CORNWALL – The city is already seeing a healthy start to building and construction for 2021.
January statistics from the city’s building department (most recent stats published by the City of Cornwall) show 63 permits were issued for the first month of this year for $6.4 million worth of construction.
In January 2020, there were 48 permits issued for $21.2 million in construction.
If you factor out the single permit issued last year for $16.3 million for the Shoppers Drug Mart distribution center on Optimum Drive, the remainder was around $4.9 million in building last year.
As for January 2021, there were permits for seven single family homes, 10 semi-detached homes (20 units) and a duplex.
In this August 2018, file photo, XL Wood Products owner Irvin Paskesz (center) participates in a South Glengarry council meeting. South Glengarry council cleared some red tape on Tuesday, April 6, 2021 to allow XL Wood Products to start construction of a temporary building as it plans a longer term rebuild. (Newswatch Group/Bill Kingston, File)
GREEN VALLEY – South Glengarry has cleared some red tape to allow XL Wood Products to begin rebuilding from a fire that destroyed its operations last year.
Council agreed last night (April 6) to push back a site plan control agreement until May 2022 to allow owner Irvin Paskesz to proceed with getting a building permit and start construction of a temporary building while plans are made for the construction of a permanent structure.
CORNWALL – A Cornwall man is facing nine charges after a robbery at a Pitt Street eatery.
City police say the accused went into the Pitt Street diner on Wednesday (March 31) and demanded money from a worker while threatening to kill that person and others in the business.
Three patrons were also assaulted, including one who was hit with a salt shaker.
When police arrived on the scene, the accused is said to have got into a struggle with them before his arrest.
A 29-year-old Cornwall man is facing charges of robbery with violence, assault with a weapon, two counts of common assault, four counts of making threats and resisting police.
The port of entry at Hogansburg, N.Y. (Newswatch Group/Bill Kingston, File)
ALBANY, N.Y. – A man from Cornwall Island has been sentenced to time served for taking off from the Massena port of entry at Hogansburg.
It happened in May 2020 when U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers tried to search Brennan J. Thompson’s Lincoln sedan as he entered the U.S. from Canada.
“When asked to open the vehicle’s trunk for inspection, Thompson quickly accelerated away from the inspection booth, made a U-turn and sped back into Canada,” the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the North District of New York said.
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