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After a slight delay caused by heavy rain earlier in the summer, work on the reconstruction of sections of Wellington Street South and Victoria Street has begun.
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Judging of Teddy Bear Reunion parade entrants for best-decorated bike and/or wagon took place at the high-school parking lot Sunday before the parade. First place was won by Layla Rose and Chevy Siegner with their theme, Peace & Love. For more photos from the Teddy Bear Reunion, turn to page 3. Photo by Wendy Lamond
Stratford chamber of commerce announces Perth South’s Aaron Martin as new general manager By Galen Simmons The Stratford and District Chamber of Commerce has announced the appointment of Perth South’s Aaron Martin as its new general manager. Martin previously worked with the Western Fair District in London where he led the Grove Agri-Business Incubator and Accelerator, a position in which he supported agri-food businesses on the cutting edge of the industry. “The incubator; I like to think of it like
the AirBnB of commercial kitchen spaces,” Martin said. “There are four spaces for companies that have a great product, but they may not have the financial literacy, track record or even the regulatory literacy, so we build them up, get their track record up and going, get those companies to the point where they can kind of get their own brick-and-mortar place or possibly to the next step, which is the accelerator.
The project, which spans from Park Street to St. Maria Street on Wellington Street South and from Church Street South to Water Street South on Victoria Street, is a continuation of the reconstruction of Wellington Street downtown from the Wellington Street bridge to Park Street East completed last year. “There are separate driving factors (for the reconstruction of both sections of Wellington Street),” said town infrastructure services manager Jeff Wolfe. “The one downtown; we prioritized the core when we were looking at prioritization of capital projects, so Wellington Street floated to the top there. We were replacing some storm sewer and we were doing some minor modifications to the water system, we were replacing water services from the main to the property line and then we were improving (accessibility).
“The accelerator is an area where we
“ … This year’s project, though, heavily revolves around the condition of the existing roadway and storm sewer. We’re replacing storm sewer from St. Maria Street to Victoria Street and then we’re improving the water-distribution system in the area. We’re installing a short section of water main to connect two dead ends that exist.”
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