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150 ACRE PURCHASE PLANNED FOR INDUSTRIAL/COMMERCIAL USE

150 ACRE PURCHASE PLANNED FOR INDUSTRIAL/COMMERCIAL USE By Patricia O’Driscoll As a first step in fulfilling its election promise to reestablish Tiny’s economic growth and commercial tax base, lost in the re-structuring fiasco by the previous Hastings-led Council, the incumbent Council acted quickly to secure ownership of a significant parcel [more]

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Your Council At Work

Your Council At Work By Frank Hughes and Patricia O’Driscoll Council meets on the second and last Mondays of each month at 7:00 p.m. at the municipal offices on the Balm Beach Road, Perkinsfield, to deal with regular Council business. All residents are encouraged to attend, be part of the [more]

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The Environment

Tiny Water Systems Meet Provincial Guidelines

Tiny Water Systems Meet Provincial Guidelines  By Patricia O’Driscoll There are 17 Municipally operated water systems within the Township of Tiny, the largest number in any municipality in Simcoe County. Nearly 3,000 lots are within the service areas of these water systems with approximately 1,700 units connected to the water [more]

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The Half-Mile Club

The Half-Mile Club By Patricia O’Driscoll What’s in a name? A rose by any other name would smell as sweet – that’s how the saying goes. The year round residents often refer to us as the cottagers, summer residents, seasonal recreational residents, shoreline property owners … that’s us. All of [more]

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The Environment

Sewage, Septage and Sludge…Tiny’s Future

Sewage, Septage and Sludge…Tiny’s Future By Patricia O’Driscoll If our permanent home is in the city, sewage is treated at a sewage treatment plant. We may not give much thought to the problem of how waste from our septic systems and holding tanks is handled in Tiny, but, how the [more]

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Tiny Cottager Articles

Tiny Council’s 3-Year performance report

Tiny Council’s 3-Year performance report By Frank Hughes and Patricia O’Driscoll Many of us are unaware of Council activities in our other home away from Tiny such as Toronto, Kitchener, Oshawa or other parts of the province. Why? The simple answer seems to be that there are more eyes glued [more]