>Local historical archives ready for showcase week, Pg. 6-7 >Music, hot dogs and Easter Eggs Pg. 9 > Grimsby Kin hunt back in rose garden Pg. 10 > Good Samaritan restores faith Pg. 15 Thursday, March 31, 2016 Vol. 4 Issue 43
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Citizens of the Year named
Alan Goddard and Cara Lozano have been named Grimsby’s Youth Citizen and Citizen of The Year respectively by the Grimsby & District Chamber of Commerce. The awards will be handed out at the Chamber’s gala dinner May 18 at Liuna Gardens. Call 905-9458319 for tickets, which are $60 each.
Micallef resigns
West Lincoln Coun. Alex Micallef resigned his post at Tuesday’s meeting of council. Citing a need to spend more time with his family, Micallef told council he needed to step aside. Council will now decide whether to nominate a successor or go through a byelection for the Ward 3 post.
WL gets 5% tax increase
West Lincoln Council approved a 5.02 per cent 2016 tax increase at its meeting Tuesday night. This represents an increase of $47.51 on a home with an assessed value of $309,532. The budget includes a $920,000 item to replace the bridge on South Grimsby Road 6.
Two-year-old Emma Wickenden leads the charge of Easter egg hunters at West Lincoln’s packed Leisureplex building on Good Friday. An overflow crowd turned out. For more photos, please see Page 8. Williscraft - Photo
West Lincoln EcoDev plan laid out By Mike Williscraft NewsNow West Lincoln council had a consultant lay out a blueprint for future economic development Tuesday night, now they need a plan to execute the plan. “We’ve got a good road map. Now we
have to establish our priorities,” said Coun. Joanne Chechalk. “We’ve been working on this three years. We need to open our doors to people who can drive economic development but we have to decide what we want and what we
don’t want.” The mission statement of the project: “To develop a diversified economy through strategic action, collaboration and community engagement.” To achieve that, council agreed to adopt several key ini-
tiatives outlined in the 24-page plan. Among them: • invest in economic development, which could mean partnerships with Grimsby, Lincoln and/or Wainfleet, as well as hiring an ED officer; • Become ‘invest ready’
• Develop a land and building inventory, and; • Create a memorandum of understanding with Niagara Region. As well, there was also a series of priorities set out. Among the priorities:
See PLAN, Page 3