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Town introducing enhanced leaf and yard waste collection

Leaf and yard waste to be collected every other Monday starting May 15 

The Town of St. Marys is making changes to curbside leaf and yard waste collection. Under the new program, leaf and yard waste will be picked up every other Monday from mid-May to mid-November. Collection dates will also fall on recycling weeks to make it easier for residents to remember the schedule. 

The changes aim to improve service levels by enhancing the frequency and convenience of leaf and yard waste collection....

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Town to transition to completely online bids&tenders process

Software demonstration will take place at Municipal Operations Centre on Monday, April 10

The Town of St. Marys is joining the Township of Perth South, as well as over 100 other municipalities, in the use of a new bids&tenders web portal that will eventually allow vendors to submit bids completely online. The Town of St. Marys section of the portal can be accessed at https://stmarys.bidsandtenders.ca.

This technology is being rolled out in two phases:

Phase One allows vendors to view, register and...

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St. Marys Museum seminar examines abandoned railway stations

Update: Due to high demand, this seminar has been moved to the St. Marys Friendship Centre (Multi-purpose Room), located at 317 James St S, St. Marys. 

Abandoned railway buildings and ways to reincorporate them into the community will be the topic of the next seminar at the St. Marys Museum. Heritage professional Laurence Grant will lead the seminar, which is happening on Thursday, April 20 at 7:00 p.m.

After a number of years working in the museum field, Grant is now the contract historian...

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Downtown traffic lights to be tested Thursday, April 6

Disruption
Downtown traffic lights will be tested

Date of disruption
Thursday, April 6

Locations
Intersections on Queen, Church, Wellington and Water Streets

Duration
8:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.

Additional information
Crews will complete annual timing and phasing tests of the traffic lights.
Ontario Provincial Police will be on site directing traffic manually during the test.

Contact
Kim Clifford | Public Works Coordinator
519-284-2340, ext. 213 | kclifford@town.stmarys.on.ca

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Library now accepting James MacRae Poetry Contest submissions

New category will celebrate Canada 150

The St. Marys Public Library is inviting writers of all ages to submit poems to its James MacRae Poetry Contest in April. First run in 2013, the contest is named after the pseudonym of John James MacDonald -- a well-known local poet and Library patron who retired in St. Marys in 1875. In previous years, the contest has received hundreds of submissions from local poets of all ages.

New this year is a special Canada 150 category for pieces inspired by our nation’s...

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