Fall 2011 425 Dufferin Street, Stanstead (Quebec) J0B 3E2 • Tel.: (819) 876-7181 • www.stanstead.ca Vol. 03 – No. 03 A word from the Mayor Philippe Dutil : pride, diversity, hospitality I take great pride in being able to address you son can feel towards a place that is a cause of them; that is why I invite all Stansteaders to through this editi on of our municipal bulletin envy to others. Its slow descent into hell express their enthusiasm for the proposition because I know this platform not only gives helped me more fully realize to what extent that our Town Hall - now situated in a me a golden opportunity to once more our destinies are tied when a simple decision building that once housed a Handy Andy underline the achievements that will transport from a company’s board of directors can have hardware store – more proudly represent our our town and its inhabitants to a better future such catastrophic consequences on a town rich heritage by moving to the building and a better life but also because it, just as and its population for generations to come. located at 10, Phelps street which is already importantly, lets me express my heartfelt Recent achievements of the scope and under town ownership. We must also make gratitude to all those people who have more room for arts, leisure and culture in contributed in transforming impossible breadth of such projects as Stanstead Manor and the Pat Burns Arena bear witness to the general because a community tends to rise dreams into magnificent realities for the above petty considerations when these are benefit of our community. fact that a new future lies on the horizon for us. Next September 17th’s Townshippers’ more present; that is why the Stanstead Stansteaders, be they born and bred here or Day as well as the official opening of the Cultural and Recreational Center is relative newcomers to our beautiful neck of magnificent Pat Burns Arena a few days later becoming such an essential part of our the woods, all know that our once prosperous, will not only help us celebrate the community. We must reduce our dependency dynamic and hopeful town underwent a bilingualism that is our landmark but will let on the manufacturing sector and take all radical change following the disheartening us express our collective thanks to those effective measures towards encouraging closing of the old Butterfield’s back in 1982, among us, from within or without - be they small business growth in Stanstead; that is once the town’s most important employer. simple individuals or governments - having why initiatives such as Inode Estrie receive Almost overnight, dreams of the future turned lent a hand or put their shoulder to the the full backing of Town Council. Finally, into nightmares, workers became part of the wheel to help those among us who so desired geographically and culturally isolated, we unemployed, united homes fell into discord to transport our town and its people to a must open our hearts, our minds and our and once proud villages collectively lowered future as rich in promises as it is in homes to those who fall under the spell of our their eyes, choosing to avert their gaze from a future achievements. town so that they may more speedily become future all too clearly filled with heartache I therefore have a clear and optimistic vision full members of our community and have an and hardship: a long journey through the of my beloved town’s future. I can express it equal say in its development and destiny. desert followed. in three simple words : Pride, Diversity, Stansteader from birth, I have lived through Hospitality. Proud in our heritage and our its hours of glory with all the pride a native resources, we must shamelessly highlight TABLE OF CONTENTSS A Word from the Mayor .......................... 1 General Informations .............................. 2 Townshippers’ Day .................................. 3 Pat Burns Arena ...................................... 3 Stanstead Manor ....................................... 4 Rock Island Project ................................ 4 Stanstead Cultural and Recreational Center .... 5 Inode Estrie .......................................... 5-6 Bourse du Maire ...................................... 6 General Informations (cont’d) ............. 7-8 Highway 55 Construction .......................... 8 Composting in Stanstead ......................... 9 RénoVillage ........................................... 