The article in last week’s Echo regarding safes, and bank vaults reminded me of probably a little-known safeguard for bank vaults. Most bank buildings had a peephole above the vault door which could be seen from an apartment on the second floor where one of the senior bank employees was [...]
Editor: This winter I participated in, alongside most of my fellow neighbours, deciding what to do with the TD bank site. Neighbours formed committees, countless hours were spent and resources were donated. I think Creemore needs to pat itself on the back for the efforts spent here. Any single [...]
Editor: Have been away but keep updated on the TD property via friends and internet. While most people are genuinely excited about the generosity of the TD Bank and the effort by Tony Arrell and Stuart Lazier as they should be, I can’t help but think that there are still a number of people who [...]
We took some time off in April after a very busy ski season. It was lovely to get away to Barbados (our first time) and have someone else do all the cooking! Although the house is quiet until the May long weekend, we always try to do our spring cleaning, both inside and out before […]
Editor: The last straw (plastic and proverbial) for me was a video going around the internet of a sea turtle hopelessly tangled in some kind of plastic netting, the kind that holds everything from potatoes to firewood to onions and avocados. A kind man was desperately trying to free the poor [...]
Five landscape architectural firms were invited in early May to submit a design concept for the Creemore Village Green. The community’s wish list for this space was clearly expressed in the Design Brief and Report by small, the consulting form that led the public consultation, and provided the [...]
Editor: I agree with Deputy Mayor Barry Burton’s comments in last week’s Echo. The old TD building is too valuable to be demolished for green space. Creemore has sufficient green space with several parks and attractions in the village. The community would benefit if the building was used to [...]
As The Creemore Echo enters into its annual subscription drive, we wish to express our continuing gratitude to our dedicated readers and advertisers. It is often pointed out to us that this community is stronger because of its newspaper. We don’t mind tooting our own horn here because it is [...]
Editor: After 16 years of Liberal financial mismanagement in the province what do you expect? Ask yourself, your neighbour and the person you have a beer with Friday evening, how much interest does the province pay each month on its long term debt, well it is 1 Billion Dollars and that is a [...]
Editor: The cancellation of inter-library loans by Doug Ford due to the provincial funding cut to the Southern Ontario Library Service (SOLS) is another grim and dark reality of what his government thinks about the needs and education of the general population. Do we believe that Doug Ford is [...]
