Category Archives: NB Municipal Reform

Gas plant concerns dominate community meeting in Upper Sackville

Posted on November 7, 2025 by brucewark

Fears and concerns about the proposed 500 MW gas/diesel plant on the Chignecto Isthmus dominated a community feedback session that the town of Tantramar held last night at the Music Barn in Upper Sackville, a location that is only a … Continue reading →

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Streetlights likely coming to former LSDs, but it’s not clear who will pay for them

Posted on July 2, 2025 by brucewark

At its meeting next Tuesday, Tantramar Town Council is expected to approve spending about $11,225 this year and $10,850 every year after for streetlights at 27 intersections in the former local service districts (LSDs) that were amalgamated with Sackville and … Continue reading →

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Court records reveal Sackville managers’ legal battle to keep their jobs in Tantramar

Posted on March 11, 2025 by brucewark

Two senior managers who worked for the Town of Sackville filed separate lawsuits in 2022 and 2023 challenging their removal from their jobs in the newly amalgamated municipality of Tantramar, according to court records in Moncton. Chief Administrative Officer Jamie … Continue reading →

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Taxes going up again in former LSDs, as Tantramar Council approves next year’s budget

Posted on December 1, 2024 by brucewark

“I will be voting against the tax hike,” Tantramar Councillor Barry Hicks declared last week during a lengthy debate before council finally approved the 2025 municipal budget. Hicks serves as councillor for the former Sackville local service district (LSD) that … Continue reading →

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Tantramar Town Council hears resident complaints about high taxes & few municipal services

Posted on April 12, 2023 by brucewark

The spectator gallery was crowded Tuesday night as more than 50 residents showed up to watch Tantramar Town Council discuss several controversial topics including the thorny issue of tax rates. Former Sackville councillor Ken Hicks, who lives in Frosty Hollow, … Continue reading →

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Province stands by decision to appoint Jennifer Borne, not Jamie Burke, as Tantramar CAO

Posted on July 26, 2022 by brucewark

New Brunswick’s minister of local government reform has rejected an appeal for an independent review of the hiring process for the Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) in the new, amalgamated Town of Tantramar. In a letter to Sackville Town Council released … Continue reading →

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Sackville Treasurer outlines budget priorities in a time of uncertainty

Posted on June 1, 2022 by brucewark

Sackville Treasurer Michael Beal is recommending three main priorities for next year’s municipal budget: (1) Maintaining the same level of town services for residents. (2) Continuing to pay down municipal debt while  pushing ahead with projects such as Phase III … Continue reading →

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Tantramar chosen as new name; Dietz worries about cost of regional services

Posted on May 12, 2022 by brucewark

Sackville, Dorchester and surrounding LSDs will be known as Tantramar if the province approves the name chosen by a committee of elected and appointed local officials. In today’s announcement, Robert Corkerton, deputy mayor of Dorchester, said the name Tantramar “has … Continue reading →

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Transition committee to choose new municipal name, not local voters

Posted on May 7, 2022 by brucewark

Sackville Mayor Shawn Mesheau says the municipal reform transition committee will meet behind closed doors on Wednesday, May 11th to discuss whether to choose Tantramar Township or Beauséjour Township as the name for the new municipality now known as Entity … Continue reading →

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Sackville councillors boycott minister’s closed-door meeting on municipal reform

Posted on May 6, 2022 by brucewark

Sackville town councillors Sabine Dietz and Bill Evans boycotted a meeting today with Daniel Allain, New Brunswick’s minister of local government. Dietz served notice during Monday’s council meeting that she would not be attending. She said she was protesting against … Continue reading →

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Tight timeline for new municipal name, Black says

Posted on April 6, 2022 by brucewark

Sackville’s deputy mayor says the province wants to have a name chosen by the end of the month for what’s now known as Entity 40, the new municipality that will include Sackville, Dorchester and surrounding local service districts. “It’s the … Continue reading →

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