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A proposal by the Strathroy Lions Club to build a bandstand/amphitheatre in Alexandra Park has received preliminary approval from local council. The Lions are suggesting the building of the structure, which could be used for a large variety of community events, club officials feel, including in-park church services, movies, and concerts, and would be available for use by local groups such as the Strathroy Community Players and local dance clubs. Under the proposal, the Lions would raise funds ...

Property tax rates for 2013 have been set in Strathroy-Caradoc. Council on May 21 approved the rate package, in which the residential tax rate will rise 0.176 percent from last year's rate. With reassessment pushing assessed value of the average residential property in Strathroy-Caradoc up by 3.31 percent, the average total tax increase over last year will be 3.486 percent. On a property assessed at $200,000 this year, property taxes will total $2,603.62, based on the 3.31 percent assessment i...

Over 120 trees were planted throughout the Strathroy parks system on Tuesday, May 7 thanks to the help of a generous donor and the St. Clair Region Conservation Authority (SCRCA). Administrative and field staff of the SCRCA were on hand Tuesday morning to assist the municipality in finding a home for a donation of trees from grower John Stuart of Nova Scotia - including sugar maple, little leaf linden, hickory, catalpa and balsam fir varieties. The trees were planted along the banks of the Syd...

Strathroy-Caradoc's façade improvement program will include seven businesses in 2013. Council on May 6 approved the applications, under which the seven businesses will share $47,283 in municipal grant money to help make structural and storefront improvements. That represents half of the estimated total cost of $94,566 for the work. The program making the grants possible was set up in 2006 through the Ministry of Municipal Affairs & Housing to help tenants and commercial property owners ...

The contract has been awarded for a major servicing project along Carroll Street West in Strathroy. Strathroy-Caradoc Council on May 6 awarded the contract to Birnam Excavating Ltd. The work will affect Carroll Street between Adelaide Street and Park Street, and will include the installation of a sanitary sewer, the construction of a storm sewer between Adelaide and Trout Creek, and the resurfacing of the street. At the same time, the project will address the infrastructure needs of the new ele...