Roaring chants and honking horns erupted on the lawn in front of the YMCA this afternoon as dozens of residents came together to show their support for the soon-to-be-closed recreational and daycare facility.
One of those members at today’s gathering was Alice Martineau, a local who has been attending aquatics four times a week at the McNabb Street facility for the last three years.“This was my rehabilitation,” she told SooToday. “Now it’s getting down to the wire of where you can go. This was a real shock and I’ve been really upset. I would be very happy for my taxes to go up just so the Y could stay here.
“I don’t know where I’m going to go,” she added. “This was like home to me, and it was for a lot of people.”
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