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YEAR IN REVIEW: 2024
March
-Paris’ newest street officially opened during a formal ribbon cutting ceremony. Iarocci Boulevard connects Consolidated Drive to Green Lane. This new road, which was a recommendation from the County of Brant’s Transportation Master Plan, will improve transportation in the area and support both local industry and the community
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-County of Brant Approves 2024 Budget with 8.7% Tax Increase. Acknowledging the concerns raised by residents regarding the tax increase, Mayor David Bailey assured them that the budget was thoroughly reviewed to maintain essential services and invest in the community's future.
-Read4BCHS raises $25,975 for pediatric care with the James F. Boughner Foundation graciously matching up to $10,000 of the donations. The top group fundraiser for the event was Casa A from Montessori Children’s Academy (MCA), Paris who raised $1,085 together as a class.
-It’s official, the County has released the names of the 2024 Brant County Sports Hall of Fame inductees: the 1994-1995 Paris District High School Senior Boys’ Basketball (Team), Ronald Hampson (Athlete), Steve Fergus (Builder of Sport) and Richard Ward (Athlete) and Don Henderson from Brant West.
-After 10 months of discussion with passionate pleas on both sides of the argument, in a narrow 6-5 margin, members of the planning committee voted against allowing backyard chickens in the County of Brant
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Demolition of the former Walker Press Building begins. The new owners, who purchased the property in 2023, consulted with the Brant Heritage Committee, who did not recommend the building for a heritage act designation, thus allowing the property owners to proceed with demolition.
One of the hardest things to do in curling is to score a perfect end - an 8ender as they call it. Requiring a perfect mix of skill and luck, it is accomplished when one team scores points with all 8 of their rocks thrown. It is so rare in fact, that in the 180-year history of the Paris Curling Club, there have only been 19 recorded 8-Enders - until March 2024 when two teams, in back-to-back weeks, recorded an eight ender. Congratulations goes to the team of Cassie Easton, Linda Vivian, Ashley McCarthy, and skip Dan Tully (pictured above) as well as Jamie & Michelle Gilles, and Bryan & Tara Maude for making the eight-ender wall of fame!
