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CHRISTMAS
HOME TOUR
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Nov
12th - NEW
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The
Kingswood Ratepayers Association has organized
a new Christmas Home Tour for the Holiday season.
Everyone is welcome to tour five homes in Kingswood
festively decorated for the season. Tickets
(only in advance) are $10. All proceeds will go
to the new Hammonds Plains Elementary School in
Kingswood. TO
READ DETAILS OF THE HOMES ON THE TOUR CLICK HERE.
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Nov
6 Black bear Sighting
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Nov
12 th
- NEW
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LAST
BLACK BEAR SIGHTING AT 263 St. GEORGE BLVD
Nov 6th - Resident
reported having his garbage cans taken into the
woods and destroyed.After reporting the sighting
to Natural Resources, they indicated that the
bear should be gone soon. Please read the safety
tips relating to bears two messages below.
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NAME
THE SCHOOL
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Nov
04th
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NAME
THE NEW SCHOOL IN HAMMONDS PLAINS - The
committee for naming the new school is looking
for suggestions from our community for a suitable
name. Residents are encouraged to submit their
ideas using the following information provided
by Carmelita Rowe, Principal.
TO
READ DETAILS OF THE OFFICIAL REQUEST AND FIND
OUT HOW AND WHERE TO SUBMIT YOUR SUGGESTION, CLICK
HERE.
Entries
must be received before 4pm on November 15, 2004
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Oct
24 Black bear Sighting
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Oct
25th
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BLACK
BEAR SIGHTING AT 169 St. GEORGE BLVD
OCT 24th - Resident
reported having his green been taken into the
woods and destroyed. the bear is reported to be
between 250 - 300 lbs. This marks the furthest
progress that the bear has made toward Hammonds
Plains Road. Please read the safety tips relating
to bears two messages below.
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Official
Kick off of the New School
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Oct
23rd
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 HAMMONDS
PLAINS SCHOOL PROJECT GETS OFFICIAL LAUNCH
October
22, 2004 marks the official ground breaking ceremony
for the new Hammonds Plains School. The good news
is...everything is still on track for the September
2005 opening.
VIEW
THE PRESS RELEASE
During
the ceremony, all levels of Government recognized
the extent of community involvement and action
taken to make this happen. Please stay tuned to
the Schools section of HammondsPlains.ca for photos
of the progress. Click here to visit Halifax
Regional School Board. Click here for school
floor plans.
Although
the greater community was not invited to the launch
ceremony because the site is an operating construction
site, there will be opportunity to attend the
clebration of the Ribbon Cutting Ceremony upon
completion of this exciting new school.
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Black
bear Alert
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Oct
23rd - NEW
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ALERT
#2 - BLACK BEAR SIGHTING IN KINGSWOOD ON THOMAS
DRIVE / FISHER DRIVE / ST. GEORGE BLVD
- For the second time in as many weeks we are
sounding the alert about a black bear in Kingswood.
The last sighting reported was on Thomas Drive
on Oct 22nd. Here are some very important tips
and information relating to bears in our community...
Natural
Resources at: 1-902-861-2560.
Officials
at Natural Resources are indicating that more
black bears than usual are roaming near homes
due to the low amount of natural foods like berries
in the wild. Residents within 2 kms of the latest
sighting should act to eliminate all sources of
food attractants near their homes for the next
2-3 weeks including keeping garbage in your garage
or basement and keeping meat and fish out of your
greenbins (veg. matter is ok). Meat & fish
may be kept frozen in ice cream containers in
your freezer until greenbin collection day.
MAP
OF KINGSWOOD SHOWING BEAR SIGHTINGS
WHAT
TO DO WHEN COMING IN CONTACT WITH THE BEAR
BEARS
NEAR YOUR HOME
TIPS
TO AVOID BEARS
Thanks
again to Beth Rees of the Kingswood Sub-division
for notifying us about the second bear sighting.
It is very important that we share these types
of alerts as other may be out walking in the area
without knowledge that a bear has recently been
around.
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Join
your neighbours
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Oct
21st
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JOIN
YOUR FRIENDS & NEIGHBOURS ALREADY CONNECTED
- One of the most important reasons for the development
of this community information website is to create
a community wide safety alert system that is able
to contact residents with important messages like
the recent Black Bear Alert that was sent on the
11th (additional info below).
