> Rough weather does not dampen Christmas spirits at Miracle on King / Pg 20 > Grimsby council ponders $250K transportation buy-in Pg 3 > Lincoln approves 5.99% budget increase Pg 5 > GSS earns gridiron supremacy Pg 7 Thursday, December 19, 2019 Vol. 8 Issue 33
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Young and old alike turned out in droves last Thursday night to help with sorting donations to Grimsby Benevolent Fund’s Hamper Program. Food
Circ: 26,529
and toys were sorted, then assembled into hampers and delivered to homes in need. For more coverage, please turn to Page 8. Marks - Photo
Concessions defrost some of development’s chill By Mike Williscraft NewsNow Somewhat of a white flag soothed some, but not all, at last week’s public meeting regarding a proposed development at 133
Main St. E. in Grimsby. A crowd at the public meeting which filled town hall to capacity - doors were locked at 5:55 p.m. - heard a consultant for the Homes By DeSantis proposal
for the property at Main Street East and Nelles Road outline several concessions from its initial proposal. • Instead of five storeys, design has been reduced to four;
• 148 units have been reduced to 137; • There would be 305 sq m of commercial space, and; • The number of parking spaces would be reset to 210 with
the vast majority underground, 32 above. “We have proposed several modifications,” said consultant John Ariens, adding a key one for many. “At our own pub-
lic meeting, there was skepticism that a house that old (as the Grout Nelles House at the site) could be relocated....We will retain it where it is.” See CONDO, Page 2