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Call for Market Vendors

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Published: Tuesday, 13 February 2024 12:28
Calling all market vendors!
Come set up shop at our upcoming Outdoor Evening Market at the Town of Berwick's Winter Fest!
Join us as we transform Cottage Street (between Foster and Commercial Street) into a moonlit marketplace featuring live music and food vendors as well!
To register, send an email to before February 23rd with your name and a brief description of what you will be selling! The cost for a table is $10 with all proceeds going to the Town of Berwick's Apple Fund. If you require a table or a tent covering, please also indicate that in your message!

NEW DATE: Budget Engagement Session

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Published: Thursday, 08 February 2024 09:30

📢 NEW DATE 📢

Budget Engagement Session
Our 2024/2025 community budget engagement session will take place on Tuesday, February 20th!
WHO: You! Members of the community are invited to join together with Town of Berwick Council and Staff.
WHAT: A public engagement session about the upcoming budget process
WHERE: The Town of Berwick Town Hall Council Chambers (236 Commercial Street, front entrance)
WHEN: February 20, 2024 at 6:30 PM
WHY: To learn more about the 2024/2025 municipal budget for the Town of Berwick

Learn more about the 2024-25 budget here:
https://berwick.ca/2024-25budget.html

Fill out the community budget survey here:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/BerwickBudget

Community Budget Survey - Now Open!

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Published: Wednesday, 07 February 2024 09:54

It is budget season, and the Town of Berwick is looking for YOUR feedback!

A community budget survey is now open, and can be found at the link below.

The results of this survey will be used to shape the current, and future, budgets and further focus community consultations. This survey is anonymous and all feedback will be recorded for future purposes. The survey will take 10-15 minutes to complete.

Questions may be directed to

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/BerwickBudget

POSTPONED: Budget Engagement Session

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Published: Monday, 29 January 2024 11:11

January 29, 2024
11 AM
Tonight's budget engagement session has been postponed due to weather.
A rescheduled date will be announced in the coming days.

2024 Sports Hall of Fame Nominations

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Published: Friday, 12 January 2024 10:44

The 2024 Berwick Sports Hall of Fame Induction ceremony will take place at the Annual Awards Night on June 8 2024 at The Berwick Lions Hall in the Kings Mutual Century Centre.

The nomination deadline is Friday March 1, 2024.

The nomination form can be completed online here: ONLINE FORM

Or printed and returned by downloading the form here: PDF FORM


If in need of assistance contact or 902-538-8068 ext 4019.

BEC Rates

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Published: Friday, 12 January 2024 08:56

January 2024:
The Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board has approved new rates for the Berwick Electric Commission, which will be applied to the customer’s next bill. Domestic customers will see a 3.44 cent per kWh increase. All other rate classes can be viewed through the full board order.

The full board order can be found here FULL BOARD ORDER

Rates charged by the Berwick Electric Commission, have remained comparably low for many years through a combination of tight management of operating costs, and the development of wind resources in collaboration with the Towns of Antigonish, and Mahone Bay. The Ellershouse Wind Farm, Factorydale Hydro Dam, and new Community Solar Garden supply 68% of the community’s energy. The remaining 32% of power is imported and impacted by serious escalations in fuel prices in the world markets.

Our collective work through AREA (Alternative Resource Energy Authority), owned by the Towns of Antigonish, Berwick and Mahone Bay, to secure and build renewable energy resources will help protect Berwick Electrical Commission customers from market rate increases in the future.

The Berwick Electric Commission cannot maintain its financial health and provide reliable service without adjusting rates to reflect the new reality of high market energy costs and future capital replacements. Local utility customers receive superior service through excellent response times and quicker turnarounds on electrical inspection requests.

The transition away from fossil fuels for heating and transportation, combined with our increasingly renewable energy supply, provides a pathway for stable customer rates and increased financial health for the Utility. The future is bright, but these next several years will be difficult as we remain exposed to volatile market prices.

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