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Up Front Fiddling for Rose Cottage Canadian fiddle champ Scott Woods and his band present “Fiddling in the key of...Eh?” this Saturday, March 28 at 7 p.m. at Providence Christian Reformed Church in Beamsville. The church is located at 4845 King St. Woods presents an incredible live show celebrating great Canadian fiddling styles, step dancing and trick fiddling. Proceeds will support Rose Cottage Visiting Volunteers. Tickets are $25 for adults and $10 children. Call toll free to order by phone: 1-855-726-8896. Tickets are also available at the Rose Cottage office, 265 Main St. E., Suite 204.
Legion hosts breakfast Smithville Legion Branch 393 will host an all-you-can-eat breakfast this Sunday, March 29 from 8 a.m. noon. Scrambled eggs, bacon, sausage, pancakes and more will be availabe – all freshly made.
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Jeff Pidsadny is the designer and artist behind the Grimsby Secondary School soaring eagles mural. He painted it in the school year 1989-90 and was back last week to touch it up and recall how the painting, with the encouragement of his art teacher, launched his career. With him are his daughter Maddie, left and niece Brianna McGrath. See Page 5 for story. Grant -
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Beamsville Tim’s takes another step By Katherine Grant NewsNow The Tim Hortons proposed for the corner of Alyssa Drive and Ontario Street in Beamsville moved a step closer to becoming a reality after Town of Lincoln’s Committee of Adjustment gave the green light to a minor variance to the plan Tuesday night. The design for the coffee shop, complete with double drive-thru, has been significantly modified since being turned down at an Ontario Municipal Board hearing in January 2014 for being “too large” for the site.
But the modifications did little to appease the neighbours whose homes abut the site. There were only a few empty seats in council chambers and a number of those present voiced their objections about the coffee shop to the committee. “I would probably not have bought if I had known it was going in there,” said retiree Rod Sinnott. “This was to be our last home and we wanted it to be as close to our dream home as our budget would allow. Is Mr. (Gabe) DeSantis going to refund the $10,000 I paid for a premium lot?”
The Town of Lincoln has already accepted the donation of a small strip of land fronting on Ontario street for a “gateway” sign. This creates an Alyssa Drive frontage for the property. John Ariens, planning consultant for Homes by DeSantis, said the new plans address the four issues noted during the OMB hearing, “that it was too large, too close and too noisy and there wasn’t enough parking,” Ariens told the committee. There is still a double drive-thru but the building has been reduced from 139
sq. m. to 67 sq. m. of floor space. “We have significantly increased the amount of landscaping to soften and screen the site from neighbours,” said Ariens. Neighbours expressed concerns about noise and traffic congestion. Ariens noted a drive thru is an approved use of the site according to its commercial zoning designation. “This is a permitted commercial use that meets all tests of the Planning Act,” said Ariens. He also noted there is See TIMS, Page 3