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Council to consider Pinewood School rezoning carefully

Council to consider Pinewood School rezoning carefully

By Chris Marchand 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 Pinewood School to accommodate a [...]

Four candidates step forward for council byelection

By Chris Marchand Former city councillor Mike Wood’s vacant seat on Dryden City Council is proving to be a sought-after post. Thus far, four local candidates have officially filed the prescribed forms for nomination in the [...]

Don’t stop talking now, Dryden

By Chris Marchand I think the fact that four people have stepped forward as candidates for a single vacant seat on city council is awfully impressive. While it may be shortsighted to say that this city [...]

OBSERVER POLL: Should the city sell DMTS?

OBSERVER POLL: Should the city sell DMTS?

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 great deal of [...]

Hiring freeze in 2011 draft city budget

Three positions will not be filled if the fifth and current draft of the 2011 City of Dryden operating budget is passed by council. Two new positions the city was looking at were a full time [...]

Cooper Park plan revives sculpture debate

Park to be acknowledged as traditional First Nations meeting area Cooper Park in Dryden will have a new, official designation.  The section of the river from Cooper Park to the Riverview Lodge will be officially acknowledged [...]

Budget passes

After five draft budgets and little resolution to the problem of a $1.1 million taxation shortfall, Dryden city council passed a deficit budget last week, including a 3.9 per cent tax increase for the residential and [...]

Engineers discuss arena renovation project

There may not be the money to do it yet, but this week city council and the public got a closer look than ever before at what architects and design engineers have in the plans for [...]

Solar project moves ahead

City selects Johnson Controls as proponent for 10 MW photovoltaic park The City of Dryden is moving ahead with plans to enter the renewable energy game. Council convened at a special meeting, June 22, passing a [...]