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August 1991 the HERALD- Page Haltons History Georgetown welcomes new business Years Ago The American Com moved another step closer to locating in town when council was asked on Tuesday to grant permission to Canadian National Railways to cross Armstrong Ave with a railway siding The siding had already been con structed at a time when Developments owned the land Since that time Armstrong Ave has been deeded to the town and council action is a formality to legalize the railway position Mayor Hyde expressed further optimism about the company locating in town when he said that only that day a company man had picked up a building permit The total cost of Georgetown s new sewage disposal plant will pass the mark when a lift station in the Delrex industrial area is completed And the town will receive a yearly billing from the Ontario Water Resources Commission of some until the project is paid for Mr Palmer and Mr Joint of the OWRC presented a report to council Tuesday on the project Mr Joint who is accountant for the OWRC explained the acutal cost to date is Original estimate was 000 but this did not include capitalized interest during construct ion 20 Years Ago A fire of undetermined origin completely gutted the lower storey of the Credit River Boat Company in Norval and did ex tensive smoke and water damage to the rest of the bu Iding Sunday morning Owner Bill had no idea of the amount of h s loss following the fire It is parti HflLTALfiRm i Syslems Our AM The Store LIVE LOBSTER Or Try Some Fresh Fish The Healthy Choice MOORE PARK PLAZA 74CMainSt N Georgetown 416 8736122 WILTSHIRE PARING KNIFE SELF SHARPENING WITH GAS BUR COUPON GEORGETOWN LOCATION ONLY 2XGUEW4ST covered by insurance All his machinery and tools to build and repair the boats were in the torn part of the building where the fire did the most damage boat that was almost finished was a complete loss and one boat that was in for repairs was damaged Georgetown s concern over dy ing maple trees should be shared over a much wider area in the opinion of town council Council had asked the Department of Transportation and Communica to analyze trees on No Highway and give advice on their preservation Council became aware that trees were dying in an unusual way when a pedestrian was injured by a falling limb 10 Years Ago Municipal officials are hoping to open the town s new library cultural centre in Georgetown by mid October The Herald learned earlier this week While noting there are still a number of rangemenls which need to be worked out for the centre s gala opening ceremonies town clerk administrator Ken Richardson acknowledged that organizers are aiming for a ribbon cutting Oct A lengthy list of per and events is current ly being prepared by the town recreation department for an elongated opening celebration ex pected to last about two weeks following the tentative Oct date Halton Regional police were assaulted by several individuals when they were called in to in vestigate a disturbance at Restaurant in Georgetown Two couples had been dining at the restaurant when an argument with a fifth patron erupted Dur course of the argument a knife was drawn and brandished The five then went outside to the parking lot and were fighting when police arrived When Police Constable Joseph Martin and Sergaent Joseph Prasad tried to intervene and break up the fight they were both assaulted 5 Years Ago A task force studying the safe carriage of dangerous goods by rail in the Toronto area will be in constant contact with Halton Region municipalities says the task force chairman Harold Gilbert Mr Gilbert the former provincial deputy minister of transport and communications met with reporters Wednesday to outline the strategy to be taken by his federally appointed task force What started out as a minor argument evolved into quite a scuffle early Sunday morning as It will be years before the Halton Board of Education will sell a school to the Roman Catholic Separate School Board for New 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