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		<title>Archive: When is a deal not a deal?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Aug 2010 16:19:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Cloutier</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When Berry, Lewis and Noyes get their way Originally published May 25, 2006 A deal is not a deal — especially with two town councillors absent. With Ric Shular and Rick Gorham otherwise engaged, the forces of nonsense gleefully tripped over themselves to defeat the principle of abiding by a contract. Signed, sealed and delivered [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Archive: &#8216;Berry Budget&#8217; a self-indulgent sideshow</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Aug 2010 15:58:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Cloutier</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Originally published March 22, 2006 Richard Berry came down from the mountain to deliver his 12 Amendments &#8212; the annual budget sideshow where he proves he is unable to deliver on his promises. As perhaps Cecil B. DeMille might have said to Charlton Heston during filming of his cinematic epic, &#8220;One more time for the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Archive: Town increases tax relief from slots</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Aug 2010 15:41:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Cloutier</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Originally published March 2006 Everybody in Fort Erie should head down to one of the local gaming establishments and personally thank all the slots and bingo players. Since 1999, they have been subsidizing local taxes to an incredible degree. This year they will knock five per cent directly off the local portion of the tax [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Archive: Amorphous principles of the dictator</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jul 2010 17:42:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Cloutier</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Originally published Feb17,  2006 &#8220;Do as I say, not as I do,&#8221; is the message Coun. Richard Berry presents to the good citizens of Fort Erie. That&#8217;s what a dictator does. He dictates law. But when the law gets in his way, he ignores it. Louis XIV, one of the later King&#8217;s of France, said, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Archive: Delta Done &#8212; bingo hall closes</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jul 2010 17:36:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Cloutier</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Originally published Feb 17, 2006 The last dab at Delta Bingo Centre will take place Feb. 22 as a province-wide decline in bingo revenues claims the local hall as one of its victims. In the space of a year, nearly one-quarter of the bingo halls in Ontario have closed. Last year at this time, there [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Archive: Wang dang, it’s Harry Schlange</title>
		<link>http://www.ridgewayherald.com/archive-wang-dang-its-harry-schlange/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jul 2010 17:01:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Cloutier</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Originally published Jan. 2006 It looks like we&#8217;re going to have Harry Schlange to kick around after all. Schlange (rhymes with clang) resumes his job as big kahuna at Town Hall Feb. 13 after a few months absence for employment in the private sector. He left the town in November after assuming the post of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Archive: Berry forges Town letterhead</title>
		<link>http://www.ridgewayherald.com/councillor-forges-town-letterhead/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jul 2010 15:12:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Cloutier</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Originally published Jan 25, 2006 Richard Berry doctored up official town hall letterhead to write a letter to the U.S. Federal Highways Administration to discredit the Peace Bridge expansion project. With the Town&#8217;s corporate logo tucked in the top left corner, the letter bearing his signature and dated Jan. 3 was sent by councillor Richard [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Archive: Bridge permit denial affirmed</title>
		<link>http://www.ridgewayherald.com/bridge-permit-denial-affirmedpba-complains-about-lewiss-conflict/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 03:21:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Cloutier</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Originally published Dec. 15, 2005]]></description>
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		<title>Archive: Lewis refuses to acknowledge conflict</title>
		<link>http://www.ridgewayherald.com/lewis-refuses-to-acknowledge-conflict/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 03:16:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Cloutier</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Originally published Nov. 25, 2005 Councillor Tom Lewis was called to account for his conflict of interest in discussions of the Bridgeburg Neighbourhood Plan Monday night. It was the second time in a month that councillor Paul Fell noted Lewis&#8217; conflict. His conflict originates with his employment with Avalon Consulting Professionals of Ontario, the planning [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Archive: Irregularities threaten bingo licence</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 03:13:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Cloutier</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Originally published Nov. 25, 2005 The Fort Erie Native Centre may lose its bingo licence unless another board election is held by Dec. 17. The town&#8217;s gaming manager, Russ Wilson, reported to town council Nov. 21 that the board was not duly elected according to the Friendship Centre&#8217;s own bylaws. He said the annual general [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Archive: Historian, volunteer passes</title>
