>Downtown Grimsby amped up with new chargers in place Pg. 19 > West Niagara Fair rocks! Pg. 10 > Take a pie in the face, see why Pg. 15 > Festival of Art: new spot, no problem Pg. 23 Thursday, September 11, 2014 Vol. 3 Issue 20
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Hundreds tour wood lot, sign petition to stop road extension
Up Front Kids’ dance for a cure Friday night
Get your dancing shoes on and come out to support finding a cure for cystic fibrosis. Michael Urbshas, 11, of Grimsby was diagnosed with CF four years ago. He and his family are working to raise funds to find a cure. The dance is for Grades 4-8 and will take place at the Peach King Centre, Friday, Sept. 12 from 7-10 p.m. Wrist bands sold at the door for $8; pizza, $1, pop $1, chips 50 cents.
Librarian marks 25 years Celebrate Veronika Reiser’s 25th anniversary at Lincoln Public Library. Come to the meeting room of the Moses F. Rittenhouse Library, today, Thursday Sept. 11, anytime between 2-4 p.m. Veronika started working Sept. 11, 1989 at the old Vineland library on First Avenue when the library shared space with the tennis club.
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More than 325 people toured the Irish family grove woodlot last Saturday, among them the West family, Samantha, one-and-ahalf, dad John and mom Cree Tylee, who picked up a sign for their yard. The woodlot is in danger of being impacted by a Niagara Region proposal to extend Livingston Avenue.
By Katherine Grant For NewsNow Well over 300 people toured the Irish family grove wood lot last Saturday. Most of the visitors questioned the need for a Livingston Avenue extension when improvements are needed to Hwy. 8. “They were also very pleased to come out and see the significance of this woodlot,” said Bruce Mackenzie, who is helping lead the charge to stop the extension. “We were really pleased with the suport. It was beyond
our expectations.” More than 600 signatures are now on the petition which will be presented to Niagara Region. It is the region that is proposing the extension. The next step in the effort to keep the woodlot intact is to contact Niagara Region to find out if a date has been set for the public consultation. “The region has not released the date yet,” said Mackenzie. The open house included a barbecue courtesy of M&M Meats in Grimsby. It raised $710 for FORT.
Vineland CIP takes next step at Lincoln Council By Mike Williscraft NewsNow The overhauls of Lincnoln’s commercial cores took another step forward with the Town’s Planning Committee putting its stamp of approval on the next step of a Community Improvement Plan for Vineland at its meeting Monday night. That step was to receive a report detailing an overview of the program and to have
staff prepared to compile a detailed report once all supporting agencies have had an opportunity to provide input. “We put the Beamsville CIP in place in 2011. It has encouraged many businesses to make substantive changes to the facades of their buildings, making the downtown area look and feel upbeat,” said Ald. Rob Foster, chair of Lincoln’s Planning Committee.
“We have been very pleased to receive three or four grant requests per year since we’ve put this in place, and from my discussion with business owners, they are very pleased with the program.” The work in Vineland is expected to have a major impact on the commercial core as work will go far beyond facade improvements, noted Mayor Bill Hodgson. “The time is right to ad-
dress issues in Vineland because a complete reconstruction of King Street including all new sidewalks, curbs, street hardware, possible burying of overhead wires, etc., is pending. We want to have a funded program in place to support the kind of new investment that a rebuilt CBD (commercial business district) in Vineland will attract,” said Mayor Hodgson. See CIP, Page 2