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... -~ PAGE 20, WHITBY FREE PRESS. WEDNESDAY,- MARCH 23, 1988 Brok L->in Profil News? Cail Veronica Colangelo.* Phone 1655-894,5 It seemns that there are some residents in Brooklin who division deal also. Have you had a look.at St. Leo's Catholie oppose prosperity. A couple of weeks agéap application for school lately? I, too, could use a facelift, but whysÏho4d any a,782-unit housing subdivision to be buiît on the east side of money be spent on a place where growth potential is zip. Ashburn Rd. between Columbus and Winchester Rd. met '"" " O ~"On-a clear day you can see forever" - well, on a clear, with strong opposition from some residents. There is somne SEEM1±dV TO M E*** calm day stand ini the parking lot at the IGA and you can' concernthat the rural flavor of Brookln is in jeopardy. smell Brooklin forever and it's flot pretty. The location of the proposed subdivision can -hardly be by Veronica Col1angelo Obviously, before a subdivision can be built in Brooklin, called rural! It's a stone's throw from the junction of High- somnething bas to be done about the water and sewage ways 12 and 7 and there's already a Cashway practicalîy on __________________ situation in this fair village. Without growth of sorte kinid,. the corner with gas stations and a veterinary clinic nearby. ntigi on cag. Wewntseanhmrvmn This proposed subdivision is expected' to increase < in services here until a reason exists to improve them and Brooklin's population by about 3,000 people. Do you know Il bet that a new subdivision is about the only reason what 3,000 new residents could"mean to this village? Ask Ip anything will change. New residents to'the tune of 3,000 the merchants in the village. It might just mean that they In a vor of uevelopnlen people means a niice increase in tax dollars for the region. could make a decent living. It seems that people who live in* We all know money talks. Brooklin, for the most part, choose to take their business- If Thickson Road replaced Highway 12 as the main north- I for one, arn for a little growtt4 in Brooklin. It could mean elsewhere, to places such as Oshawa or Whitby. Why, I south thoroughfare, as [,have heart it will, Brooklin will propor waste disposal services for the village, more even know of those who shop in Toronto! Newcomers might miss aIl that so-called "tourist" traffic that stops and leave business for our merchants and property values would enjoy the convenience of shopping in Brooklin. It could a little revenue behind on its way north. likely increase, too. It's very naive to-think Brooklin can mean a whole economnic re-awakening for this village. Apparently, a new separate school is part of the new sub- remain the samne. It shouldn't and likely wpn't. Town endorses Ashburn resi*dents' postal'service protest A petition with 107. signatures from Ashburn residents prête- sting Canada Poses plan to replace rural post offices with postal outiets has been endorsed Pe tition opposes residential severanlee A rezoning application by Mary Mulcaby of 30 Centre St.' in Brooklin to sever ber 0.8-acre lot in half bas been opposed by at least 10 residents of the neighborhood. Administrative committee beld a public meeting on the, appl- ication on Monday nigbt, and wbile no one appeared at tbe meeting in opposition to the severance, commitee chairman Gerry Emm said the Town bad received a petition witb 10 names on it opposing tbe application. Mulcaby wants to build a second bouse on tbe severed lot. At tbe meeting, planning director Bob Sbort noted that by subdividing the lot each of the severed pieces of land would bave a frontage of 15 feet. He noted that tbe Town's bylaw requires a minimum lot frontage to be 24.5 metres. The application will' now be circulated te varlous agencies for comment before going back to council for a decision. Aren a b oards to be replaeed The -rink boards at Lutber Vipond Mrena will be repflaced this year at a cost of $67,000.' Oprations committee approved the cost, the only tender tbe Town received for the work. Crystaplex Plastics Ltd. of Missssauga was tbe bidder. The cost of replacing the boards ~' is actually $63,000 but tbe Town will pay Crystalex $4,000 for removing the old boards and storing or demolishing them. Parks and recreation director Larry Morrow said that was preferable to baving a second party remove and store the boards. The work iâ scbeduled to be by Whitby council. The petition' requests that Canada Post review the policy, especially as it- pertains to Ashburn. The petition states that "we as customers of the Ashburn Post Office, are not convinced that the new Canada Post policy of replacing the eisting post office with a. rural postai outiet will provide sufficient income for the proprietor to assure the future eistence of that service." The Ashburn post office was sold to Paul and Barb Allen in December, 1987. At that time. they entered into an agreement with Canada Post to run a retail postal outiet. At a March 2 meeting between Canada Post. officiais and Ashburn residents, the petition was presented to officiais w1Èo then agreed to review the Allan'!s contract. 76 Baldwin St., Brooklin 6 55-ý33ý0.,6, Gft For E aster For The Kids! We have a large range of : Craft Supplies, Educational Toys, Soft Toys, Baby Toys and Sand Toys. 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