New apartments opening to help support staff at Gillis Lodge in rural P.E.I.
Developer Ajay Mathew Punnapadam has nearly completed a second six-unit apartment building across the street from Dr. John M. Gillis Memorial Lodge in Belfast, P.E.I., to help staff members find accommodation.
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Posted: Mar 12, 2021 7:19 PM AT | Last Updated: March 12
Two six-unit apartments have already been constructed in Belfast, P.E.I., with plans to build two more.(Submitted by Ajay Mathew Punnapadam)
A Grade 7 student at St. Margaret’s School has organized students at the school to personally hand-write Valentine’s cards for each resident living at Veterans Memorial Lodge. This week, Lois . . .
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VICTORIA A COVID-19 outbreak at Veterans Memorial Lodge in Saanich has been declared over. Island Health locked down much of the facility on Nov. 29 after a staff member tested positive for the coronavirus. Day programs and family visits were cancelled. Island Health said Friday that strategies to prevent the spread of the illness were successful and no more COVID-19 cases are associated with the facility. Essential visits and scheduled social drop-ins will be reinstated on Dec. 12. Veterans Memorial Lodge is located at 4579 Chatterton Wy.
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Part of the Camp Strause map as printed in the Lebanon Daily News, 9 Feb. 1929.
Lake Strause, nestled in the valley between Blue Mountain to the north and Little Mountain to the south, is today a small Bethel Township community. But in its past, it was Camp Strause a Boy Scout camp built thanks to the generosity of a lumber businessman.
The story begins with a man named Samuel Strause. Strause was born in Berks County in 1866 to Monroe and Hettie Strause. The family moved to Pottsville in Schuylkill County shortly afterwards, where Samuel would reside for the rest of his life.