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Brooklin loses strong connection to its farm roots with death of Roy Ormiston New year a time for new beginnings in Brooklin thecitizen BrooklinJanuary 21, 2016 facebook.com/newsdurham twitter.com/newsdurham durhamregion.com Brooklin family escapes fast-moving re RYAN PFEIFFER / METROLAND BROOKLIN -- The Town of Whitby, represented by Mayor Don Mitchell, right, has entered into a memorandum of understanding with the Province of Ontario, represented by Steven Del Duca, minister of Transportation, left, regarding Baldwin Street in downtown Brooklin. The purpose of the MOU is to work toward the transfer of a section of the road from provincial to municipal ownership to help improve traffic flow through the area. Improving Brooklin's downtown traffic flow PARVANEH PESSIAN ppessian@durhamregion.com BROOKLIN -- The Town of Whitby has entered into a memorandum of understanding with the Province to work toward creating a traffic bypass in an effort to ease congestion in the town's north end. The MOU addresses the Town's request to transfer ownership of a section of Highway 12/Baldwin Street in Brooklin, from Hwy. 7/Winchester Road to Brawley Road, from the Province to the municipality. SEE 'OWNERSHIP' PAGE 4