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09 | 01 | 2016 VOLUME 21 | ISSUE 34
LOCAL FOOD IS TOPS IN PAIRING OF CHEFS, FARMERS LIVING HERE PAGE 26
COMMENT PAGE 6
WYNNE FINALLY ENDS CASH-FOR-ACCESS SCHEME
Scott Hahn court case adjourned as Crown decides if action warranted
NOT JUST HORSIN’ AROUND
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Erosion concerns force closure of Glasgow Street bridge in Conestogo STEVE KANNON
LIZ BEVAN THE CROWN HAVING YET to decide if it will proceed with a case against him, Woolwich Coun. Scott Hahn will be back in court Sept. 26. Hahn’s lawyer appeared in Kitchener Provincial Court Wednesday morning, but the proceedings were quickly adjourned after Crown attorney Alexander Andres revealed to Judge Adriana Magoulas that he required more paperwork and was still missing vital information that would determine if prosecution is warranted. “The Crown is not taking a position right now, and we are not indicating in the Crown will or will not go ahead with the charges,” he said. The charges were brought by Elmira citizen Alan Marshall, who alleges Hahn “contravened multiple provisions of the Municipal Elections Act” in his expense filing following the 2014 municipal election. Hahn’s expenses were the subject
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The Case IH Ultimate Rodeo stopped at Breslau’s Calhoun Stables on Aug. 26 where cowboys and cowgirls kicked the dust up in front of a full crowd. They tested their luck in the arena with bareback riding, saddle bronc riding, barrel racing, bull riding and pole bending. [WHITNEY NEILSON / THE OBSERVER]
WORK COULD BEGIN AS soon as next week as Woolwich scrambles to reopen the Glasgow Street bridge in Conestogo. The old steel bridge has been closed for repairs on several occasions in recent years, but this time it’s bank erosion, not the structure itself, that forced the immediate closure on Aug. 25 for an estimated three or four weeks. Heavy rains the weekend before exacerbated a problem with erosion and crumbling pavement on the southwest side first identified in the spring, said Jared Puppe, the township’s acting manager of engineering. “All the rain ... just washed out the edge of the road.” Initial estimates put the repair costs at $30,000 to $75,000. Woolwich is currently taking bids from contractors to carry out the work, but the going has been slow given that it’s the busy part of the construction season, he noted. “It might be a little more than we anticipated. On the higher side of those estimates.” The engineering department had started looking into the issue, including talks with the Grand River Conservation Authority, in the BRIDGE | 2