Stakeholders are hopeful that the Ontario Racing Commission will approve the licence application to operate the Fort Erie Race Track by March 31 and that 78 racing days can begin on May 2.

Wendy Hoogeveen, the ORC’s director of industry development and support, said it’s a working deadline. “It may be earlier, it may be later.”

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The $6-million makeover of downtown Ridgeway will begin in earnest in April and is hoped to be largely complete by December.

The main street of Ridge Road will be dug up to replace aging watermains, sewers and drains and topped with a new road featuring a new streetscape and a civic square at the intersection of the Friendship Trail.

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Police arrested an 18-year-old Stevensville man yesterday for possession and distribution of child pornography.

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Help the people of Haiti recover from the devastating earthquake they endured with a delicious pasta dinner Thursday night at the Italo-Canadian Club.

Funds raised will help local immigrants from the Caribbean nation locate and assist their relatives in distress at home.

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The public is invited to review the plans tonight for the reconstruction of Ridge Road and the complete replacement of underground infrastructure.

Aging watermains, sewers and storm drainage will be replaced from Dominion Road to Farr Avenue, and the road will be rebuilt with significant new streetscaping elements including a market area in what will become a civic square at the intersection of the Friendship Trail.

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A coroner’s inquest will be held in the death of 18-year-old Reilly Anzovino.

She was killed in an icy late night Boxing Day accident on Hwy. 3 near the boundary of Fort Erie and Port Colborne.

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Town council approved a zoning amendment last night that would allow the construction of a 12-storey condominium building on the Bay Beach waterfront.

Councillors approved the amendment around midnight in a 4-3 vote with Rick Shular siding with Ann-Marie Noyes and Bob Steckley in opposition.

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About 12 hours after he registered as a candidate in the municipal election, Richard Berry was kicked out of a town council meeting Monday night.

He was repeatedly warned by planning committee chairman Tim Whitfield to temper his remarks while he spoke in opposition to the Bay Beach project.

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A supplemental report on the Bay Beach project and appendices have been released by the town. The entire report including appendices are available from the town website. The reports address the economic impacts of the project.

CDS 08-01-10 — Supplemental report.

Appendix 1 — Economic Impact Analysis.

Appendix 2 — Draft bylaw.

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In advance of next Monday’s town council-in-committee meeting, staff have released the 371-page report on the Bay Beach zoning amendment. You can download the entire 24 megabyte file from the town website or download the individual component reports from this page.

The main report, CDS-08-10, is only 112 kilobytes and 24 pages. Contained in the town’s version are these appendices:

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