TEARFUL THANKS AT MAYOR BARTON’S RETIREMENT SOIRÉE
A surprise retirement party for Champlain Township’s Mayor Gary Barton saw the guest of honour reduced to tears at the microphone, before he could say even one word of thanks.
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