> Auxiliary, Santa pack ’em in a Peach King Centre, Pg. 8 > Fantasy of Trees Wraps up Pg. 5 > Ram Jam helps Second Stage Pg. 6 > Pee Wee Peach Kings tourney champs Pg. 10 Thursday, December 14, 2017 Vol. 6 Issue 32
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Casablanca Inn sold “Iconic” condo towers coming By Mike Williscraft NewsNow The Casablanca Winery Inn has been sold. The inn will soon have twin towers as its neighbours when plans for two condominium towers are finalized, said John Mehlenbacher, partner at The Rosseau Group, the site’s new owners. “We plan to have the two tallest towers in Grimsby. The Town has said they would like to see an iconic building. What we think we have designed is what the Town wants,” said Mehlenbacher. See CONDO, Page 2
No fiddling on this roof
An early morning fire on Sunday did about $100,000 damage to a home at 5137 Acres Trace in the northwest corner of Beamsville off Lincoln Avenue. No injuries were reported. The call came into Lincoln fire just after 7:30 a.m. and took firefighters about an hour to get it under contol. Photo courtesy Ally Hendriks.
Up Front BT hosts concert Friday Blessed Trinity will host its annual Christmas concert Friday night. The theme for this year’s event is, “Christmas Memories”. Admission to the concert is $7 or $5 with a canned good. Children under 12 are by donation only. The concert gets underway at BT, located at 145 Livingston Ave., starting at 7 p.m.
Closed session recording issue goes deeper By Mike Williscraft NewsNow Grimsby Mayor Bob Bentley says the issue of recording devices being confiscated and a reporter being expelled from Niagara Region headquarters goes even deeper than that serious matter. Addressing the issue which arose at last Thursday’s regional council meeting, Bentley said after Monday night’s Grimsby Finance and Administration meeting
that regional council has dire issue with its own confidentiality and adherence to regional procedures. Regarding the confiscation of electronic devices and ouster of St. Catharines Standard reporter Bill Sawchuk, Bentley said he agreed with the actions taken by regional staff. “From our side, I think they acted responsibly at the time,” said Bentley, who noted the matter was dealt with by staff
as regional council considered it closed session matter. Grimsby Reg. Coun. Tony Quirk said he also agreed with staff’s decisions, but drew the line at expelling Sawchuk. “I agree with the decision of staff to secure all electronic equipment to ensure nothing in closed session was recorded. I agree that person responsible for attempting to leave a recorder on while See REGION, Page 3