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Meeting this week, Woolwich council approved an interim tax bill plan that will allow it to collect an amount equal to 50% of last year’s levy. The move lets them continue collecting funds even though it has yet to set taxation levels for 2023.The first 25% will be due on Mar. 3, and the second on May 5. Adjustments will be made later in the year to accommodate this year’s budget, set for approval later this month.

It may have come in like a lamb, but January left like a lion as area residents were treated to a rude awakening Jan. 31. Having enjoyed the recent record high temperatures and a lack of snow, residents woke up Thursday morning to find almost 15 centimetres of the white stuff blanketing the region.

From the Feb. 2, 2002 edition of The Observer