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Many local Grades 3 and 6 students failed to meet the provincial standard in reading, writing and mathematics according to test results released this week by the English public school board.

BY KEITH LACEY Considering the clothes and hairstyles they wore back then, Gary Michalak and Mark Mieto grimace when they look at old photos from their high school yearbooks.

Motorists should expect major traffic delays on Barrydowne Road this week. Starting today (Tuesday) to the end of the week, southbound traffic will be reduced to one lane between Westmount Avenue and The Kingsway from 9 am to 3 pm.

BY MICHAEL JAMES Ask any 10 people what Peer Support Sudbury is all about and, odds are, nine out 10 won?t have the foggiest idea.

BY DIANE GILHULA Santa made an early delivery this week to Ecole St-Paul in Lively. Two new hockey nets were delivered to the principalÂ?s office by 12-year old Edward Norquay, who is a Grade 7 student at the school. Edward told the principal, M.

The Sudbury Regional Hospital has launched its new and improved Web site. The hospital has redesigned its site to include more practical information about what to expect as a patient or visitor.

By Rick Pusiak Chelmsford is going to lose its LOEB grocery store on Errington Street.

BY KEITH LACEY When Nick Lagges arrived in Canada more than 50 years ago, he had very few possessions other than the clothes on his back. Nick Lagges and his wife Anna are retiring. They have operated Nick?s Pier on Barrydowne Road for many years.

Professor receives prestigious award Joe Shorthouse, a biology professor at Laurentian University, was recently named a Fellow of the Entomological Society of Canada (ESC).

BY MICHAEL JAMES The City of Greater Sudbury has launched a new action plan to address the needs of seniors, a growing concern as the baby boomer generation age over the next 15 years.