Duane Hicks It’s budget time again and it looks like town council will have its work cut out for it, facing a preliminary operating budget shortfall of $301,266—representing a 3.1 percent residential overall increase. This shortfall does not include consideration for a possible levy increase from the Rainy River District […]
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Duane Hicks An appeal has been filed with the Ontario Municipal Board over town council’s decision to re-zone the “Nelson Street Park” for residential development at its Dec. 19 meeting. Municipal planner Faye Flatt said Monday that local resident Eric Rude submitted an appeal on behalf of himself and fellow […]
Peggy Revell Betty’s of Fort Frances is thrilled about a third-place finish in a worldwide window display competition. The Scott Street store finished ahead of hundreds of others from around the globe that entered the competition organized by Schleich, a toy company which produces figurines. “We were super excited,” said […]
Duane Hicks The sewer and water data summary for 2011 shows far too much water is infiltrating the system but the town is working to address the problem, Coun. Paul Ryan said at last night’s council meeting. “The Operations and Facilities division is homing in on this and this problem […]
Staff The Rainy River District School Board will vote to approve revisions to its 2011-12 budget at tonight’s meeting here. If approved, the revised budget will see an increase of $614,627 to $48,952,635. This adjustment comes from the Oct. 31, 2011 enrolment, changes in grants for student needs due to […]
Staff With work on the 2012 municipal budget underway, town council will vote tonight on a bylaw to institute an interim tax levy. As in previous years, the interim levy is equal to about half of the total amount of taxes property owners paid in 2011. Interim tax levies are […]
Staff The distribution of retail flyers by the Times is changing over the upcoming weeks. While flyers had been sent out to town households with Monday’s Daily Bulletin for more than a decade, they now will be distributed each Friday in January starting today. As such, the delivery of Monday’s […]
Staff A spaghetti fundraiser dinner for local woman Cindy McCormick, slated for tomorrow (Jan. 6), has been moved to the Couchiching multi-use facility. The event originally was to be held at the Métis Hall, but it was moved in anticipation of attendees in excess of the hall’s capacity. The time […]
Staff Likely an indicator of the local economy, the Salvation Army’s Christmas kettle campaign here fell short of its fundraising goal last month. The kettles brought in nearly $15,000, not quite reaching the target number of $18,000, Capt. Angel Sandoval said this morning. He conceded that with the current economy, […]
Press Release Provincial NDP leader Andrea Horwath yesterday reiterated her call for a cap on public sector CEO salaries in light of the release of contracts of hundreds of hospital CEOs and executives across Ontario. “When patients are coping with closed ERs and growing wait times, there’s no way to […]
the OPP The tallies are in for the OPP’s 2011-12 Festive R.I.D.E. campaign and the final number of impaired drivers caught over the holidays came as bittersweet news to the commissioner. The campaign got underway on Nov. 25 and wrapped up on Jan. 1. Over that span, OPP officers removed a […]
Press Release Ready to help make Fort Frances a winter wonderland? Teams wanting to participate in the Rainy River Arts Collective’s inaugural snow sculpture competition can now pick up registration forms at the Fort Frances Museum, the Fort Frances Times, or online at www.rrarts.net Slated for February, the competition is […]
