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Cathy Dobson The first phase of the project to bury asbestos and other contaminants in Centennial Park should be finished this spring, two years after the city discovered pollutants in the soil.

Union Gas is buying five acres of land in Sarnia’s 402 Business Park for $290,000. The utility plans to build a warehouse and offices to act as a base of operations. The business park south of Highway 402 near Airport Road currently has two tenants.

Two Sarnia city firms responsible for designing much of Sarnia-Lambton’s public infrastructure are merging.

Want to see a 3D printer in action? The Sarnia Library is offering free demonstrations of the breakthrough technology each Saturday from Jan. 17 to Feb. 28.

Norma West Linder Half a century can bring many changes, so I shouldn’t be surprised that the Sarnia I live in today is vastly different from the one I moved to in the early ‘50s.

1. What rock formation on Salisbury Plain is thought to have been used by the Druids to predict celestial events? 2.

A spectacular coating of ice clings to the Great Lakes freighter Walter J McCarthy Jr. as it passes Sarnia on the St. Clair River.

Cathy Dobson As the doors open this week on a new era for the former St. Margaret elementary school, Sarnia developer Robert Iacobelli said he’s particularly proud that he and his brother repurposed a building rather than tear it down.

George Mathewson Sunday will mark the 200th birthday of Sir John A. Macdonald, one of the most important and controversial figures in Canadian history, and no stranger to Sarnia.

Journal Staff He’s an enduring staple of the local music scene, a Michigan export who has performed so often in Sarnia he’s frequently mistaken for a homegrown talent. But Cliff Erickson’s next show in the city will be unique in more ways than one.