Headlines from this weeks SPEC

Nov. 10, 2002

Musee de la Gaspesie finds its architects
Charlene Eden

Yvan Landry, president of the Musee de la Gaspesie Corporation, announced this past week that the architectural design of Briere, Croft et Pelletier of Quebec City in collaboration with Vachon et Roy of Gaspe, has been chosen for the museum’s expansion project. After a six-month process, a jury of six people unanimously decided on the winner. In total, 16 candidates submitted files for the expansion

According to Jean Lavoie, the museum’s director general, the design by Briere, Croft et Pelletier was selected because the architectural concept responded to an institution that would be dynamic, modern and oriented to a local, regional, and tourist clientele. Lavoie also pointed out the design focuses on the museum’s location. "The architects conceive the enlargement of the Musee de la Gaspesie as an occasion to highlight the generosity of the scenery and landscape. This intention is affirmed in the form, visibility, accessibility, the internal and external relations, the functional clarity and the flexibility of space," he said.

Vandalism wave hits New Carlisle
Break and enters at summer chalets
School bus stolen
Eastern Shores School Board Office damaged by a fire
Gilles Gagne

NEW CARLISLE - New Carlisle was hit by a vandalism wave during the last week of October. Break and enters were committed at nine summer chalets near the Green campground on the night between October 29th and 30th. A school bus was stolen during the same night and found along a road in a wooded area near Gaspe the following day.
Eight chalets were actually visited by vandals. An alarm system warned the police at the ninth camp, and the criminals left the scene. Serete du Quebec Officer, Eric Lebrasseur, does not rule out a link between these events and the theft of a school bus at Transport BN, owned by Burne Gilker and Norbert Poirier.

Appleby wins New Richmond election
Caissy challenges the results in court
Gilles Gagne

NEW RICHMOND - Nicole Appleby is the new mayor of New Richmond. She won the November 3rd election with 894 votes, a lead of 276 over Robert "Bob" Caissy, who had also lost to Jean-Marie Jobin in 1998. Mr. Jobin is retiring after 28 years at the head of the municipal council.
The first reaction of Mr. Caissy at the news of the results was to declare to the media that he will challenge the issue of the election in court. He has 30 days to submit his case to the Superior Court. He contests the eligibility of Nicole Appleby, based on the assumption that she was not a permanent resident of New Richmond for a year prior to the election, as it is stated in the Law of Elections and Referendums.
"She said in a radio interview aired on CHNC (New Carlisle) last Friday that she came back to the region in December 2001, while she should have been a permanent resident in September 2001 in order to qualify as a candidate", said Bob Caissy.