Tagger fined

A tagger has been fined over $4,000 for several graffitti incidents.

20 year old Callum Grant of Riverview pleaded guilty to 11 charges after initially facing 64 counts of spray-painting his work on businesses and government properties. The judge ordered him to pay $3,000 in restitutions and $1,100 in court fees…plus he gave him 50 hours community service.

Facelift for downtown hotel

A landmark downtown Moncton hotel is getting a makeover.

Work begins Monday on the Crowne Plaza on Main Street. General Manager Gerald Normandeau told the Times and Transcript it’s a full facelift costing $5 to $6 million dollars. They’ll take everything down to the studs and concrete floors and refurbish them. He downplayed the link with the new Events Centre saying the hotel’s last renovations were a decade ago and were due.