Category: Local News
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Foundry District Lofts Phase Two Groundbreaking Draws Criticism From Plaintiffs
Millrace Development Partners broke ground on a 74-unit second phase of the Foundry District Lofts while a lawsuit over the first phase’s affordable-unit shortfall remains unresolved in court.
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Harbor House Gets $850,000 Lifeline as Shelter Turns Away Record Numbers
Wentworth County commissioners unanimously approved an $850,000 annual funding increase for Harbor House, the county’s only domestic violence shelter, after it turned away some 300 households in a year.
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Ashcroft More Than Doubles Drug-Case Diversion, Citing Results
The Wentworth County district attorney’s office is expanding its drug-case diversion program from 120 to 300 slots a year, citing sharply lower re-arrest rates among participants who complete treatment.
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Second Outreach Van Hits Streets After Years of Council Wrangling
A second Wentworth County overdose outreach van has launched after a three-year funding fight, expanding the county’s recovery outreach into Cedar Hollow and Riverside Heights.
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Millrace Development Partners’ Next Foundry Row Project Draws Early Scrutiny
Millrace Development Partners has proposed a second Foundry Row apartment project, but city council members say they will demand much stricter affordable-housing terms this time.
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Another Foundry Row Warehouse Set for Loft Conversion
Redline Property Group wants to convert a former Anvil Street casting plant into 86 Foundry Row apartments, pledging a bigger affordable-unit share than the one now in dispute at the nearby Foundry District Lofts.
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String of Vandalism Incidents Rattles Vale Avenue Merchants
At least six Vale Avenue businesses have reported vandalism in the past month, rattling downtown merchants and prompting calls for more police patrols.
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Judge Grants Injunction Against Millrace in Foundry Lofts Dispute
A Wentworth County judge has ordered a halt to new market-rate leasing at the Foundry District Lofts until Millrace Development Partners submits a revised affordable-housing plan.
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Riverside Heights Renters Fight Condo Conversion of Longtime Apartment Building
Tenants at the Birchwood Arms, a longtime Riverside Heights rental building, are fighting a condo-conversion plan that would require most residents, many of them retired, to buy or move out within 18 months.
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Chief Simms Says Department Is Short Two Dozen Officers
Chief Roberta Simms told the city council the Bellwater Police Department is 24 officers short of authorized strength, driving overtime up 31 percent and slowing lower-priority response times.