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Golf to roll on despite sale PAGE 28 COMMUNITY
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Subra Nagalingam tends to his plot at the Markham Community Gardens. After nearly two decades of operations, thanks to the generosity of a Markham family, the land on Maple Street in Markham Village has been sold to developers. See story, page 22.
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Distracted drivers ‘miss message’ By Jeremy Grimaldi
Jgeimaldi@yrmg.com
Staff Sgt. Dave Mitchell has seen plenty of distracted drivers in his day, but few worse than the motorist who was watching a movie
on a DVD player underneath his car’s sun visor while he drove on Hwy. 7. He was recounting the tale yesterday at Whitchurch-Stouffville’s Community Safety Village, as MPPs and police gathered together
to announce the new distracted driving laws intended to curb this kind of behaviour. As part of the new Bill 31, which was introSee PAY, page 14.