In
addition to the safety alert system, connected
residents receive updates on the website developments
like the recent launch of the Political section.
Accounts
are free and they allow residents to access the
website behind the scene to post their own content
and used gear for sale on the Buy & Sell 24-7-365.
All new registrations are managed through our
new www.hammondsplains.ca website. To become a
valued connected resident and take advantage of
this fun and free service, please take a minute
to "...
Add Your Voice".
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DAILY
BEAR UPDATE
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Oct
12th
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2nd
BLACK BEAR REPORTED AT BONN DRIVE SATURDAY / SUNDAY
- Natural Resources has confirmed
that they have received 3 more calls from residents
on and around Bonn Steet near the end of St. George
Blvd. They have not received any calls since Saturday
night so they believe that the bear has left the
area.
BEAR
CAUGHT AT 340 ST. GEORGE BLVD SATURDAY Oct 9th
- Natural Resources has confirmed
that they have successfully caught and removed
the black bear roaming in the Kingswood subdivision
on Saturday, October 9th without incident.
The bear that was caught was a 275 lb male with
an injury to it's neck (a snare was embedded in
its skin, likely from a young age).
SAFETY
ALERT E-MAIL PHOTO CLARIFICATION -
In the e-mail alert sent our to our connected
residents, we asked if any resident may have a
photo of the bear and if they would like to submit
it to the website. This was only intended for
those residents that have already seen the bear
in their own backyards and had taken a photo from
the safety of their homes. The photo was intended
to give other residents information as to the
bear's size and in no way are we suggesting that
residents seek out the bear to obtain a picture
- Black bears are extremely dangerous and contact
should be avoided at all times. Our sincere apologies
for any confusion.
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Kingswood
Water
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August
28
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UPDATE
ON KINGSWOOD WATER SUPPLY MEETINGS
- Carolyn Morton attended the Western Region Community
Council meet on Monday evening, August 23rd to
make a presentation regarding quality and quantity
of water for households with wells in the kingswood
Subdivision. Carolyn has previously made contact
with the council in June to advise them of water
concerns. The matter was discussed and Jim Donovan
(Planning Dept for HRM) indicated that a report
was being prepared by his department to be presented
to a City Council meeting in September. Carolyn
is working to obtain a copy of the report and
plans on attending this council meeting on behalf
of the subdivision. For more information or question
on how you can get involved call Carolyn at 835-1343.
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Pet
Consideration
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August
10
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REMINDER
TO PET OWNERS - WASTE:
Pet owners are reminded to be diligent in picking
up after their pets. A significant number of residents
and small children are walking the same streets
where you walk your pet. For sanitary reasons,
spoiling the view and foul odour, please remove
pet waste and it's also the law. ROAMING:
Owners are also reminded to keep animals on leash
whenever possible - there has been at lease one
vehicle / dog accident resulting in the death
of the dog. As well, safety of the public and
pets is also a concern.
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March
1
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March
3
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On
the one year anniversary of the Kingswood.ca web
site "Going Live" on March 1st 2004,
we successfully launched the new enhanced community
information web site www.hammondsplains.ca.
There
is significant changes in new fun features and
a lot of new sections full of new and usefull
information. Residents that already have been
using their free access accounts can access the
new site using their existing e-mail and password.
Access is free to all residents of Hammonds Plains
- signing up is free and easy. Remember to set
your homepage to the new site to get daily updates
of news and events in your area!
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February
19 & 20
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February
20
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To
view web cams of the 100 series highways in Nova
Scotia, click the following link:
http://www.gov.ns.ca/tran/webcam/HighwayCameras.stm
Don't forget to call the 2 service provides listed
on the pop-up of Kingswood.ca if you need help
with snow removal. Have a great weekend!
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December
17
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Homeless
kittens need your help! Three
kittens, ready for adoption . Beautiful long black
fur. They were born in the wild and need to get
used to humans so a quiet household without children
would be ideal. Please consider adding one of
these sweet cats to your family. Must agree to
spay and neuter. If you would like to see some
pictures, please email weezieb@hfx.eastlink.ca
or call 443-6014.
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November
6
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"Single
and Single Again" for Kingswood residents.
If you are interested in meeting new people or
just getting out for a coffee with some friends,
email angeltpal@yahoo.com.
Depending upon response, this group aims to
meet weekly at our local Tim Hortons. Join up
& meet some new friends!
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