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Changes are being made to the collection of household hazardous waste in Stratford.

Collection days will now be held at the Romeo Street landfill site, instead of the Rotary Complex parking lot.

It starts this weekend with the first collection day on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

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A former Perth County Warden is being remembered.

Barb MacLean began her political career in 1992 as a Councilor for Hibbert Township and was later elected as Deputy Mayor of West Perth in 2000.

She then served as Warden of Perth County from December 2005 to December 2006.

MacLean also held several other roles in the community including former Director of the Perth Farm Safety Association.

In honor of her life and public service, the County Courthouse flag in Stratford will be lowered until the day of the funeral on Saturday.

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More than $882,000 in provincial funding is earmarked for rural public transportation in our area.

Perth-Wellington MPP Matthew Rae says the money is coming from the province's Gas Tax program.

Over $513,000 of the funds has been awarded to the City of Stratford and Mayor Martin Ritsma says it will go towards city transit services and assist in offsetting the operating cost and capital expenses.

Funding for the gas tax program is determined by the number of litres of gasoline sold in the province during the previous year.

Gas Tax program funding as provided by the Ministry of Transportation:

Municipality	2024 Funding
North Perth	$80,090
Perth East	$73,121
St. Marys (Perth South)	$163,485
Stratford	$513,030
West Perth	$53,140
Total	$882,866

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Six St.Marys residents are being recognized for their selfless deeds.

At their meeting last week, town council recognized the six residents as part its "Strong as Stone" program which allows people to nominate those whose volunteer acts benefit the community.

Among the group was Cindy Bilyea, whose strong work ethic led her to become chair of the board for St. Marys Minor Hockey, Quadro Communications, and the St. Marys Healthcare Foundation.

Local teen Daniel Greig was recognized for his extensive volunteer work in the community and his involvement with student council at DCVI.

Ine Keller was applauded for her enthusiastic and inspirational teaching of seniors fitness and falls prevention classes.

Jeff Sager’s pastoral work with our local firefighters was acknowledged, as was his past involvement with events like Evan’s Touch the Truck and mock community disasters.

Pam Zabel was nominated twice this round for her tireless work with the Coldest Night of the Year, her contributions to local causes and her time spent on advisory and fundraising committees.

The final recipient was Phylis Spearin, who has spent 55 years giving back to the community as a member of the St. Marys Kinette Club.

The next call for Strong as Stone nominations will start in February 2025, with recognition to occur in April as part of National Volunteer Week.

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The United Way Perth-Huron is stepping up to help everyone complete their taxes.

UWPH staff say access to tax services isn't equitable and they are holding clinics to help seniors, newcomers, students, and those receiving income from social assistance programs, among others.

You can call or visit 211 to find out about the nearest tax clinic and If you are owed money, you can file taxes anytime.

In 2022 alone, volunteers at free tax clinics in Huron County and Grand Bend filed over 1,000 returns, resulting in $1.7 million in returns and benefits.

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Some members of Perth South Council say they are disappointed that St. Marys and Stratford are unwilling to work with the municipality to renew their library services contract.

At the Perth South council meeting on April 16th, it was noted that Stratford withdrew the renewal proposal it presented to council in January and made it conditional on there being a contract with St. Marys.

Perth South requires only one library services contract.

Perth South Mayor Jim Aitcheson said that council is “extremely sorry” that residents will have to manage through an anticipated disruption in service.

“But we could not have expected that Stratford and St. Marys would work together to prevent Perth South residents from accessing library services”, the mayor said.

Council members voted to explore alternatives to acquire library services for Perth South ratepayers.

Aitcheson said efforts are underway to acquire a library service contract. In the interim, Perth South ratepayers may be required to purchase a non-resident library card. The township will re-imburse non-resident library card fees incurred by Perth South ratepayers.

***With files from Paul Cluff

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Perth-Wellington's MPP says a newly tabled bill will remove barriers to investment in the agritourism sector across the province.

Matthew Rae tabled the Growing Agritourism Act today (Monday) and he says, if passed, the legislation will remove barriers to investment, provide consistency across Ontario's agritourism providers, and ensure participants are aware of the inherent risks associated with farm activities.

Agritourism is any agriculturally based operation or activity that brings visitors to a farm or ranch.

The act is MPP Rae’s second Private Members Bill since being elected two years ago.

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The number of homes sold in our region last month was up slightly compared to a year ago.

That's according to the Huron Perth Association of Realtors who says there were 139 units sold in March, up by 1.5 per cent from March 2023.

On a year-to-date basis, home sales totaled 363 units over the first three months of the year. This was an increase of 15.6% from the same period in 2023.

“Sales activity remained at the same levels as last year, while new listings rebounded to above-average levels in March,” said Teresa Ondrejicka, President of the Huron Perth Association of Realtors. “While buyers appear to remain cautious, perhaps running out the clock until the first interest rate cut appears on the horizon, sellers have been less patient and are raring to go this spring. Our market is well supplied but not oversupplied at the moment, so once buyers decide to get off the sidelines they will find that there is plenty of choice waiting for them.”

The average price of homes sold in March 2024 was $579,971, a slight reduction of 0.3% from March 2023.

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Two local organizations are coming together to help those most in need.

The Kinsmen Club of Stratford partnered up with the Stratford Rotary Club and donated $15,000 to the Rotary Aquabox program.

On April 6th, over 500 boxes were prepared for shipping to Global Medic, a non-profit disaster response organization of paramedics and first responder volunteers.

The boxes are low-cost filtration system that can provide purified drinking water to a family of five for up to a year.

They will be sent to areas including Latin America and the Ukraine.

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