Valley East

Students and staff at École Jean-Paul II in Val Caron met some of their friendly local municipal politicians Oct. 28. Mayor Brian Bigger and Ward 5 Coun. Robert Kirwan paid the school a visit.

Culvert repairs will close one lane in each direction on Main Street in Val Caron, near Fire Road 7, starting on Oct. 13. Three culverts will be repaired followed by final road restoration and paving. Work is expected to be completed by Oct.

Greater Sudbury Fire Services responded to a fire at a recreation facility in Val Caron at around 2 p.m. on Oct. 7. The estimated damage to the building was $2,500 with light smoke and fire damage contained to one storey of the building.

A locally-produced film shot in the fall of 2014 in Azilda and Valley East will be screened at Cinéfest Sudbury International Film Festival at 9 p.m. Sept. 20.

A little bit of rain didn't discourage 14-year-old Tanner Levesque from taking to the streets on his bicycle and pedalling from Val Therese to Bell Park.