Sackville prepares for Fiona
Hurricane Fiona has prompted a wave of cancellations and postponements as people prepare for high winds and heavy rain starting late Friday night and continuing through Saturday.
CHMA called up town of Sackville special projects manager Kieran Miller to find out what advice and information the town has to share:
Miller recommends people, “secure any loose objects on your property, clean up any downspouts and make sure that you have a 72 hour emergency preparedness kit on hand.”
She also recommends people sign up for the town’s new alert system, Voyent Alert.
“We hope never to have to use our emergency alert system, says Miller, “but we recommend all residents sign up.” Voyent Alert allows people to chose between alerts delivered via phone call, email, text, or through a smartphone app.
Sackville is prone to freshwater flooding, especially when high tides prevent freshwater from draining through existing aboiteaux into the tidal Tantramar River. High tides at about 11:15pm Friday night and 11:40am Saturday could be critical times for flooding risk, depending on when the heaviest rainfall arrives.
Miller says the town’s public works staff are, “in a state of readiness. They’re getting everything ready to go should they need to take action.”
In case of an extended power outage, the Tantramar Veteran’s Memorial Civic Centre on Main Street is equipped with a generator and could be put into use as a warming centre or emergency centre.… Continue
Sackville says goodbye to summer, Mayor looking for opportunity in changes ahead this fall
While astronomical summer doesn’t end until the fall equinox on September 22, the town of Sackville held its End of Summer BBQ at Bill Johnstone Memorial Park on Thursday to mark the end of summer recreation programming. CHMA dropped by to meet some of the folks involved.
Deanna Cadman, Program and Special Events coordinator with the town of Sackville was on hand to oversee the event. “We’ve had a really good summer with our staff and it’s sad to see them go,” says Cadman. “But I know they’re all raring to get ready to go back to school.”
Cadman says her next order of business is the Fall Fair, and planning for that is well underway. “Our theme is this year is ‘Fall in Love’, hoping that everybody will come together,” says Cadman. Fall Fair starts on September 21 and features a big tent in the parking lot beside Goya’s Pizza. A schedule of events is available here.
Sackville Mayor Shawn Mesheau also made it down to the park to celebrate the end of summer, and CHMA also caught up with him.
“I’m excited to see the kind of hustle and bustle start coming back into the community,” says Mesheau.… Continue