ESSEX FREE PRESS

by Sylene Argent, Local Journalism Initiative Essex Council approved one reading of three needed to pass a by-law that could – if fully approved in the future – allow for a three-storey building at 80 County Road 50 in Colchester to be built. This would add an eight-unit motel on the ground-level and eighteen residential dwelling units mostly on the top two floors. The first reading was provided at the May 19 regular meeting. A motion to provide two readings needed support from six...

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by Sylene Argent, Local Journalism Initiative Essex Council deferred Mayor Sherry Bondy’s motion to establish a Flooding Task Force to the May 19 regular meeting, after administration presented an alternative process when the matter was discussed at Monday’s meeting. This gives the Mayor a chance to connect with staff. The opportunity was first presented as a Notice of Motion at the April 20 meeting. Through her motion, Bondy wanted to create a Flooding Task Force as the Town of Essex has...