Originally published Oct. 17, 2005 The community of Ridgeway notes with sadness the passage of a sweet young lady, Cassandra Willson.

Originally published Sept. 30, 2005 If I didn’t know better, I’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, “rude.”

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.

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 “clear up misinformation” about a proposed highway bridge near the International Railroad Bridge and all the while piling it on higher and deeper.