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Town blamed for delays at Place Mont-Roc
About three quarters of the residents have said the y want to return to the Spen- ce Avenue facilit y . If a per m it is awarded soon, renovations m a y be co m pleted b y the end of Nove m - ber. Renovations to the ho m e, which e m - plo y s 32, will include the installation of a sprinkler s y ste m . The structure sustained extensive da m - age during the traged y , the first fatal fire in Hawkesbur y since 2008. richard. m ahoney@eap.on.ca HAWKESBURY | About 50 Montebello Packaging e m ployees have been laid off for an indefinite period after the Hawkesbury co m pany lost a contract with a m ajor cos m etics fir m . The develop m ent was cited when workers were handed their notices last week. The fir m , which m akes containers for the phar m aceutical, cos m etics and food industries, told e m plo y ees that the work force reduction was te m porar y . However, so m e e m plo y ees sa y the y were told the la y offs could last three to six m onths. About 30 unionized e m plo y ees, rep- resented b y the United Steelworkers, re- m ain at the Aberdeen Street factor y . The affected workers were alread y par- ticipating in a job-sharing progra m . A division of the Ji m Pattison Group, Montebello Packaging also has opera- tions in Lachine, Québec, as well as Vir- ginia and Kentuck y . 50 laid off Man charged after threats made newsroo m @eap.on.ca HAWKESBURY | A 60-year-old South Glengarry m an has been charged after threats were m ade during a phone call to the Hawkesbury town hall. John Regi m bald, of Concession 5, North Lancaster, was charged with five counts of cri m inal harass m ent and four counts of uttering threats to cause death or bodil y har m . During the arrest, the suspect was found in possession of m arijuana, reports the Hawkesbur y Ontario Provincial Po- lice detach m ent. He was consequentl y charged with possession of m arijuana. The accused is scheduled to appear in court October 10. The charges were laid after the detach m ent received a co m - plaint fro m the town of Hawkesbur y re- garding a m an who had called the town hall m aking “illogical utterances” about the ar my , police and local m unicipalities. The caller would have co m plained about the Canadian Ar m ed Forces’ presence in the Hawkesbur y area and their activities. The m an would have threatened to shoot down ar my helicopters and would have threatened Hawkesbur y town hall e m - plo y ees, local and provincial officials. He also allegedl y uttered the na m e of a ter- rorist group during a conversation with a town clerk. An investigation led b y Con- stable Edd y Saardi led to the arrest.
co m plied with ever y town request in the ten y ears it has owned Place Mont-Roc, said Delacourt. Since the fire, Putna m Hall has also co m - plied with ever y de m and m ade b y the building and fire depart m ents, he said. However, after spending $15,000 on a safet y report, the co m pan y was told it had to produce a report fro m an architect and an engineer, said Delacourt. “We have done ever y thing we could at our end. But there is alwa y s so m ething new. I don’t understand it. You would think ever y - one would want to work together so these people could get back into their ho m es,” he co mm ented. About 85 people were forced to find alternate acco mm odations in the wake of the blaze that clai m ed the lives of Marie- Anne Bonin, 84, and her husband, Jean-Paul Bonin, 87.
The facilit y has been closed since the Ma y 25 fire which clai m ed the lives of two resi- dents. Since then, the three-store y building has been gutted, but renovations could not begin until the town issued a building per- m it. “We have done ever y thing the town has asked us to do,” Delacourt co mm ented. But, he said, once one require m ent was satis- fied, the town presented another de m and. An insurance co m pan y has served notice to the m unicipalit y that the town m a y be sued for financial losses incurred b y Putna m Hall because of the dela y s. Meanwhile, so m e displaced Place Mont- Roc residents are considering legal action of their own. Since June, the owner of the building had been awaiting approval of a building per- m it for the renovations. The co m pan y has
RICHARD MAHONEY richard.mahoney@eap.on.ca
HAWKESBURY | The town of Hawkesbury faces possible legal action over delays en- countered in re-opening the Place Mont- Roc retire m ent ho m e, the scene of a fatal fire in May. “We have faced road block after road block after road block,” said a frustrated Paul Delacourt. The m anaging director of Putna m Hall Re- tire m ent Residences, the Oakville fir m that owns the Spence Avenue facilit y , bla m es the m unicipalit y for stalling renovations, which were scheduled to be co m pleted b y Septe m ber or October. But the town onl y issued a building per- m it last week.
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