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The Airdrie Resource Business Partnership has publicly revealed the finalists for its annual awards with nine different businesses up for different honours. “It’s the cream of the crop,” said Matt Carre, communications director with the awards.

For JT Kelly, keeping your eye on the ball – and good form – are what he hopes will propel him to a shot at golf’s pro tour one day. The 17-year-old is a member of the Airdrie Optimist Club and he was recently in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.

The elderly will soon be able to get around more easily with the Airdrie Transit’s new Community Route No. 60. The new route will be launched Oct.

Beginner riders will have a venue to show off their jumping prowess at a local English riding equestrian event, Oct. 1.

Crossfield residents may soon see improvements at the Pete Knight Memorial Arena, as Rocky View County council unanimously approved $50,000 in recreational funding for renovations, Sept. 20.

Canadian National Railway (CN) and Rocky View County officials broke ground at the new Calgary Logistics Park Sept. 19. Two Alberta MLAs, CN executives and County Reeve Rolly Ashdown stuck their shovels in the sod at the ceremony.

What was expected to be a straightforward housekeeping issue raised a bevy of questions for some councillors, during Rocky View County’s regular board meeting, Sept. 20.

A delegation of citizens, whose homes back onto the lane between McCulloch Crescent and Booth Crescent, requested that council rebuild the roadway.

Cochrane RCMP responded to a hit and run vehicle collision, Aug. 12. The night before, at about 9 p.m., a vehicle struck a home’s fence on the east side of Fourth Avenue just north of the Highway 1A junction.

A group of about 20 County residents opposed to the development of a drug and alcohol rehabilitation facility took its concerns to Crossfield Town Council, Sept, 20.