Editorial — 18 January 2012
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By Chris Marchand
Concerned taxpayers will soon get what they’ve long been calling for — a chance to look at the financial picture of the Dryden’s Municipal Telephone Service and Mobility ...
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A crowd of approximately 50 people spilled from council chambers into the corridors, May 15 as city officials hosted a public meeting on a controversial application to rezone ...
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Financial statements for the cellphone division of Dryden’s municipally owned telecom confirm that the company is in a difficult financial position, though Dryden Municipal Telephone System (DMTS) says ...
READ MOREThe city of Dryden posted the 2011 financial statements for the Dryden Municipal Telephone System and Dryden Mobility, Tuesday morning.
Click the links above to navigate to the financial statements.
The statements ...
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Though provincial cabinet ministers are snubbing the Dryden delegation at the annual Ontario Good Roads Association and Rural Ontario Municipal Association (ROMA) Conference in Toronto this week, Mayor ...
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In his 11 years on Dryden City Council, Brian Collins says he has never experienced a level of tension anywhere close to what he feels in council chambers ...
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After months of drafts and difficult decisions, Dryden City Council approved a final draft of the 2012 budget by a vote of 4-2.
Councillors Ken Moss, Mel Fisher, Martin ...
READ MOREIt’s encouraging to see the City of Dryden finally agree to engage citizens on the matter of urban deer sometime in the new year.
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EDITORIAL
Is it none of your business?
So this week’s hot-button poll issue was a bit of a stunt on our part.
Continually touted as a local taxpayer asset, I’ve always had a ...
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Dryden Rotary is hoping Domtar will release the lands on the south side (left) of the Roy Wilson Suspension Bridge, in order that they may create and maintain a ...
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Council to consider Pinewood School rezoning carefully
Mobility division taking losses, says financial statement
City posts DMTS financial statements
No ministerial meetings for delegation at Good Roads
Fractured: City council struggling to find common ground
Budget passed: staff struggle to maintain service levels
City not alone in solving deer problem
OBSERVER POLL: Should the city sell DMTS?
The bridge to somewhere?
About Author
Chris Marchand is a native of Dryden, Ontario. He served his first newspaper internship at The Dryden Observer in 1998 while attending journalism studies at Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops B.C. He's worked desks as both reporter and editor at the Fernie Free Press as well as filled the role of sports editor at the Cranbrook Daily Townsman. Marchand was named editor of the Dryden Observer in Aug. 2009.
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