Town of Berwick, Nova Scotia

Registration for summer recreation programs including:  Daycamp, Sport Camp, Swimming Lessons and Tennis to be held in June of 2009.  Dates to be announced.

Call Berwick Recreation at 538-8616 for more information.

A cycling day success. The street block of Commercial, Union, Cottage and Maple were closed down Saturday morning as age cohorts from 5 years old and up pedaled the route. 400 hundred registrants! Hundreds more applauding! Free lemon-yellow helmets, snacks, bike tune-ups, prizes, thanks to Michelin. Big thanks to all behind-the-scenes and on-the-scenes volunteers, from the organizing committee to the traffic controllers. Great day, lots of fun!.

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Berwick Community Theatre was started over 30 years ago, and despite lulls in activity has given adults in the Berwick district a chance to exercise their theatrical and creative talents. The group works co-operatively and is always interested in new talent, either on- or off-stage. The current executive members are Eileen Floris, Don Sanford, Judith Wells and Lisa Newcombe. The group is very appreciative of the continuing and overwhelming community support. Email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it for more info. The company also has a Facebook group at http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=27123916192

Recent meeting

The CAO met on this topic May 1, 2008 with senior managment of RCMP and Dept. of Justice and staff from Service Nova Scotia and Municipal Relations. Local RCMP heads of Major Crime and Traffic Services also attended.

The Town has secured funding from the Eco-Trust Fund to perform an Emissions Inventory audit for buildings, equipment and vehicles. Berwick is one of a few Nova Scotia municipalities occupying a leadership position in this crucial issue of environmental stewardship and energy initiatives. Read the press release from the Nova Scotia Government. The Town will publish the results as soon as they are available.

The Town of Berwick and the County of Kings have released the results of a recent feasibility study for a Joint Industrial Park in the Berwick area. The study forecasts significant demand for additional industrial and commercial land in Kings County over the next 25 years. Download the Executive Summary. Translated into employment numbers, the consultants' conservative estimate for the same quarter-century period pegs about 2,500 new jobs created.

The construction of the new fire hall is underway, on time, as planned. Steve MacMahon, an officer in the Berwick and District Volunteer Fire Department, has started a photo bank to document the history of the build from start to finish. His images will be available online through Google's Picasa. Be sure to bookmark Steve's gallery and watch the visual story of the build unfold. Steve's photo project, it must be noted, is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to his immense contribution to the project. He has given huge amounts of time and effort, not to mention his professional expertise electrical/mechanical technologies, from solar heat to lighting to generators and, well...you name it. Everyone in Berwick and the surrounding district of Kings County can hold Steve in high esteem for the quality time he invests, the significant financial savings he's given taxpayers, and the personal sacrifices he willingly makes. Kudos Steve! Steve is one of many members of Berwick's volunteer team of firefighters, as well as the Ladies' Auxillary, who make a positive difference, day-in, day-out, all year round.

Legislation to prohibit hand-held phone use and text messaging while driving will come into force on April 1.

Take steps to ensure you are equipped with the necessary equipment allowing you hands-free phone usage when necessary. Please continue to use your good judgement and limit all cellular usage when driving.

Chapter 293 is further amended by adding immediately after Section 100C the following Section:

100D (1) It is an offence for a person to use a hand-held cellular telephone or engage in text messaging on any communications device while operating a vehicle on a highway.

(2) This Section does not apply to a person who uses a hand-held cellular telephone or other communications device to report an immediate emergency situation.

The fine for using a hand-held phone while driving is $164.50 for the first offence, $222 for a second and $337 for any subsequent offences.

Tips from your Berwick RCMP detachment:

• Don't give out your personal information over the phone or Internet unless you trust the source.
• Check your credit report every year and report any problems immediately.
• Shred unwanted personal documents such as transaction records, credit applications, insurance forms, cheques, financial statements and tax returns.

The Nova Scotia Department of Justice has written to Mayor John Prall notifying him that an additional officer is coming to the municipality upon 2008-09 budget approval. The letter announces: 

New officers have been allocated across the province to address drugs, thefts, assaults, child pornography, school safety, drug education, family violence and proceeds of crime. 

Thanks to excellent working relationships between the Municipality of the County of Kings, the Town of Berwick, the Berwick and District Fire Commission and, of course, the Berwick and District Volunteer Fire Department we have one of the most cost-efficient fire services in the Province. For the Town on a per capita basis, less than a dollar/week, about $40 annually, goes towards the cost of providing fire services. That's the 2nd lowest of all towns in Nova Scotia. Click continue below to see the full list of 31 Towns and their respective fire services costs per capita.

Fifteen photos from around Town, cold day, Feb. 2, 2008 

• Tire swirls in snow Tire swirls in snow
• Gingerbready blue house on Main St. Gingerbready blue house on Main St.
• Can you find the crow in the birch? Can you find the crow in the birch?
• Frame and panel door Frame and panel door
• White and bright, South and Maple Sts. White and bright, South and Maple Sts.
• Mary in the bower, Mill St. Mary in the bower, Mill St.
• Elegant corner house, Mountain View and Maple Elegant corner house, Mountain View and Maple
• Going north on Maple Ave. Going north on Maple Ave.
• Public Works, Main St. Public Works, Main St.
• Shortcut to school from Foster St. Shortcut to school from Foster St.
• Tennis anyone? Yeah, maybe in 3 months! Tennis anyone? Yeah, maybe in 3 months!
• Tennis light standard Tennis light standard
• Tennis clubhouse, Cottage Ave. Tennis clubhouse, Cottage Ave.
• White on white White on white
• Wood on wood Wood on wood
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