Newly elected Mayor Marc Thorne was last a guest with us in 2009 in his position with the Kings County Solid Waste Commission. He sees the value in Rotary both locally and internationally with our local bridges, PALS, Polio effort, Fundy Civic Centre, O'Connell Park, etcetera.
Marc was the Deputy Mayor until he was elected Mayor in the spring of 2012. Both now and in the future, we can expect some very exciting times both here in our community and in the region. Even with the 2008 recession, we have grown and held out own with 9-13 million in the tax base.
The town is growing well, but their job is to make sure that we don't sacrifice who we are on the altar of progress. One of the challenges will come tonight for the council, who will be looking into the development of an extensive senior complex right in the middle of town...