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Injunction dismissed VPS demolished after stop-work order quashed The fate of Vineland Public School’s 1895 building was sealed Monday with the Ontario Superior Court’s ruling that work on Twenty Valley Public School could resume immediately. On Monday, July 20, Justice Richard Lococo dismissed Brett House’s application for the extension of an injunction preventing work on the 1895 portion of the former Vineland Public School building. In dismissing the application, Justice Lococo stated that if the injunction order was granted, it would have been highly likely that students in the Town of Lincoln would have had nowhere to go come the first day of school. “Yesterday afternoon the Ontario Superior Court ruled against our motion to the extend the
temporary injunction against demolition of Vineland’s historic 1895 oneroom school house that the Court issued on Tuesday, July 7th,” noted House. “As a result, we have ended our related application for judicial review of the earlier decisions rendered by the Town of Lincoln and the Province of Ontario against designation of the school house as an official municipal or provincial heritage site.” Chair of the District School Board of Niagara’s Board of Trustees Sue Barnett said the Board is pleased with the ruling. “Students, their families and the community have been anticipating this new school ever since the conclusion of the ARC in 2013. Our number one
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Wing dinger of a day
The sun provided a perfect summer weekend for Lincoln Rotary Club’s Wing Ding jazz and blues festival. The park was packed for three days of good eating and great music. Among those digging in were: Back (L to R) Aidan Seggie, Nolan Reed and Liam Reed. Front (L to R) are Maddy Reed and Alyssa Seggie. Grant-Photo
Biodigester grants now in jeopardy By Mike Williscraft NewsNow While the provincial government has rejected a grant submission for Grimsby’s biodigester, the Town has approved a full guarantee for the project’s price tag for construction. At council’s meeting Monday, a $4.5 million loan guarantee was approved for the Grimsby Energy project being bulit on Sobie Road. “We’re trying to convince the province to reverse,” said Ald. Steve Berry, adding provincial officials rejected the application saying they have done their share by buying the hydro generated through the FIT (Feed-In
Tariff) program already. The 20-year FIT contract will generate about $20 million for the Town. Hydro officials have not released an operating budget for the biodigester project. Niagara West Glanbrook MP Dean Allison said the delays caused by the province rejecting the grant application have jeopardized federal monies, too. “These are supposed to be third, third, third funding formulas. It will be a hard sell, and time is running out, if the province does not come through,” said Allison. Berry said a final decision should be soon.