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    Path Pictures

    Adding a few more... A wedding on the Path. Back to canal section of the Beach; Razzy the Lab with a new friend;
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    Ice Rescue 2011

    I tagged along with the guys from Beach Rescue today during their training exercise on the ice banks. It didn't seem that far of a walk until I got about two thirds of the way out and I had one foot go through the ice and I no matter how hard I tried, I could not get it out. So I was the only...
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    Garbage Collection Cancelled

    A Message from the City's Waste Collection Division: We wish to bring to your attention that due to the forecasted severe weather conditions, waste collection services regularly scheduled for Wednesday February 2nd (2011) has been cancelled and rescheduled to Saturday February 5th. Wednesday's...
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    January 2011 Meeting

    Happy New year to all. This is a reminder that our first Beach council meeting of the year is on for this Tuesday 11 Jan 2011. Let's come together to make this one a great year! Beach Rescue Unit hall 7pm HAMILTON BEACH COMMUNITY COUNCIL Ed Nowlan chairman Ph # 905-549-4130
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    Meeting January 9, 2011

    Happy New Year! Join us Sunday, January 9, 2011, 2 pm for our General Meeting at the Burlington Central Library, Holland Room, 2331 New Street (opposite Seneca), Burlington Barbara Murray, Chair Beach Canal Lighthouse Group www.bclg.ca
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    RIP Wes Hamilton

    HAMILTON, Wesley Peacefully at Joseph Brant Memorial Hospital, Burlington on Monday, December 20, 2010 at the age of 79. Beloved husband of Meta. Cherished father of Lynn (John) and Lisa (Paul) and grandfather of Wesley, Jaclyn and Julia, and special uncle of Russell. Memorial Visitation at...
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    RIP Lorne Chovaz

    CHOVAZ, Lorne December 08, 2010 CHOVAZ, Lorne Peacefully passed away at the Hamilton General Hospital on December 8, 2010, at the age of 82. Loving husband of Louise for over 61 years. Beloved father of Chris (Linda), Michael (Donna) and Steve (Maria). Cherished Grandpa to Joelle, Nicholas...
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    Lift Bridge Winter Work

    Public Works and Government Servlces Canada have sent out two annoucements for work to be done this winter on the Lift Bridge LANE RESTRICTIONS ON THE BURLINGTON CANAL LIFT BRIDGE - EXPECT DELAYS FROM DECEMBER 2010 TO MARCH 2011 Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC) will be...
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    Diary gives peek into sparse Christmas past

    Posted with permission from the Hamilton Spectator SPECIAL TO THE HAMILTON SPECTATOR (Dec 21, 2007) He wasn't asking for pity, but the Christmas that George Thomson described back in 1857 sure sounds bleak. Thomson kept a diary. He didn't have to. That wasn't part of his job. He was the...
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    Meeting November 14, 2010

    Join us Sunday, November 14, 2010, 2 pm for our Annual General Meeting (the first one on the winter schedule) We are returning to the Beach at the Hamilton Beach Rescue Unit, 316 Beach Blvd., Hamilton for this our 7th AGM. We've got some business to attend to - the elections. Plus...
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    Sunrise along the pier

    They close the parking lot off? Never seen that, I will have to look tonight.
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    Where is that ship...

    This new website allows you to check on the location of any ship in the world, have a look next time you are heading to the liftbridge. http://vtslite.siitech.com/VTSLite/AView.aspx
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    Beach Halloween

    There were a few houses that residents had dressed up for the Trick or Treaters last night, I will have to give the 382 Beach Blvd the number one prize this year (first pic). I have have also added some honourable mentions....
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    Halloween Food Drive

    The Care Committee from Sir Winston Churchill will be collecting canned goods. You can help by dropping off canned goods at the Beach Rescue Unit hall (316 Beach Blvd) from 7-7pm on Friday October 29. All goods collected will go to help local food banks. If anyone can't make down at that time...
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    Redevelopment Land on Beach Blvd

    Have a look at this ad, please post any comments or you can email them to me at hbcf@cogeco.ca http://toronto.kijiji.ca/c-housing-housing-for-sale-Lake-Ontario-Waterfront-Development-Properties-Builders-Investor-W0QQAdIdZ227199449 (The ad has been removed from Kijiji)
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    Port authority says bye, bye birdies

    Pier plans would sink Farr Island Submerging a cormorant refuge is not about birds, or even fish; it's about filling in more shoreline Jim Howlett The Hamilton Spectator (The Spectator's Paul Morse reported last month that Hamilton environmentalists want to submerge the 30-by-35-metre island...
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    Looking for Bell Cairn Class Photos

    Grade 8, 1951 I have attached a school picture from 1951, with a bit of help from a few members, hopefully we can put a name to all of the faces. The outline show the position of the student and I will fill in the list as the names come in. 1/ Charley Dillen (?) 2/ Danny Dowdell 3/ David Lang...
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    Port authority says bye, bye birdies

    Another from today... Mon Oct 4 2010 Cormorants are part of our ecosystem Re: 'Cormorants in the harbour' (Letter, Sept. 30) Hamilton Spectator Double-crested cormorants may be abundant and may kill vegetation that is subjected to their guano and they may displace other nesting birds under...
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    The Burlington Races

    More comment.... A section from; The Naval War of 1812 Author: Theodore Roosevelt As already mentioned, the British authorities no longer published accounts of their defeats, so Commodore Yeo's report on the action was not made public. Brenton merely alludes to it as follows (vol. ii, p...
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    Looking for Bell Cairn Class Photos

    If anyone has any class pictures from Bell Cairn School or the Beach Bungalow, we would like to add them to the Photo Gallery section. Please reply in this thread or email me at <hbcf@cogeco.ca>
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