Staying Informed

Communication is an important part of providing service to Township residents. At the Township, we have several ways for people to stay up to date and informed about Township services and activities.

Website:

On the website's homepage, there is a "Latest Updates!" area that contains the most recent items added to the website. This area also contains links to the latest Council minutes and agenda. For more information on the stories go here or, from the homepage, click on "View all Latest Updates".

Keep Me Informed:

This is our email news distribution system. The stories here are usually the same as the ones offered on the website's Latest Updates Page, but they're delivered right to your inbox!

To subscribe, simply send an email to: kmi@twp.ezt.on.ca and tell us you want to sign up. If you have more than one email account or have a data enabled phone, feel free to add that address as well. We promise not to share your address with anyone and we will only send out information that we believe is related to municipal activities or beneficial to the community. If you have any questions about the service, feel free to contact the Township.

RSS:

RSS (or "Really Simple Syndication") is a way for people to keep up with us on their own schedule. By using one of many "feed aggregators" a selection of news stories can be delivered right to your desktop or homepage.

Many news companies (including well-known ones like CBC and BBC) offer "feeds" of their content; and it's something that we think will only get more popular. You can subscribe to our news feed at http://feeds.twp.ezt.on.ca/tezt using a feed aggregator of your choice.

Sample headlines from the feed:

Newsletter:

The EaZy Talk newsletter is published four times a year by the Township. It is mailed to every home and business in the Township, so chances are you've already received one.

Stories include messages from the different departments, timely safety messages (for example, in the September 2007 issue there was a section on back to school safety), a message from the mayor, contact information and much more.

Besides being mailed out, it is available at the Township Office, Tavistock Arena and it is made available on our website at this location.

Events Listings:

We do our best to stay up to date on events happening within the community, and put them on our events listing page. We put events up as soon as we get them, so check back if you're ever looking for details on a community event. If you have a community event you would like added, you can send the event details to the Township.

Hickson and Tavistock Firehall Signs:

The roadside signs located at the Hickson and Tavistock Firehalls are used to communicate important Fire Safety messages throughout the year. The Township is required by the Fire Marshall's Office to provide Fire Prevention and Education information and this is one of several methods to do so. The signs are also used from time to time for other important community events.

Newspaper Advertising:

The Township typically advertises certain events and notices in the Woodstock Sentinel Review and the Tavistock Gazette. On occasion other newspapers such as the Stratford Beacon Herald, New Hamburg Independent and Ayr News may be used as well. Due to the cost with newspaper advertising, and the fact that coverage is quite focused it is used only as required. As well, not all notices and items listed on the website and through other electronic means will be advertised in the newspapers.

Radio:

Occasionally the Township will use Radio Stations to communicate important information to Township residents. Typically these messages will be emergency situations, roads closures or other situations that require getting a message out quickly. The Township would typically use 104.7 Heart FM, 1280 AM CJCS, 96.7 FM CHYM and 92.9 FM BX93.

Contact Us:

Of course, you can always contact staff or Councillors directly if you require information. Contact information for Councillors is available here, while contact information for the staff is located here.

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