[Image-1] Jono Developments will pay HRM $3.6 million for the former St. Patrick’s-Alexandra elementary school. Regional Council voted 14-2 in approval of a settlement agreement between the municipality and the developer during an in-camera meeting Tuesday night. Only peninsula councillors Waye Mason and Jennifer Watts voted against the sale. Some of that money may end up […]
St. Patrick’s-Alexandra school
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A city only does as well as its poorest resident
[Image-1] The movie 12 Years A Slave is the account of Solomon Northup, a free black man who was drugged and abducted from Washington, DC and sold into slavery in Louisiana. In one scene, a conversation takes place between Solomon’s slavemaster and another white man who is against slavery. The other man (played by Brad […]
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Jono not interested in St. Pat’s mediation
[Image-1] It’s probably safe to say there’ll be no Valentines sent between Jono Developments and HRM this year. The municipality’s been dealing since 2011 with the legal fallout from trying to sell St. Patrick’s-Alexandra elementary school to the Joe Metlege-owned company. After in camera discussions at the last Regional Council meeting before the Christmas holidays, […]
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St. Pat’s-Alexandra sale violated policy
The city may have left more than just sore feelings when they dumped St. Pat’s-Alexandra school. It appears staff also violated their own policy for getting rid of schools. According to a 2000 document, the city must first ask for community pitches 90 days in advance and review them before inviting commercial bids—and any feasible […]
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St. Patrick’s-Alexandra development OKed
Civil rights activist Rocky Jones strolled up to the podium at the Peninsula Community Council Monday, with a newspaper in hand, and read a headline with disappointed defeat, “Winner emerges in bid for the St. Patrick’s Alexandra site.” City staff recommended a residential and commercial proposal from Jono Developments, trumping two other residential pitches from […]