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Remembering Dave Nelson

Community honours “common sense” reeve with tractor parade

by ATKINSON S
Published in January 2021 - Page 21

There’s an empty chair in the coffee shop this morning. In fact, with his retirement last year and passing in August, there’s a void throughout Peterborough County.

Dave Nelson was the elected reeve of Otonabee-South Monaghan for 37 years. His influence so great, his reach so far, says Jim Glenn, that he was rarely opposed on the election ballot.

Just let that sink in. That any politician could so satisfy the fickle voter over a

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