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April 26, 2018

Gravel pit operator offers concessions

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Halton Crushed Stone (HCS) is offering new concessions in its bid to get town council approval for a gravel pit expansion just south of Eri...
April 19, 2018

School closure process on hold

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The public school board has put the brakes on a process that could have studied the possibility of closing Ross R. MacKay School in Hillsbu...

Mixed messages on Erin wastewater cost sharing

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Residents who will not get wastewater service for their homes continue to get conflicting messages about whether they will have to help pay...

Train stations remembered as community hubs

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As published in Sideroads Magazine In the railroad boom of the late 1800s, four companies built an ambitious web of steel among villages...
April 12, 2018

Citizen scientists needed for healthy soil project

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The Soil Health Coalition chapter in Erin is recruiting citizen scientists and local farmers to help measure key attributes of local soil, ...

Extra $604,000 for Town of Erin well drilling

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The search for new municipal water just got a lot more expensive, with Erin town council allocating up to $604,000 for at least two more we...

Erin dips into reserves for unbudgeted costs

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The Town of Erin will use reserve funds to cover an operating deficit of $62,924 for 2017, plus an unbudgeted total of $693,388 to complete...

LOOKING BACK – Erin soldier gassed

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From the Advocate – 100 years ago (1918) Erin soldier gassed The Toronto Star of Wednesday last contains the photo of R.E. Speers, who ...

Major expansion planned at Cheltenham Badlands

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A long-term plan to expand trails and parking facilities at the Cheltenham Badlands could allow a high volume of tourists to safely view th...
April 05, 2018

Erin gets wastewater pep talk

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The Town of Erin got an enthusiastic endorsement of the benefits of developing a wastewater system, from a similar community that is “now d...

Lack of trust holding town back

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As the Town of Erin prepares to embark on a major expansion, it needs to deal with a chronic lack of trust between the municipal corporatio...
March 29, 2018

Erin council remuneration totals $120,062

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Remuneration for Erin town council members totaled $120,062 in 2017, according to an annual report by Director of Finance Ursula D’Angelo. ...

Town gets $1.5 million for Hillsburgh bridge project

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The Town of Erin has received a $1.5 million provincial grant that will cover more than half the cost of rebuilding the Station Street brid...