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Tax issues dominate council meeting BY ASHLEY ESPINOZA Staff Reporter
Answers and statistics regarding the number of residents taxed at urban and rural rates north of Highway 401 were brought to light during Tuesday’s regular Greater Napanee council meeting. Mark Day, Greater Napanee director of finance, presented council with a report detailing urban and rural taxation and services. Council then moved to hold a public meeting in a few months to discuss taxation with the public. Day’s report dealt only with properties north of Highway 401, along County Rd. 41, Community Road, Vanluven Road, Frisk Road, Kimmett’s Side Road, and Goodyear Road, which included 125 properties. Day’s report stated that out of those 125 properties, 99 are urban and 26 are rural. Further, there are 56 properties not on water and sewer that are being taxed at the urban rate, and 26 — also not on water and sewer — being taxed the rural rate. Day said his report aimed to answer questions brought to the Town of Greater Napanee regarding taxation and services in that area. “The question was: the number of properties on Vanluven Road area of the town not on water and sewer services that
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From left, Napanee Raiders players (from left) Michael Parr, Josh Murphy and Cameron Parr delivered lunch to June Lakins, pictured above, as part of the Meals on Wheels program. Lakins has been a Raiders fan since the team began in 1989. The players were on hand to help mark Meals on Wheels week, which was celebrated across Canada.
Construction to start on health centre BY ASHLEY ESPINOZA Staff Reporter
Construction for a new, permanent Napanee Area Community Health Centre began this week — a project that has been about a decade in the making. Kingston Community Health Centres hosted a kick-off event on Tuesday to celebrate the construction phase, which will take about two years to complete. The new NACHC will be located in the former No Frills grocery store lot, located at 26 Dundas St. West.
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“It’s been certainly a long time coming and I’m probably as happy as anybody here to get the demolition of the old No Frills building underway and the construction of the new Napanee Area Community Health Centre started in the very near future,” said Stafford Murphy, director of operations at Kingston Community Health Centres, during Tuesday’s event at the future site. Shirley Boston, a Greater Napanee resident who also serves on the board of directors for KCHC, said the board has put a lot of time and effort into ensuring Greater Napanee community can have the health centre it deserves.
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“This is a big day for us. We have been waiting for it for a long, long time and it’s hard to believe that it’s finally happening,” Boston said on Tuesday, before taking a sledgehammer to the side of the old No Frills building, initiating construction. “It is my hope that this community health centre will not only address the illnesses in this community but also the nonmedical issues that are so significant to our health and well-being,” Boston added, saying that she is hopeful for future growth at the NACHC.
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