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Dayna, North End Resident and Reader

“I look forward to the always-prompt delivery of the next edition to my mailbox, and to receiving the email alerting me to its availability! I so appreciate that there remains a local community paper at a time when so many others have ceased publication. It’s been a great introduction to the North End!”

Kristina Santone

“Being a part of the North End Breezes board for the past two years has been a privilege. The team does amazing work within the community and serves as a resource hub for all. They are committed, and most importantly, passionate about preserving the North End’s legacy, while also continuing to foster its growth. Whether you are new to the area, or a longtime resident, I encourage you to volunteer with the Breezes in some capacity if you’re able. This team is small but mighty and they are always looking for more support. I’m grateful for the relationships and community I’ve been able to build while serving on the board.

I’ll be joining Welcome Inn as the Executive Director and look forward to taking on a new role in the North End Community while staying connected to The Breezes. “

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THE FOLLOWING IS AN EXCERPT FROM A MESSAGE RELEASED FROM THE CITY OF HAMILTON AND WOULD PERTAIN TO THE BENNETTO COMMUNTIY CENTRE

We’re going to be in Phase Three for a while – it is our “new reality” – and we’ll be here until a COVID-19 vaccine or other treatments are available and are in widespread use. While we’re in Phase Three, we will continue our focus on delivering municipal services in a safe and responsible manner, while the risk of COVID-19 remains in our community.

We will reopen more municipal spaces and continue implementing measures to enable physical distancing and health screening of those visiting our spaces. As well, we’ll focus on bringing more municipal services, recreation programming and events back online with a safe and phased approach. This is a great step forward in our journey to reopen municipal spaces and restart City services.

For more on exactly what is included in Phase Three, visit: https://www.hamilton.ca/reopens/service-availability-by-phase You may notice that there are a few details from Phase Two that haven’t yet been implemented – we are working on these and making progress toward these reopenings over the coming weeks. We will be providing you with more updates related to the reopening of Council Chambers over the coming weeks as well. Please stay tuned for those.

Recreation Programming

Also today, we will announce the reopening of additional recreational facilities and restart of some swimming and other recreational programming.
On September 14, we will restart more swimming programming with open swims for families, parents, tots and open groups. We will also begin open gym programming.
On October 5, we will restart some modified swimming lessons, sports and fitness programs, general interest and preschool programs and rentals of recreation space for groups who have typically rented space in our facilities in the past.

More information on the reopening of Senior Centres and clubs should follow in the next few weeks – stay tuned.
As a reminder, back in June we shifted away from twice weekly media/public update events on Cable14 and YouTube and are now inviting the media to virtual scrums when we have announcements to make. The scrum itself is just for media to come and ask questions, but we do expect media coverage of the announcements once the event has completed.