Fire Prevention Week – 6 to 12-Oct-2024

Fire won’t wait. Plan your escape!
Fire Prevention Week 06-12 October 2024

The Fire Prevention Parade will be held on Tuesday, 8-Oct-2024 @ 6pm starting in Port Medway (Ragged Harbour Rd) and continuing through Port Medway, East Port Medway, Danesville, Charleston and ends in Mill Village (fire station).

NFPA Fire Prevention Week 2024 website

Today’s homes burn faster than ever. You may have as little as two minutes (or even less time) to safely escape a home fire from the time the smoke alarm sounds. Continue reading Fire Prevention Week – 6 to 12-Oct-2024

FoxCreek Community Access Roads Graded

[22-Apr-2024] Both our access roads to the FoxCreek community
Old Kettle Rd from Mill Village to the Fox Creek turnaround
Medway Harbour Rd, from Hwy 331 to the turnaround
have been graded and “leveled” over the last couple of days. The grader pulled all the gravel (and dirt) back onto the roads that was pushed to the side during snow removal.

Access road maintenance was done way ahead of the usual schedule as Spring weight restrictions have been lifted earlier than usual too.

However, the roads at the moment do not look very smooth. They are not leveled as usual and rocks are sticking out or laying on the surface of the road. Continue reading FoxCreek Community Access Roads Graded

[update] NS Spring Weight Restrictions in Effect

Spring Weight Restrictions for Queens County have been lifted on Sunday, 14-Apr-2024/11:59pm!

Spring weight restrictions -sometimes called Load Restrictions – came into effect for provincial roads in Queens County on midnight 3/4-Mar-2024.

Heavy commercial vehicles will not be allowed to travel on specified roads throughout the province. The weight restrictions on heavy trucks are necessary during the spring thaw to Continue reading [update] NS Spring Weight Restrictions in Effect

Total Solar Eclipse on 8-Apr-2024

On 8-Apr-2024 a Total Solar Eclipse is happening in North America which runs through Mexico, the USA and Eastern Canada. This eclipse can be seen in Nova Scotia as an almost total eclipse (partial eclipse).

click picture to find out if you can see the eclipse from your location

Read more about this Eclipse here or do a Google search

What Can You See during a Total Solar Eclipse?

Also see the Wikipedia entry.

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Leaf & Yard Waste Pick-up Spring/2024

This year’s Spring Leaf & Yard Waste roadside pick-up for the FoxCreek community will be held during the week from Monday,29-Apr-2024  on our regular waste collection day.

The materials acceptable for pick-up shall include leaves, grass trimmings, and yard waste placed in clear or orange plastic bags (no plastics, cigarette packages, cups, etc.).

Branches and limbs will be accepted Continue reading Leaf & Yard Waste Pick-up Spring/2024

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