THURSDAY, MARCH 17, 2016
VOL. 14 NO. 10
Rigaud fire hall project climbs the ladder toward success James Armstrong Your Local Journal
The new fire hall project in Rigaud took a major step forward at a special presentation Monday, March 14, before the regular monthly town council meeting began. Mayor Hans Gruenwald Jr. and Directeur-Service de Sécurité incendie Benoit Jetté presented several designers’ renderings of the building exterior and a schema of its geographic location. “We are pleased to present to you this evening the sketches for Rigaud’s new fire hall,” said the mayor of the images that are part of the proposal prepared for the town by the firm J. Dagenais Architecte & Associés. “The sketches are not exact in every detail,” said Jetté, “but they are very, very close.” Continued on page 5 PHOTO BY SHEILA BOARDMAN
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Get your green on St. Thomas student and Hudson resident Emma Boardman-Hughes makes a return appearance on our cover for the seventh straight year in a row, helping us usher in what promises to be Hudson’s biggest St. Patrick’s Day Parade yet. See more information on pages 16 to 19. May your pockets be heavy and your heart be light, May good luck pursue you each morning and night. ~Irish Blessing
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