municipality of shelburne

Penny Smith new warden, David Levy is deputy

The Shelburne Municipal Council has some new faces at the table, including a new warden and deputy warden. After all councilors were recently elected by acclaimation, the Council elected a new warden and deputy warden at a Special Council Meeting Thursday night. Former municipal clerk Penny Smith was elected warden and returning councilor David Levy will be the deputy warden.

AtlantiCann Medical Inc.(AMI) president Christine Halef announced in a news release Thursday that AMI has decided to re-locate their proposed medical marijuana license application with Health Canada to a BANC-owned property in Halifax. BANC is a successful real estate developer based in Halifax and is owned by Halef's father Besim.

Fast Frank and the Katzenjammer Kids frolic in rural Shelburne
The Municipality of Shelburne cannot seem to get a break when it comes to properly conducting fiduciary assessments of bids for real estate publicly tendered after failed tax sales. They now appear to well on their way to a legal morass much of their own making and certain to tax Municipal ratepayers even more, when all is said and done.

BOWOOD PROPERTY APPEARS ABANDONED AND DILAPIDATED, PAYING NO TAX REVENUES IN MANY YEARS

Warden asks, "Will he pay his taxes" 

After a brief search resulting in a choice between two final candidates, provincial Municipal Affairs advisor Chris McNeill has been hired as the chief administrative officer (CAO) for the Municipality of the District of Shelburne.

"This is the only fair and equitable solution."

Muni says Shelburne Town infrastructure needs would create $10 million burden - threaten medical clinic, industrial park, other projects

300% of original commitment by McNeil government

ER closures to continue?

A much-needed new clinic for Shelburne-area residents will soon enter the final stages of development, according to an announcement in Shelburne Friday.

Politicians in Shelburne County have apparently received an invitation to an announcement Friday by Premier Stephen McNeil about the status of the proposed Shelburne Medical Centre.

The news release from the Health Department referred to the announcement of a "Medical Clinic", and government sources say that the announcement will be for an up-graded clinic, but will not include plans discussed over the past months for a Collaborative Emergency Centre (CEC) in Shelburne.