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Empire proposes to resurrect Nanticoke industry dream with development

Empire Communities Inc. is proposing a massive development around Stelco's Nanticoke plant with purchased lands, outlined in red. The county would first require rezoning approval from the province, as it falls within provincially significant employment zon

Empire Communities Inc. has pitched Haldimand council with a Nanticoke development proposal that claims to transform the largest and least populated industrial park in the province into a community that would attract people and jobs.

The planner for the multinational developer approached council on Feb. 14 and said that Empire Communities purchased 1,700 hectares that surround Stelco, and with it wants to build a community, incorporating 15,000 residential units with commercial sites, a school and waterfront lands donated to the county.

The plan would start with building water and wastewater infrastructure, and the company proposed changes to the county’s water supply project, the decommissioning of current and future wastewater systems along Haldimand’s Highway 6 corridor and incorporating water and wastewater treatment into one main 75-megalitre-per-day plant. The size was approved in a 2011 environmental assessment.

It would cost $180 million. Currently, the county has $80 million planned for related projects, and Empire proposed to chip in to start up development.

Most of Empire Communities Inc.’s land falls within provincially significant employment lands, and the county has been asked to request provincial rezoning permissions to start development. They estimate proposed commercial sites would generate at least 7,000 jobs.

Both the mayor and several councillors voiced their support for the project, and directed staff to create a report on the feasibility of the project for its March 1 committee session.

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Local roundup: Wyoming Valley West girls basketball edges Crestwood at the buzzer

With the game tied in the final seconds on Wednesday night, Trinity Johnson came through again for Wyoming Valley West, hitting a jumper as time expired to give the Spartans a 47-45 win over Crestwood in a WVC Division 1 girls basketball game.

Johnson finished with a game-high 22 points as the Spartans rallied from deficits at the end of the first and second quarters. Mackenzie Perluke chipped in with 15 points in the win.

Leading the Comets were Julia Glowacki and Candence Hiller, who finished with 12 points apiece. Grace Pasternick added 10 points.

Dallas 70, Nanticoke Area 49

Nadia Evanosky (22) and Victoria Spaciano (18) combined for 40 points as the Mountaineers won at home. Audrey DelGaudio added 14 in the win.

Riley Baird topped Nanticoke Area with 16 points, followed by 12 from Brooklyn Biehl. The Trojanettes hit 10 3-pointers.

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Tunkhannock 55, Valley View 53

Ben Chilson led three Tigers in double figures with 16 points and Tunkhannock withstood a late 3-point barrage from Valley View’s Eli Yusavage to hold on for the win.

Tunkhannock also got 13 points from Josh Brown and 12 from Shane Macko. Yusavage led all scorers with 24 points and hit three of his six threes on the night in the fourth quarter.

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King’s 2, Wilkes 1

Dianna Duncan blasted home the game-winner for the Monarchs at the 12:57 mark of the third period, breaking a tie with the rival Colonels.

Kendall Castro opened the scoring for Wilkes in the first period, but King’s tied it up in the second on a Josee Aitken goal.

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Last of the coal-fired generators bites the dust–literally

The last of Ontario’s coal-fired power generation stations is no more. A demolition crew successfully imploded the Lambton Generating Station near Courtright, south of Sarnia early Sunday morning. Traffic on was halted around the site which sits on the shores of the St. Clair River while the operation was underway. Ship traffic on the river was also paused.

Lambton Generating Station was first fired up in 1969 during a period of rapid expansion by Ontario Hydro into thermal generation. State of the art in its day, the plant boasted the installation of “scrubbers” aimed at reducing emissions. Lambton was opened before the coal fired plant at Nanticoke and the oil-fired Lennox plant near Kingston came on stream.

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“The three stacks and the boilers came down at 7:42 a.m.,” said Neal Kelly, an Ontario Power Generation spokesperson. “It went as planned,” he said.  “We had the weather conditions that we needed.” In a tweet OPG said “Lambton GS was safely imploded today. It was part of OPG’s coal closure, which remains one of the world’s single largest climate change actions. We now look to decarbonize the future with our clean hydro, a refurbished Darlington Nuclear and our planned Small Modular Reactors.”

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Greater Nanticoke Area increases substitute pay, replaces gym seats

 			 				 Greater Nanticoke Area Superintendent Ron Grevera removed his mask for comments at Thursday’s monthly School Board meeting, offering praise for former Superintendent Tony Perrone, who died Feb. 3. Mark Guydish | Times Leader

Greater Nanticoke Area Superintendent Ron Grevera removed his mask for comments at Thursday’s monthly School Board meeting, offering praise for former Superintendent Tony Perrone, who died Feb. 3.

Mark Guydish | Times Leader

NANTICOKE — The Greater Nanticoke Area School Board increased substitute teacher pay to $125 a day at Thursday’s monthly meeting, with the rate bumping up to $145 per day for teachers in a position more than 20 days. The rate was $95 per day, but the district, like others in the area, is struggling to attract substitutes, and the increase is similar to those in other districts.

After the meeting, Superintendent Ron Grevera said the district currently only has about six reliable substitutes, and that it could probably use about 20.

The board also approved a plan to have Degler-Whiting Inc. replace the gymnasium seats at a discounted cost not to exceed $46,031. Grevera said the 20-year-old plastic seats had started cracking and become a safety risk. The district negotiated with the company, which had originally installed the seats, and got the price of replacement reduced from about $70,000.

And the board voted to seek bids for the artificial turf and track project at the stadium. The cost won’t be known until bids come in, but the project has been estimated at about $2 million. The district has obtained about $900,000 toward that through the state Local Share Account, money the state gives…

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Local roundup: Nanticoke Area boys basketball edges rival Hanover Area

Trailing at halftime, Nanticoke Area gave up just one field goal in the third quarter to take the lead and hold on for a 60-54 win over rival Hanover Area on Thursday in a WVC Division 2 boys basketball game.

Payton Kepp scored a game-high 21 points while Jaidyn Johnson added 19 and Chris Johnson had 12.

Mike Merth finished with 17 for the Hawkeyes and Jake Zola had 13.

Dallas 62, Crestwood 47

Down by one on the road, the Mountaineers came out of the locker room strong to secure the win behind 18 points from Mike Bufalino, who scored 13 in the second half.

Nick Nocito (13 points), Austin Finarelli (12) and Mike Cumbo (10) also finished in double figures for Dallas.

Drew Sechleer finished with 12 points to lead the Comets.

Pittston Area 68, Berwick 37

JJ Walsh finished with 20 points while Ethan Ghannam and Dom Jannuzzi each scored nine in a home win.

Sean Murphy led the Bulldogs with 12 points.

Wyoming Valley West 83, Tunkhannock 58

The Spartans outscored the Tigers 21-5 in the first quarter and never looked back en route to a home win.

Johnathan Mann led five Valley West players in double figures with 25 points, followed by 14 apiece from Ryan Sullivan and Zach Konopke, 13 by Tyreese Harris and 11 from Kenny Brown.

Tunkhannock got 19 points from Ben Chilson and 14 from Dylan Mateus.

Holy Redeemer 74, MMI Prep 44

Justice Shoats scored 20 points to lead the host Royals to victory. Zach Perta added 17 points while Matt Prociak and Chris Papciak added 10 apiece.

Chance Eyerly topped the Preppers with 16 points.

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