Crash of small plane claims pilot
Police and the Transportation Safety Board continue to investigate the cause of a plane crash June 29 that claimed the life of a 65-year-old Kitchener man.
Janic Volcec died at the scene, not far from the Region of Waterloo International Airport.
The small, two-seater plane went down about 8:30 a.m., nose-diving into the ground and bursting into flames. Due to the extensive damage, it took investigators some time to determine Volcec was the only one on board …Read more
Sale of parkland to fund township’s building blitz
The rationale for a residential development in Victoria Glen park slipped out at the very end of Tuesday night’s public meeting: Woolwich is counting on the money to help finance its recent construction binge.
Mayor Bill Strauss, seemingly stung by the steady stream of objections from the large group of more than 150 who crammed council chambers, blurted out that foregoing the plan would mean looking elsewhere for cash …Read more
Hands-on know-how
They start the morning like the rest of their schoolmates: in class, studying math, English or religion. But at 10:30 a.m. the bus swings around, picks them up and carts the eleven students from St. Mary’s High School and Resurrection Secondary School to a work site on Dolman Street in Breslau. There they work away for the remainder of the day …Read more
Former student to head Rockway
From student to principal of Rockway Mennonite Collegiate.
That’s the path that Betsy Petker has taken. But it didn’t happen overnight. After some 32 years as a teacher and administrator with the Waterloo Region District School Board, the former Rockway Collegiate student was hired by the school to be its new principal, beginning Feb. 15, 2010 …Read more
Development options in the toilet
Just how much intensification can take place in St. Jacobs’ core boils down to the number of toilets allowed. Sewage capacity is the number-one stumbling block in a Mercedes Corp. plan to develop a residential project on Front Street.
A 14-unit townhouse project was discussed Tuesday night at a public meeting in Woolwich council chambers, but the company would prefer to see something closer to a 70-unit condo apartment building. But with only …Read more
Wellesley names its first full-time fire chief
After sifting through 30 applications from as far afield as Nova Scotia, British Columbia, Germany and Dubai, the Township of Wellesley found a new fire chief close to home.
The successful candidate is Andrew Lillico, deputy fire chief for the City of Waterloo. Lillico was offered the job at a special caucus meeting of council June 22. …Read more
Making it official brings summer weather
Winter came early and spring arrived late, but it seems Mother Nature finally checked the calendar and summer arrived right on time this week.
This week’s high temperatures could be a taste of what the rest of summer will be like, according to Environment Canada. On Tuesday, the weather office updated its summer forecast for July and August, predicting those …Read more
Resistance called for when change isn’t for the better
Things weren’t going well for Woolwich officials even before the real reason for developing a portion of Victoria Glen park – funding the spate of township construction projects – slipped out. Council chambers hadn’t seen this kind of turnout since the raceway and Wal-Mart debates. All of the speakers Tuesday night were critical of plans to declare as surplus parts of the green space, paving the way for the potential construction …Read more
Weimer Line bridge to be replaced this summer
The newly paved portion of Weimar Line east of Moser Young Road is already crumbling in certain areas, prompting some area residents to wonder about the quality of the job done.
But as far as Wellesley public works director Will McLaughlin is concerned, it’s all part of the plan …Read more
Ropin’ and ridin’ into town
With the warm, sunny weather June 21, the stands were full for the annual Milverton rodeo.
