News Leader News for October 31, 2006
COUNCIL TESTS AIR
Town Council has agreed to pay $1,475 to have an air quality test done on the old fire hall next to the Legion Hall. The old building is used by Communities for Kids and by the Rifle and Revolver Club, who have a firing range at one side of the building.
Communities for Kids wants to turn their share of the hall into a drop in centre for young parents and their children, but requested the air quality be tested before beginning the drop in centre. They are concerned that emissions from the firearms may contaminate the air in the rest of the building.
COUNCIL PRAISES HALLOWEEN EFFORTS
Councillor Maria Sadegur expressed Council's appreciation for the efforts of community groups in providing a safe Halloween experience for youngsters."I want to compliment the Fire Department and the Fall Fair for all they do for Halloween. I think it is a good idea," Councillor Sadegur said at the October 16 Town Council meeting.
On Tuesday, October 31, the annual Spook House event will take place at the fairgrounds.
The Halloween fun is a project launched years ago by Princeton's emergency services personnel and was held at the fire hall.
The project has grown, and is the annual community event of Princeton Fire Department, with help from Princeton Exhibition Association and the Fall Fair Association.
This year, the Spook House and a bonfire are the main features of the event, along with free hot drinks and hamburgers presented by the Fall Fair (donations accepted).
Children receive free goodies and hot chocolate.
RUBBLE REMOVAL HITS SNAG
First, it was the failure of the insurance company to begin the clean-up after the Princeton Hotel fire. Town Council set a September 26 deadline, after which the Town would begin to clear the site. Now, nobody can say when the Town can go ahead with removal of the rubble."We have a number of different hoops to jump through," said Deputy Mayor Jim Manion at the October 16 Town Council meeting. "We started to do the job, but we got a complaint."
Town Council is frustrated by the delays in removing the rubble. The most recent stumbling block is the need for an environmental assessment.
The assessment is required to discover whether there are contaminants such as asbestos and chemicals in the rubble.
Council has had to deal with two different environmental monitoring agencies with different criteria. This has caused another delay in eradicating the downtown eyesore.
YOU ARE INVITED TO TOWN SQUARE MEETING
The Town of Princeton invites the public to an Open House between 4:00 PM and 7:00 PM on Thursday, November 2nd at the Riverside Wellness Centre Lounge to share ideas, review concepts and provide feedback on the ways to enhance Veterans Square.
Following on the success of a session held on September 27th, the Open House is an opportunity for the public to view some of the work that has been done to date. On September 27th a group of about 35 individuals were invited to attend a workshop to discuss and set direction for potential improvements to Veterans Square.
From that meeting came a number of preliminary ideas that the Town's consultants, Urban Systems, as landscape architects, planners and engineers, were engaged to help articulate into preliminary concept plans.
At the Open House on November 2nd, the public will have a chance to review the preliminary concept plans and comment on how they might be enhanced, refined or changed. The concept plans are preliminary plans only and have been prepared for the Open House.
Please drop by the Riverside Wellness Centre between 4:00 PM and 7:00 PM and discuss ideas with fellow residents and provide feedback to the preliminary plans. Town Council, staff and consultants will be there to answer your questions.
