Dirt bike accident
A dirt bike lies in the middle of Stoker Road a short distance west of Stoker Road’s intersection with Dawson Road after a hit skip accident shortly before 4 p.m. on Wednesday, April 28. Responding to the accident were the Houston Fire Department, Shelby County Sheriff’s Office and Spirit Medical Transport.
Luke Gronneberg | Sidney Daily News
A dirt bike lies in the middle of Stoker Road a short distance west of Stoker Road’s intersection with Dawson Road after a hit skip accident shortly before 4 p.m. on Wednesday, April 28. Responding to the accident were the Houston Fire Department, Shelby County Sheriff’s Office and Spirit Medical Transport.
Jesica McNabb and her husband Mike, his father Mike McNabb and Jesica’s sister-in-law Nancy Freeborn bought the store and gas station on the corner of Dawson Road and Mapleward Road and reopened it as Dawson General Store on Feb 18, 2021.
“As COVID went on, people are looking for businesses that are going to have staying power, allowed to be operational, allowed to bring something into the community,” explains Jesica.
They have “everything you’d expect from an old fashioned general store,” she says. Other than gas pumps, there are basic groceries and some hardware, but Dawson General Store’s specialty is the wide variety of locally-produced food available.
Watercare forces lease extension
An “outfall pipe” recently completed by Watercare on the Mahurangi Peninsula.
Watercare has forcibly extended the lease on its wastewater project site at Dawson Road until January 2024 by using the Public Works Act after a lease extension was denied by the Rodney Local Board.
Mark Dinniss, of the Snells Beach Ratepayers and Residents Association (SBRRA), told local residents at a meeting earlier this month that he intended to investigate the validity of using the Act in this way.
Previously, the SBRRA successfully lobbied the Local Board not to renew Watercare’s lease, after Dawson Road residents complained about noise, dust pollution and threats to their children’s safety because of the site.
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Rajotte acquires Able Crane Services in a neighbourly fashion
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George Rajotte, who is 76, says he is having the time of his life. He says despite the challenges of social distancing during the pandemic, business has been great.
More than 40 years ago, a couple of young guys from St. Jean Baptiste started a couple of businesses in St. Boniface.
More than 40 years ago, a couple of young guys from St. Jean Baptiste started a couple of businesses in St. Boniface.
When he was 30 years old, George Rajotte took out a $12,000 second mortgage on his Southdale home (that he’d bought for $17,000) and started Western Sandblasting.
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A Bargara woman admitted to smoking three bongs before driving in Gladstone, a court heard.
Jane Deborah Van Meegen, 52, pleaded guilty in the Gladstone Magistrates Court on Tuesday to drug driving.
Prosecutor Kelvin Boyd read the facts of Van Meegen’s case to the court and Acting Magistrate Ron Muirhead.
Police from the Calliope Road Policing Unit intercepted Van Meegen on Dawson Road, West Gladstone at 10.13am on March 15.
Van Meegen submitted to a roadside drug test which returned a positive result and she was taken to the Gladstone Police Station for further testing.
When questioned, Van Meegen admitted to smoking three bongs which contained cannabis and could offer no emergency reason for driving.