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A special “soft opening was hosted at Grimsby Museum Aug. 21 with scores of family and friends of those connected to the Grimsby Homebuilding Cooperative on hand. A special exhibit
saluting the 60-year anniversary of the project opened at the museum that day. Some travelled from across Ontario and from as far as Washington State for the event. See full story Page 8.
By Mike Williscraft NewsNow Lincoln is now connected to the centre of the universe, aka Toronto, thanks to a GO bus link which was offiicially launched Saturday, Sept. 3. “We were an island before,” said Mayor Sandra Easton, when
Route 12 GO bus service, which currently runs between the Burlington GO ‘park and ride’ and the Niagara Falls bus terminal, will now stop at the ‘park and ride’ at Queen Elizabeth Way and Ontario Street in Lincoln. Buses will run seven days a week and will be timed to meet with GO train ser-
Lincoln gets GO-ing describing the municipality’s lack of transportation connection to either the GTA or other Niagara centres. “We knew it was coming, but we didn’t know when. The feedback has been all extremely positive. Word spread like wildfire through the community.”
vice at Burlington GO Station. “This new bus service will help our residents move around the region, including to Brock University and Niagara College, and will also connect us to Hamilton and the Greater Golden Horseshoe,” said Easton. See GO, Page 3