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fication costs. Building on the recent reduction in service approved by the BIA and coupled with the town’s existing contract with St. Marys Landscaping nearing the end of its term in 2025, town staff began reviewing potential additional cost savings. The beautification budget was highlighted in 2018 by facilities staff during the efficiency service-level re-
Anyone who has needed to make a left turn from James Street South onto Queen Street East can attest to the danger that intersection poses for both drivers and pedestrians. At the Nov. 12 St. Marys council meeting, councillors addressed a letter from St. Marys resident Nadia Sommerville outlining her safety concerns with the intersection, a discussion that carried into infrastructure director Jeff Wolfe’s presentation of a brand-new, comprehensive road-safety plan for the town. “My daughter goes to DVCI high school and walks travelling from downtown up towards that intersection to get to school each morning and later afternoon. As much as I tell her to avoid that intersection, it is the most convenient,” Sommerville wrote in her letter. “ … There is also the concern of not just my child but others who use this intersection to get to school on a daily basis. There is also a retirement home not even a block away from this intersection as well. “So, this affects (the) most vulnerable in our community. There is definitely a high volume of vehicle traffic at the Queen and James intersection and an increase of volume of pedestrian traffic. This intersection only has one stop
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Following the St. Marys Business Improvement Area’s (BIA) recent decision to eliminate its hanging-basket program and purchase self-watering planters, St. Marys council has decided to replace nine of the town’s annual flowerbeds with perennial flowers to further reduce the town’s beauti-
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Hundreds of spectators lined the parade route from the PRC to downtown to view the Kinsmen Santa Claus parade on Friday evening. The hour-long parade featured beautifully lit floats. Even the farm machinery entries were a hit with all their light displays. For more parade photos, see Page 8.
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