Bill’s Blog (September)
Office Hours in Beaver Bank
I am pleased to host constituency office hours in Beaver Bank at the Beaver Bank Kinsac Community Centre on the third Monday of the month between 1 – 3 p.m....
RCMP provide advice on “crimes of opportunity”
BEAVER BANK: RCMP have some advice for residents after a number of break-and-enters, attempted break-and-enters, and suspicious person incidents in the Beaver Bank area.
While Halifax District RCMP have only had one report of a...
Planning underway for 5th annual BBQ competition
FALL RIVER: Summer might be ending, but that doesn’t mean BBQ season is.
For the fifth year in a row, avid BBQers and friends in the Fall River area have put down their grills—at least...
Blackburn vying for District 14 seat
BEAVER BANK: Lisa Blackburn is hoping her “fresh perspective” will win over residents in District 14 Upper/Middle Sackville, Lucasville, and Beaver Bank.
Blackburn, who has taken a leave of absence from her current employment, has...
Premier McNeil visits with FRABA members
With the noise of the Fall River Bridge construction filling the background, Premier Stephen McNeil met with Fall River Area Business Association (FRABA) members to discuss what is needed to improve small businesses in...
Let the water flow: Feds fund city water to Fall River
FALL RIVER: Water could be flowing down the Fall River Road and along Highway 2 in Fall River in the not too distant future.
During a visit to Nova Scotia last month, Prime Minister Justin...
Motorcycles, mopeds a no-no on pedestrian bridge
FALL RIVER: The pedestrian bridge at the site of the Fall River Bridge is for just that, pedestrians and no motorized vehicles such as motorcycles and mopeds.
After receiving numerous reports during a two-day span...
Fall River scouts excited for Finland trip
FALL RIVER: A brother and sister are among the six scouts set to head across the Atlantic next week for an eight day trip-of-a-lifetime representing the 1st Riverlake Scouts at Roihu Finnjamboree in Finland.
The...
ALJ students featured in video
FALL RIVER: A meeting with one of her student’s dads during a parent-teacher night led Ash Lee Jefferson School teacher Madame Miguelle Legere to making her students somewhat famous.
Madame Legere met Dave Carroll, who...
Years of work become reality
FALL RIVER: Parent volunteers like Dale Fisher can now take a breath after a busy few years of dedication to see a dream of a second new playground at Ash Lee Jefferson School become...