is now officially the worst place to be inCanada if you are a criminal, new crime stats prove it. Asmany of you know, Wingham Free Press started 3 years ago posting OPPpress releases which named drunk drivers, drug dealers etc. WFP wanted to make Wingham intolerable for drunk drivers and harddrug dealers, by […]
This is a very rare glimpse of how North Huron council reallyacts. When we started video recording the meetings, theycompletely changed their behavior, as they knew they were on tape,or were distracted by the shiny object in the room. Now theyhave gotten use to the presence of the camera, they have returned totheir natural behavior. […]
At Tuesday’s council meeting, current North Huron Councillor BernieBailey stated he opposed Rapid Response for medicalemergencies. This is despite the fact the Mayor stated thatseveral hearts have been started by the Rapid Response units. Those started hearts represent saved lives. In the realm oflogical debate, that would have ended the discussion. Whywould someone oppose a system […]
This morning we received an email from a reader, below are someexcerpts: You cannot understand my dismay when I clicked on the iconbetween the “Mennonite/Amish Business Directory†and “Speak Itâ€,and lo and behold I was face to face with a jibbering Jehad orwhatever. The name of the site is “Aljazeeraâ€. This isa word that […]
Below is the compensation paid to North Huron councillors, for2012. To calculate the compensation per meeting, we simplydivided the total amount of compensation, by the number of meetingsattended. Please note that most council meetings are normally between 1-2hours long. On average councillors get paid $257.28/meeting. Source: Page 32 of March 18 <a target=_blank”href=”http://www.thewinghamfreepress.com/images/Agenda%20Pkg%2003-18-13.pdf”>AgendaPackage. Name Meetings […]