Minto council gave final approval to its 2017 budget at its meeting on Tuesday.
The budget will add 1.2% to the levy paid by local ratepayers.
When the county and school levy is added in, the total increase will go up to 2.2%.
Ratepayers with a home assessed at $215,000 will see an extra $65 on their tax bill.
In hopes of raising awareness of the help available to sexual violence survivors, a local crisis centre has handed out stickers to over 200 businesses.
Three people are facing charges after separate incidents took place over the long weekend.
Conor Allin is officially running again, this time in Ward 8, which covers people in the southern part of Chatham.
The Toronto Blue Jays snapped the Astros' six-game winning streak with a 3-1 win in Houston Monday night.
The Toronto Blue Jays lost 5-1 to the St. Louis Cardinals in MLB action on Sunday.
A multi-million dollar Chatham fraud trial begins this week.
