Vol. 10 No. 47
YOUR COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER COVERING NORTH DURHAM
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2013
Editorial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Sports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Entertainment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Classifieds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Uxbridge Council talking tourism
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UXBRIDGE: A presentation to council this week geared at generating additional tourism to the township led to one councillor questioning continued spending on attempts to bring in visitors. “What do we get from tourism?” asked Ward 2 Councillor Pat Molloy on the heels of a presentation from Conrad Boyce, a mainstay of the Uxbridge arts community. Councillor Molloy went on to pose a challenge of sorts to local businesses to take on more of a leadership role in aiding township tourism projects. “(The township’s) revenues are based on property taxes, not profits at businesses,” added Councillor Molloy. “I don’t see business putting any money into tourism, and they benefit the most from it. If we are spending more on tourism, I want to see business matching it.” Mr. Boyce’s presentation included several comparisons between Uxbridge and Cobourg and the increased tourism dollars taken in by the county seat of Northumberland County, which sits along Hwy. 401 as well as the shores of Lake Ontario.
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CRAFTY CHRISTMAS: Local artist Deborah Colston shows some photos of her sold artwork to Karen O’Leary on Nov. 16, at the Christmas Crafts Show held at Trinity United Church in Uxbridge. The show was one of many held in recent weeks throughout North Durham in the lead-up to the holidays. ZACHARY GRECO Special to The Standard
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SCUGOG: Following a petition and appearance by residents of a Nestleton neighbourhood, Scugog Council will consider repairs to another local road in the upcoming 2014 municipal budget process, a request that raised the possibility of municipal debentures to fund such projects. Residents of St. Christopher’s Beach Rd. appeared before council on Monday evening (Nov. 18), requesting the township to consider repairing the road in the coming year. Councillors later moved to refer the repairs to be considered in planning next year’s municipal budget, which will get underway next month. According to one resident, the road’s condition often results in vehicles getting stuck in mud and damage to cars, while residents looking to jog or bike cannot do so in their neighbourhood and must drive out to Regional Rd. 57. “Our frustration is that for the most part we have a cottage access road that doesn’t meet township bylaw standards,” said St. Christopher’s Beach Rd. resident Andre Lauzon, speaking on behalf of the neighbourhood. “The area is residential and occupied by year-round residents who don’t have proper access to Regional Rd. 57…. We’re not asking for curbs, sewers and water, just a properly constructed road.” According to Mr. Lauzon, the regular grading of the road (which he said has taken place four times since Oct. 1) has not solved the problem, requesting a reconstruction of the road instead. Responding to council inquiries, Public Works Director Ian Roger said that the worst stretch of St. Christopher’s Beach Rd. near Colwell Circle rates 71 out of 230 on the township’s roads needs list, and would cost approximately $250,000 to reconstruct. Two other stretches of the road rate 172 and 203 on the list. TURN TO PAGE 5
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