" $ 5 6 " - * 5 4 r / & 8 4 CLARENCE-ROCKLAND HAS ITS NEW BUDGET
CASERNE DE POMPIERS DE ROCKLAND : PRESQUE TERMINÉE
GREGG CHAMBERLAIN gregg.chamberlain@eap.on.ca
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GREGG CHAMBERLAIN gregg.chamberlain@eap.on.ca
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Clarence-Rockland has its budget for 2020 finished and approved early. “A good thing to have done,” said Mayor Guy Desjardins, during an interview following UIFFOEPGUIF/PWFNCFSSFHVMBSDPVODJM TFTTJPO i8FWF àOJTIFE FBSMJFS UIBO expected.”
Outside work on the roof for the new combined fire and ambulance station in Rockland continues, though the situation is a little colder now for construction crews. The inside of the building on Laurier Street is now complete enough to allow the fire trucks to sit inside their new bays. —photo Gregg Chamberlain
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Le budget municipal 2020 est approuvé pour la Cité de Clarence-Rockland. Il comprend une augmentation de 3 % des impôts fonciers municipaux. —archives
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