Falmouth's Water Square free of vendors, but not all pleased

Mayor of Falmouth C Junior Gager is expressing satisfaction at the response from vendors to the Trelawny Municipal Corporation's decision to make Water Square a no-vending area.

"I must say thanks to the vendors for their willingness to work along with us. I must say thanks to the police also," he stated Friday.

He further said: "When I walked the town I could see people walking on the sidewalks as they were meant to be used. Garbage is being picked up the way the square looks is the way I want to see it."

However, one vendor 'Trasha', in reacting to the no-vending policy, said the decision of the Mayor runs counter to the origins of Water Square.

"The newly freed slaves would come to town and vend and barter. This decision destroys the history," he told The Gleaner.

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