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Last July, the town council voted to dismantle Shelburne s police force after 141 years. Shelburne Mayor Wade Mills said the decision came down to dollars and cents. It got to the point where the town could not afford to continue to provide what the service needed to operate functionally. Unfortunately, that s a sad reality facing small communities across the province. The OPP hired every member of the Shelburne Police who applied for a position with the force. The mayor said the newly-hired provincial police officers would attend the OPP academy in Orillia and then be back in the town they ve grown to know over the years. So the faces won t change. The arm patches will.
December 23, 2020 · 0 Comments
By: Paula Brown
Shelburne Town Council has held their final meeting for the year, and Mayor Wade Mills spoke with the Free Press, reflecting on the local council’s role through 2020.
“In a word the year has been challenging, it was very early March when [we] were confronted with the pandemic on a local level and almost overnight everything changed,” said Mills. “We’ve had to be pretty nimble and flexible since, when it comes to how we’ve proceeded, what that’s meant is a number of plans that we had in place for 2020 had to be set aside.”
December 17, 2020 · 0 Comments
By: Paula Brown,
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The results are in, and Julian Samuels has become the winner of the Town of Shelburne’s Deck the Doors contest.
Samuels, co-owner of local event planning business Paradise Hills Banquet Services, placed first in the contest after receiving more than 800 community votes. As the winner of the community contest she was award a $100 gift certificate for the African Caribbean Grocery Stores on Monday (Dec. 14), which was presented to her by Mayor Wade Mills and Deputy Mayor Steve Anderson.
“Thank you for coming out to support my local business Paradise Hills Banquet Services, it takes a lot to win but I came out victorious,” said Samuels. “I am so grateful.”