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• Back to middle school drawing board

  A new middle school will be built in Anmore on a site the school district previously criticized for its costly and complicated construction challenges.

• Burnaby teen dies in crash

  Port Moody Police say speed was a factor in a single-vehicle crash Thursday night in which a 16-year-old Burnaby girl died.

• Bringing the beauty of the forest to Port Moody streets

  Port Moody is betting this will be a banner year for forests. The city's public art program is issuing a call for banner designs to celebrate the International Year of Forests, in preparation for the annual community banner painting festival.

• Things-to-do Guide: Last days of summer fun

  Members of Rebel Haunt, a local theatre group started by Port Moody resident Sarah Dixon, rehearse for their play The Dark, which is showing at the Vancouver International Fringe Festival Sept.

• MLA Black may be anti-HST target

  A BC Liberal MLA from the Tri-Cities could face voters sooner than the next scheduled provincial election if Fight HST campaigners get their way.

• Replacement bridge for Noons Creek now underway

  Noons Creek Bridge is getting an extreme makeover. The City of Port Moody began removing the old Noons Creek Bridge, where it looked a bit more like destruction than construction.

• District finds middle school site

  Heritage Mountain middle school finally has a home. The new school will be built just north of Heritage Woods Secondary on the lower half of a site in Anmore.

• Vander Zalm sings his way to first prize at PNE competition

  Corbin Vander Zalm rose to the top of last week's Red Robinson Talent Showdown at the PNE.

• Son of PoMo pioneer dies

  By Janis Warren - The Tri-City News Published: September 01, 2010 9:00 AM Updated: September 01, 2010 9:05 AM The son of a Port Moody pioneer who gave up a promising career as a professional dancer to run his father's business died last Friday from natural causes.

• Government of Canada Invests in the Port Moody Heritage Society

  The Honourable James Moore, Minister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages and Member of Parliament , today announced funding for the Port Moody Heritage Society.