Aldergrove Star
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
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issued: 2024-05-03
issued: 1992-11-19
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note: TIP OF THE ICEBERG? ( Pacifica' growth pins Tisl'tiii""'''^^*!^ ■Ts p; MURRAYVILLE - Ts proposed development in the southwest corner of Langley just "the tip of the iceberg?" a delegate to Langley township council asked Monday night. Is there a relationship between the proposed Chartwell golf course and a massive housing development on the outskirts of the city of Blaine and just a stone's throw on the other side of the US-Canada border? Questions were raised by ' Brian Westwood, a local resident who is vehemently opposed to the golf course-housing development. He indicated to local councilors that both the Langley development consisting of the golf links and 160 homes and the Whatcom county expansion of Blaine in order to facilitate the building of between 1,000 and 1,200 new homes might be owned by the same developer, a Canadian. "It could change local conditions forever," Westwood said. Coun. Aubrey Searle, also in opposition to the Chartwell development, thought the idea should be investigated. However, Coun. John Scholtens reminded his colleague that it was not really any of council's concerns who owned what, and cautioned against embarking upon a "witchhunt". Coun. Steve Ferguson criticized colleagues Searle and Muriel Arnason for their attempt, once more, to delay a public hearing into the Chartwell proposal. "The two councilors have consistently sides wiped (proceedings)," he said. Searle's motion to delay the public hearing until the ownership question had been determined was summarily defeated. "We have been dragging our feet, and I am anxious to hear the public," Scholtens added. He also managed to upset Westwood by referring to his group of the South Langley Ratepayers as "a special interest group." "We are not!" emphasized "Westwood. The delegate praised councilors for their "fine idea" of hav-ijrjg a recently; completed impact study assessed by yet another group of engineers at taxpayers' expense and suggested to the assembled members that he knew of t…
note: Title changes in chronological order: Aldergrove Herald (1957-10-16 to 1958-02-20), Aldergrove News (1958-02-27 to 1964-04-30), Central Fraser Valley Echo (1964-05-06 to 1964-12-23), Central Fraser Valley Star (1967-01-17 to 1969-02-05), and Aldergrove Star (1969-02-12 to 1991-12-31). Presented to the Alder Grove Heritage Society by Rudy Langmann, April 9, 2003.
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Aldergrove (B.C.)
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0442185
language: English
lat: 49.0851
long: -122.4707
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: [place of publication unknown] : [publisher not identified]
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source: Original Format: Alder Grove Heritage Society
type: Text