10 Various ...................................................10 Leisure ................................... Old Butterfields plant 11-12-13-14 Advertising .......................................14-15 MAYOR’S OFFICE GENERAL INFORMATION Your Municipal Council WEBSITE AND FACEBOOK Member o f: Philippe Dutil Mayor Web site: www.stanstead.ca Facebook: www.facebook.com/pages/ Town news Ville-de-Stanstead-Town-of- Stanstead/180497101990114 Paul Stuart Jody Stone Minutes of Council meetings Seat #01 Seat #02 Information concerning leisure and Leisure and Culture, Administration, Leisure General information concerning the Public Security and Culture cultural activities in Stanstead as well as Town's organisation, by-laws, updates on the Pat Burns Arena activities and administration. construction project. TOWN COUNCIL MEETINGS Recyclables Every sector: Every Regular meetings: every first Monday other Friday from of the month. 7 a.m. Extraordinary meetings: Public notice Organic waste Wayne Stratton Michèle Richard and agenda on display at Town Hall. All sectors: Seat #03 Seat #04 Meetings are public. Environmental Health, Administration May 1st to October 31st: Public Security The Council's deliberations and Every Thursday decisions are consigned in the form of November 1st to April 30th: Every fourth minutes available at Town Hall during Thursday office hours. Large non metallic waste: RECYCLABLES AND same day as household waste. HOUSEHOLD AND ORGANIC Large mettalic waste: WASTE COLLECTION same day as recyclable materials. Christopher Goodsell Guy Ouellet COLLECTION CALENDAR Large waste: Seat #05 Seat #06 placed on curbside, not on sidewalk Leisure and Culture, Leisure and Culture and Household waste or roadway. Public Transport Public Security StansteadandRockIslandsectors: Me Guillaume Labbé Every other General Manager Wednesday from Mr. Edwin John Sullivan 7 a.m. Town Clerk / Assistant General Manager Mrs. Véronique Blouin Beebesector: Treasurer Every other Ms. Renée Nadeau Thursday Receptionist and adm. Assistant from Mr. Stanislav Korolev 7 a.m. (Continued on page 7) Building and Environmental Inspector Mrs. Marise Trépanier Community Recreation Coordinator MUNICIPAL SERVICES Mr. Michael Houle Director of Public Works Town Hall : 425, Dufferin Street, Stanstead, Quebec J0B 3E2 Mr. Patrick Robert Tel: 819-876-7181 • Fax: 819-876-5560 Foreman of Public Works E-Mail: [email protected] • Website: www.stanstead.ca Mr. James Runciman The Town Hall is open Monday to Friday from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM and Director of Fire Department from 1:00 PM to 4:30 PM. Design and Printing of the Newsletter © Les Publications Municipales Inc. – (450) 787-2715 2 • THE STANSTEAD STAGECOACH FALL 2011 EVENTS TOWNSHIPPERS’ DAY : PRIDE, DIVERSITY, HOSPITALITY other resources - left no doubt as to the on our town”. According to him, “the Pat event’s success. Burns Arena and Stanstead Manor According to Councillor Jody Stone, represent investments upward of 17 million member of the 32nd annual edition’s dollars in our little community and that’s organizing committee, preparing the event not even counting the $750 000 in which celebrates the Townships’ unique costs associated with getting the Sureté character – its harmonious biculturalism - du Québec quarters up and running in Serving as a beacon to the Eastearn was a marvellous opportunity for the old Caisse Desjardins building on Townships’ Anglophone community, the Stanstead. Dufferin street”. annual bilingual gathering which Mr. Stone emphasizes the point that Mr. Stone’s final words on the subjet? “ If celebrates its vitality and creativity will Townshippers’ Day is much more than an the honour of hosting an event such as take place next September 17th in the Park opportunity to showcase the Anglophone Townshippers’ Day and multi-million street sector (Pat Burns Arena and presence and impact in the Townships’, dollar investments in our town don’t bear Stanstead Manor) of town and called for insisting that “the event helped create new witness to the scope of its recent progress, unprecedented commitment and bonds within Stanstead » by giving those organization from the members of our who had never had one « the opportunity to I don’t know what it takes to convince small community. fully involve themselves in a community people that Stanstead in Action is more than an empty slogan”. Far from being intimidated by the scope of endeavour”. the task - the 2010 edition of the event For the veteran of numerous community For further information on Townshippers’ attracted thousands of people – the events, Townshippers’ Day will act as a Day, visit www.tday.ca or contact Kate Townshippers’ Day organizing committee “platform through which our Townships’ Wisdom at Townshippers’ Association quickly laid out plans to get the project neighbours will more fully appreciate the Montérégie headquarters, 450-242-4421 underfoot and the population’s massive scope of our recent achievements and the (toll free : 1-877-242-4421) or e-mail: response - in terms of time, money and wind of progress that is currently blowing [email protected] PAT BURNS ARENA