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Publishing date: Feb 12, 2021 • February 12, 2021 • 1 minute read •
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Farm Credit Canada recently donated $100,000 to 4-H Canada $20,250 of which will be allocated to clubs within Ontario.
4-H is one of the largest youth development organizations in the world, being present in 70 countries. In Canada, the organization boasts 23,500 members. Locally, 4-H operates clubs in Winchester, North Lancaster, Ingleside, Newington, and Crysler.
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The funds are set to be used to support local activities.
It isn’t the first time that FCC has financially assisted 4-H Canada for over the past 25 years, the organization has been awarding $500 per club on a yearly basis in order to assist existing programs, cover costs associated with events, purchase resource materials and support volunteers.
LANCASTER - The town has inched a little closer to accepting the Shirley Sewer Municipal Agreement for development in north Lancaster, as of the selectmen’s meeting on Tuesday night.
The pact will allow both water and sewer access from Shirley for the development to be built off Fort Pond Road at the old sand pit that makes up the Chisholm parcel, as well as the existing adjacent Rand-Whitney facility, which would expand as a result.
Steven Goodman, principle at GFI Partners that is developing the site, said they plan to build an approximately 894,000-square-foot industrial park. He said the uses will be industrial distribution, warehousing, light manufacturing and similar. There will also be open space that is not developable.
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