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2010-07-16 Round and round with the roundabout
Orléans Star
Published: Friday, July 16, 2010Roundabout in OrléansLast fall, we first heard that the St. Joseph / Orleans Boulevard intersection south of the 174 was slated to be transformed with a roundabout and consequent street-scaping improvements. A public meeting was held earlier this year – where reaction was lukewarm, at best – and the project plan proceeded through city council bolstered ...More


2010-06-25 What about local traffic issues?
Orléans Star
Published: Friday, June 25, 2010Focus on local transportationWhile several east end challengers to incumbents continue to rail – pardon the pun – against a downtown tunnel and offer up the false hope, folly ...More

2010-06-04 Orleans Festival will be a success
Orléans Star
Published: Friday, June 4, 2010Orléans Festival no longer "little"Back in April, when it was still cold, I told you about a far-off, little community festival that was going to happen on Sunday, June 6 in pa...More

2010-05-14 Step up for the Y
Orléans Star
Published: Friday, May 14, 2010Step up for the YBack in September, I briefly wrote about the exciting and needed $7.6 million expansion campaign of the Orléans Y. The Orléans effort is also part of a larger ...More

2010-04-23 Arts festival on June 6th at Shenkman
Orléans Star
Published: Friday, April 23, 2010Arts in our backyardAs a community of over 115,000 people, Orléans deserves its own summer festival. At least this was part of the thinking that inspired a group of local bus...More

2010-04-02 Seek first to understand dear candidate ...
Orléans Star
Published: Friday, April 2, 2010Understand, then be understoodWe are now less than seven months until election day (Oct. 25) and some 50 folks have already registered to run including eight candidates for ma...More

2010-02-19 Olympic Legacy will last
Orléans Star
Published: Friday, February 19, 2010Olympic LegacyAt last after 22 years, the winter Olympics are back on Canadian soil and the medals are starting to come in. If your household is like ours, bedtime for the...More

2010-01-29 Haiti will need our help in the long-term
Orléans Star
Published: Friday, January 29, 2010The needs will not disappearNo doubt you have watched the non-stop news coverage on the tragedy of the Haiti earthquake and the untold suffering that continues some two wee...More

2010-01-15 So you want to be a city councillor
Orléans Star
Published: Friday, January 15, 2010A little guide for the new candidateWelcome to 2010, the second decade of the 21st century and the year where many frustrated ratepayers will rise up, hopefully. On Oct. 25...More
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