Wednesday, August 11, 2010

RCMP Alert Public of Scam

Local RCMP have received several complaints, in the past few days that locals are receiving calls from someone claiming to be working for a communications company. During the course of the conversations, the caller requests a Social Insurance Number. This is an obvious attempt to collect and unlawfully use personal information. Everyone is reminded to be cautious with callers requesting personal information/identification. If it sounds too good to be true - It probably is.

Peewee AAA Hockey Team Starting In Charlotte County

Charlotte County communities have recently been given an opportunity to start a Peewee AAA hockey team starting this fall of 2010.
The EDZA (Elite Draw Zone Area) committee, who is the governing body that looks after all elite AAA hockey in New Brunswick, has expanded the number of Peewee AAA teams in the province from 11 to 23, because of this Charlotte County has been designated as an area that will host one of these expansion teams. Jeff Dempsey has been named head coach of this new team.

There will be six AAA teams in our district . In addition teams will see an average of 3-4 hours of ice per week, allowing players to develop individual and team skills necessary to play a fast exciting level of hockey. Practices and games will be held at arenas from our three Charlotte County associations, Black’s Harbour, St. Andrews and St. Stephen allowing all communities to share a commitment to our young athletes.

This fall will be the first time our new team hits the ice and preparations are being made to make this happen. Commitments to the team coaching and managerial staff have been made from all three hockey associations, providing staff representation from New River Beach to Washington County Maine.

The team name (Charlotte County Riptide) and jersey colours have been selected and a team logo has been designed by a local artist that incorporates elements of our common coastal heritage .

The EDZA committee is holding an NB AAA Hockey information event on August 15 2:00pm at Simonds High School in Saint John to provide information about peewee, bantam and midget AAA programs .

NB EMS To Issue Requests For Proposals For New Ambulance Stations

NB EMS have announced they have made a requests for proposals to construction a new ambulance stations in Lepreau along with Dalhousie, Hillsborough, and Hartland.

The Lepreau Station will be a one Bay Station along with Hartland and Hillsborough while the Dalhousie station will be a two bay ambulance station.

International Festival 2010 Parade Awards

International Festival has wrapped up once again between Calais Maine & St Stephen, New Brunswick and now that the festivities have ended you may be wondering who the recognized entrants in this years parade are...The tide has the results:

Best over all entry went to Ganong Bros. for their chocolately float. Most humours entry goes to The Huntsman Marine Science Centre with their umbrellas made into jumping jellyfish. Best Parade Theme was awarded to Johnson Hardware.

Taking the spot for best non-commercial entry was the Luxor Shriners and best commercial entry danced into the hands of Barbara's School of Dance. Calais Mack picked up the outstanding antique award for their fire truck, and taking the spot for the greatest community effort was Calais Class of '55.