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West End students destined for the new middle school next week have the option of taking a bus thanks to some dedicated parents. Forty-six students were registered, as of Aug.

Artists have drawn up a petition they hope will save 100 Braid St. Studios from the wrecking ball.

TransLink continues to motor along with plans to build a replacement Pattullo Bridge by the end of 2022.

The Pattullo is looking good. Steady pace with no delays. Those aren’t comments you often hear about the Pattullo Bridge during the morning rush hour, but that’s what you would have heard on Monday morning if you tuned into local traffic reports.

New Westminster city council members have heard the noise themselves, and they’re also hearing residents’ concerns about the noise. The noise is coming from new construction sites which require major pile driving in the downtown area.

There wasn’t a potato sack or three-legged race to be seen at the Last Door Recovery Society’s annual sports day in Moody Park, but folks were still having a ball.

A group that’s been an outspoken opponent of the New Westminster Secondary School replacement project is at it again, this time suggesting stakeholders have been misled about the location of the Chinese cemetery.

It may not look like it today, but the new $1.2 million artificial turf field at Mercer Stadium is on track to be completed within a couple of weeks.

Darcy Schlechtleitner wants to help give the gift that keeps on giving. In March, Schlechtleitner received an emergency blood transfusion that saved her life.

A landmark that harkens back to New Westminster’s early days is no longer standing tall in the Brow of the Hill.