>Kinsmen Club of Grimsby celebrates 50th anniversary, Pgs 15-18 >WL Council gives itself $40K benefit package Pg. 7 > Grimsby citizens of year profiled Pgs. 8-9 > WL home show this weekend Pg. 31 Thursday, April 28, 2016 Vol. 4 Issue 47
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Up Front Byelection for WL seat
Hat Trick winner!
West Lincoln council has opted to have a byelection to fill the seat at its table vacated when Ward 3’s Alex Micallef resigned in March. The decision was made at Monday’s council meeting. Council had an option to appoint a replacement. No date has been set for the byelection.
Robert Havens of Grimsby was one happy camper when he came to collect his Hat Trick Hockey grand prize from prize sponsor Rein Knol of Grimsby Hyundai. Robert, who is in the midst of finishing his postsecondary studies, opted for a cash payout and plans to go to a World Cup of Hockey game in Toronto in the fall.
Love Letters takes to stage Star Makers production of Love Letters will be presented at the Grimsby Activity Centre. The show runs April 29-30 and May 1 all at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $12 each, $15 for nonmembers, for the John Ripley directed production.
Prioritization key to transit development
Grimsby tennis Mobility has become an essential need, syposium crowd hears club opens Tennis enthusiasts take note, Grimsby Tennis Club is set to open for the season this Saturday. From 10:30 a.m. - 3 p.m. new members are welcome to sign up. The club is located adjacent to Sobeys behind the Grimsby Activity Centre (formerly the Seniors Centre.
By Mike Williscraft NewsNow Transit systems are a significant cost to municipalities which operate them, but they are a necessary cost, say Town of Bradford officials. Arup Mukherjee and Adam Alessandrini took those in attendance through
a detailed overview of how their municipality developed and implemented a comprehensive transit program. “Local transit will never make money,” said Muhkerjee, but he emphasized there is great difficulty in putting a pricetag on filling
the essential need of mobility to see family, shop and access work or medical appointments to certain vulnerable sectors of society such as the elderly or youth. About 55 people were attended a transit symposium meeting last Thurs-
day at Grimsby’s town hall. Michael Seaman, Grimsby’s director of planning, said the presentation was exactly as billed, a comprehensive look at all that would be needed to implement a transit system. “It was an out-
standing overview of how a municipality similar to Grimsby can go from the idea of local transit to implementation and running a transit system,” said Seaman. “It was clear from their experience that they see greater See GRANT, Page 3