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Landmark theatre. ‘Eyesore’ vacant lot. Now, a contentious apartment proposal

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Article content From stage plays and movies to potentially housing – the site of a demolished Woodstock theatre is being eyed for a new act. The land that was once home to Woodstock’s Capitol theatre is the proposed site of an eight-storey building with 36 units of

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Mowed down: Politician drops proposed curfew on gas-powered yard tools

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Article content A city councillor is withdrawing her push to place a 6 p.m. nightly curfew on the use of gas-powered lawnmowers and other garden tools following a fierce response from annoyed Londoners and some political colleagues. Skylar Franke, in her first term representing Ward 11, is

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Letters to the Editor: May 25, 2024

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Breadcrumb Trail Links Opinion Letters Dam lament Published May 25, 2024  •  Last updated 55 minutes ago  •  5 minute read Mitchell Wright, 17, laughs as his grandfather Herb Kroger had a hard entry into his kayak below Springbank Dam in this file photo. (Mike Hensen/The London Free

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Five takeaways from the London’s area’s rapid population growth

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Breadcrumb Trail Links News Local News Published May 24, 2024  •  3 minute read Downtown London’s skyline (Mike Hensen/The London Free Press) Article content Some key things to know about the booming London area’s population, up seven per cent alone in the three years since the last

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2024 Michigan elections: Michigan 2024 elections: Rogers has signatures, Beydoun and others short | Bridge Michigan

2024 Michigan elections: Michigan 2024 elections: Rogers has signatures, Beydoun and others short | Bridge Michigan
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Wednesday, May 22 Senate debate canceled as Rogers, Slotkin bow out A scheduled bipartisan U.S. Senate debate at the Mackinac Policy Conference has been canceled after top-polling candidates declined to participate, organizers announced Wednesday.  The top three polling candidates in each party were invited earlier this month

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Opinion | We must reinvent Michigan’s education system, starting with how it’s governed | Bridge Michigan

Opinion | We must reinvent Michigan’s education system, starting with how it’s governed | Bridge Michigan
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As someone who has worked at multiple levels of Michigan’s public education system, including as a teacher, I know that we didn’t get here overnight. After decades of Band-aid fixes and a lack of investment in education, Michigan has fallen far behind most states — not due

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2024 Michigan elections: Dems claim ‘potential fraud’ in Mike Rogers signatures | Bridge Michigan

2024 Michigan elections: Dems claim ‘potential fraud’ in Mike Rogers signatures | Bridge Michigan
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Wednesday, May 22 Senate debate canceled as Rogers, Slotkin bow out A scheduled bipartisan U.S. Senate debate at the Mackinac Policy Conference has been canceled after top-polling candidates declined to participate, organizers announced Wednesday.  The top three polling candidates in each party were invited earlier this month

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London’s outside civic workers reject contract offer

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Article content London’s outside workers, the ones who maintain roads and parks, have rejected a contract agreement their union struck with the city, sending both sides back to the bargaining table. Only 300 of the 770 members of Local 107 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees,

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More students graduating in four years from Michigan public universities | Bridge Michigan

More students graduating in four years from Michigan public universities | Bridge Michigan
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At the same time, leaders are discussing what it will take to grow Michigan’s population and retain the people who already live in the state.  Michigan is recruiting out-of-state college students but remains a “net-exporter of college-educated talent, especially Black college graduates,” according to a population growth

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Twin towers of 40 and 45 storeys proposed for ‘prime downtown site’

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Article content Two new massive residential towers may rise downtown as a Toronto-area investor envisions adding more than 1,000 apartment units across the street from CitiPlaza mall. Bell Ridge Capital, which owns the downtown mall now called CitiPlaza, has applied to build 40- and 45-storey towers at

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Quiet time: Why London is looking at extending curfew for gas mowers

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Breadcrumb Trail Links News Local News City council is looking at prolonging the time, under the noise bylaw, when residents are prohibited from using gas-powered equipment on their lawns or gardens, part of an effort to encourage the uptake of electric alternatives. Published May 23, 2024  •