> Check out the full catalogue for McNally House’s auction Pgs. 7-10 > Grimsby adopts recount guidelines Pg. 2 > West Lincoln set to approve 4.8% budget increase Pg. 3 > Be.Brave.Badge helps child cancer fundraising Pg. 5 Thursday, March 22, 2018 Vol. 6 Issue 46
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Up Front Put Bach in your weekend Vineland United Church will host a Bach to Brahms and Beyond concert this Friday night, March 23, starting at 7 p.m. Tickets are available at the door for $10 each, with proceeds to McNally House. Awardwinning pianist Luis Molina will be the featured performer. The church is located at 4402 Victoria Ave.
St. Helen hosts ham roll
Doors open at 6 p.m. for St. Helen Church’s Ham Roll this Friday. Admission is free for this licensed event with doors opening at 6 p.m. The action starts at 7 p.m. There will be 60 draws for hams and turkeys, a 50/50 and more. For more information contact St. Helen Church at 905-562-7427.
NewsNow reno update
Two-plus weeks in and likely two more weeks to go is the prognosis for renovations underway at NewsNow’s 49 Main St. office. The office remains open regular hours – 9 a.m.-5 p.m. with access via the rear entrance.
It’s hammer time!
(L to R) Auctioneer Ken Sheward, along with McNally House Hospice’s Amanda Black and Pamela Blackwood, are ready for this Saturday’s eighth annual “What’s In Your Attic?” auction. Please turn to Pages 6-10 for details and a catalogue of all the available items.
Grimsby moves on hospital corridor plan By Mike Williscraft NewsNow Grimsby council has approved proceeding with a $100,000 hospital corridor study. Ald. Steve Berry, who chairs the Planning Committee, said the study, approved by council Monday night, will give the Town a baseline of detail on
which to plan commercial intensification along Main Street East between Nelles Road and West Lincoln Memorial Hospital. The study, with costs shared 50/50 with Niagara Region, gets underway later this month with the first public input session – a visioning workshop –
planned for early May. “We don’t want developers to come in and say, ‘This is what we want to do’, and we’re not ready for it,” said Berry, adding one of the deliverables will be establishment of intensification plans. “We want the public to be involved. We want the public in-
volved in the public planning process. This plan was first discussed in fall 2016 with terms of reference being established with an eye to qualifying for the regional Smarter Niagara lncentive Program. The proposed project plan involves three phases and includes
extensive public consultation through meetings and focus groups with the project steering committee, local property, business owners, and stakeholder groups; a visioning workshop open to members of the public; a public open house; and finally, a statutory See CORRIDOR, Page 2