		<link>http://www.ridgewayherald.com/historian-volunteer-passes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 03:11:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Cloutier</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Originally published Nov. 25, 2005 Ruth Ellsworth passed away Monday, Nov. 21, 2005 at Douglas Memorial Hospital after a brief illness. The 101-year-old former teacher at Ridgeway Public School saw generations pass through her classroom during her more than 40-year career. She would have turned 102 in February. The determined and active member of People&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Archive: CAO quits after four months</title>
		<link>http://www.ridgewayherald.com/cao-quits-after-four-months/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 01:27:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Cloutier</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Originally published Nov. 1, 2005 Harry Schlange (rhymes with dang) will leave his post as the town&#8217;s chief administrative officer after four months on the job. &#8220;Schlanger&#8221; will resume a career in the private sector with a world-wide business consulting firm Accenture. He left IBM Canada to assume the CAO&#8217;s position in July. &#8220;They heard [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Archive: Lewis in conflict of interest</title>
		<link>http://www.ridgewayherald.com/lewis-caught-in-conflict-of-interest/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 01:24:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Cloutier</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Originally published Oct. 17, 2005 &#8220;I have a problem not following through with my word,&#8221; said Councillor Tom Lewis at the Oct. 3 meeting of Fort Erie Town Council. To twist it around some, not only does he have a problem with not following through with what he says he will do, he&#8217;s got a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Archive: 2nd span to expand Peace Bridge</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 01:16:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Cloutier</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Originally published Oct. 17 A second span next to the existing Peace Bridge will be built as part of the expansion project. The decision to quash replacement concepts was made Thursday, Oct. 6 by the design jury made up of 32 technical experts and lay people from Buffalo and Fort Erie. A final bridge design [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Archive: DMI sets up wind turbine plant</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 01:14:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Cloutier</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Originally published Oct. 17, 2005 Construction will begin in a few weeks for a new industrial plant at the old Ronal factory in Stevensville. DMI Industries of West Fargo, North Dakota, will fabricate heavy steel wind tower components. The company expects 100 people will be employed when it goes on stream in late winter or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Archive: Cassie’s passing leaves void</title>
		<link>http://www.ridgewayherald.com/womans-passing-leaves-unexpected-void/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 01:05:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Cloutier</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Originally published Oct. 17, 2005 The community of Ridgeway notes with sadness the passage of a sweet young lady, Cassandra Willson. Cassie died unexpectedly Sept. 30 and has left a void among the many people who called her friend. &#8220;Everyday I look up out the window and think I can see her,&#8221; said Denise Grenier [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Archive: Berry gets his wish and still pouts</title>
		<link>http://www.ridgewayherald.com/berry-gets-his-wish-%e2%80%94-and-still-pouts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 00:58:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Cloutier</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Originally published Sept. 30, 2005 If I didn&#8217;t know better, I&#8217;d say Sept. 26 marked the dawn of a new age in councillor cooperation at town hall. But, alas, I do know better. And it was nothing like a new age. It was school age, and even included a school girl insult being flung, &#8220;rude.&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Archive: Permit denied for Ambassador bridge</title>
		<link>http://www.ridgewayherald.com/permits-denied-for-ambassador-niagara-bridge/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 00:48:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Cloutier</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Originally published Sept. 30, 2005 The agencies responsible for approving an international bridge will not issue permits for the Ambassador Niagara Signature Bridge proposal between Fort Erie and Buffalo. Transport Canada and the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency formally advised the proponent this summer. &#8220;On several fronts they have been advised that the six-mile franchise is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Archive: Misinformation is the game</title>
		<link>http://www.ridgewayherald.com/misinformation-the-name-of-the-game/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 00:36:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Cloutier</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Originally published Sept. 2, 2005 Tom Lewis thanked the 80 or so people who took a July 27 bus tour that he planned for the opportunity to &#8220;clear up misinformation&#8221; about a proposed highway bridge near the International Railroad Bridge and all the while piling it on higher and deeper. The IRR corridor — as [...]]]></description>
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