(Rothesay Mayor Bill Bishop)
Finishing the Renforth Wharf, cementing plans for the field house project and finishing up the infrastructure project which runs water lines from Grove Avenue to Fox Farm Road. All on the to do list for the Town of Rothesay in this new year. Mayor Bill Bishop tells CHSJ News, he has heard the continuing chatter concerning amalgamation and doesn't believe Quispamsis is interested.
Mayor Bishop says the feed-back he is hearing from home-owners is positive with how the Town is being run.
(Quispamsis Mayor Murray Driscoll Chatting With
Residents at January.1st Levee at Town Hall)
Completion of the Q-Plex, an expansion for the library and finishing up sewerage lines along the Hampton Highway. Just a few of the projects the Town of Quispamsis looks to finish up over the next 12 months. Mayor Murray Driscoll tells CHSJ News, they are also keeping an eye on any new commercial development.
The first phase of the Shannex Development at the end of Millenium Drive is due to open in March and the ribbon on the Q-Plex is scheduled to be cut in the fall.
(Mayor Ivan Court with Police Chief Reid and Fire Chief
Simonds at the January.1st Levee)
With preliminary numbers to be rolled out Monday night, City Hall is getting closer to finalizing the tax rate for this year. Mayor Ivan Court tells CHSJ News, they remain focused on trying to hold the rate at $1.72. Court adds even if they were to freeze all budgets, they would still need an additional four million dollars to run the city this year than last.
Once the preliminary numbers are revealed Monday, Court hopes to have a final budget vote two weeks later.
Moosehead Breweries has closed out the year on another high note. After Moosehead Light Lime took the Maritimes by storm over the summer, the brewery has another hit in it's Camouflage Cans. The campaign made Alpines 12-pack the number one selling beer package around the Province for the month of September and also netted a Grand Bay Westfield man a huge prize.
19-year old Curtis Dykeman won a 2009 Yamaha Grizzly all terrain vehicle by filling out a ballot from one of the 163,000 beer that was sold during the campaign.
You have been hearing about it and here is the latest we can tell you about some winter weather headed our way over the next 48 hours. Environment Canada has just posted the a snowfall and wind warnings for the following areas leading into Saturday night:
snowfall warning for:
_new_ acadian peninsula
_new_ bathurst and chaleur region
_new_ campbellton and eastern half of restigouche county
_new_ fredericton and southern york county
_new_ fundy national park
_new_ grand lake and queens county
_new_ kent county
_new_ kouchibouguac national park
_new_ miramichi and area
_new_ moncton and southeast new brunswick
_new_ mount carleton - renous highway
_new_ oromocto and sunbury county
_new_ st. stephen and northern charlotte county
_new_ stanley - doaktown - blackville area
_new_ sussex/kennebecasis valley and kings county
_new_ woodstock and carleton county
grand manan and coastal charlotte county
saint john and county.
total snowfall amounts of 15 to 25 centimetres are expected by
sunday morning.
wind warning for:
_new_ acadian peninsula
_new_ bathurst and chaleur region
_new_ campbellton and eastern half of restigouche county
_new_ western half of restigouche county
_new_ edmundston and madawaska county
_new_ fredericton and southern york county
_new_ fundy national park
_new_ grand falls and victoria county
_new_ grand lake and queens county
_new_ grand manan and coastal charlotte county
_new_ kent county
_new_ kouchibouguac national park
_new_ miramichi and area
_new_ moncton and southeast new brunswick
_new_ mount carleton - renous highway
_new_ oromocto and sunbury county
_new_ saint john and county
_new_ st. stephen and northern charlotte county
_new_ stanley - doaktown - blackville area
_new_ sussex/kennebecasis valley and kings county
_new_ woodstock and carleton county.
winds gusting to 90 to 120 km/h expected saturday night.
The snow began falling in Saint John just before three this afternoon (New Years Day). Anyone travelling over the next two days is reminded to slow down and give yourself plenty of time to get where your going.
The New Year got started the wrong way for a family in Rothesay. Their home suffered extensive damage after fire ripped through it on New Years Eve. The Kennebecasis Department was called to 46 Second Street off the Fox Farm Road just after six o'clock last night.
The good news is no one was hurt but Divisional Chief Bill Ireland tells us the fire is being ruled an accident and there is nothing suspicious about how it started. The owners of the home say they have plenty of family in the area they can stay with.
For New Years Eve, Police Forces in Greater Saint John are reporting a fairly routine night. Rothesay Regional tell us with several check-points in place, they didn’t use the breathalyzer once. In Saint John, although the record isn’t as spotless, they report only three driver’s being charged with impaired driving.
Officer's say the number of New Years impaired drivers have been on the decline for the past few years.
The first day of 2010 has started off with tragedy for one Saint John family. A 19-year old man was killed early this morning in a single vehicle accident along the Sand Cove Road West. City Police tell us they were called to the scene near Driftwood Lane just after four to find the vehicle and three people inside had left the road.
The jaws of life had to be used to get all three out of the vehicle. The woman driving has submitted a blood test but no word yet on whether alcohol was a factor in this crash. Major Crime has taken over the case and have not yet released the name of the 19-year old man killed.
