As Quinte West’s newest councillor, Leslie Roseblade says she’s ready to serve – and she’s even looking forward to spending long days working on the city’s budget.

Council voted Nov. 19 to appoint the former two-term councillor to fill the Ward 1 council seat left by the late Sally Freeman , 79, who died Oct. 22.

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“I am very happy with the way that council voted, and I feel very privileged to be able to represent the community, and I’ll do the best I can do,” Roseblade said Thursday in a telephone interview.

The retired Quinte West residents said “it is an honour” to succeed Freeman; the two had served together on past councils.

“She was a fantastic councillor,” Roseblade said. “She’s been on council since back when it was the City of Trenton … and she’s always don

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