Community laments loss of Pine Island Suites in Maidstone

Dear Editor

This letter is not being written to condemn anyone, but to express the feelings of many people who are disappointed to hear Pine Island Suites in Maidstone will soon be closed.

That building was the original Pine Island Lodge for seniors, and the community was pleased to have such a facility. It was no longer needed when a new and much larger lodge was built onto the hospital.

I enjoy telling the story of when a government official came to a government-sponsored public meeting regarding the plans to close the first building and put up the newest one. He informed us it was, after all, an old building, 30 years old. As someone who maintains an Eaton home, I expect I laughed louder than anyone.

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He also said the first lodge couldn’t be remodeled since it was made of cement blocks. More laughter; it seems government people who live in ivory towers have never heard of cement saws. It didn’t occur to him that a

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