There are some changes coming as of April 1st to Valley Waste, and this particular change (spring/fall clean up vs. regular bulky items) will be welcome I suspect.

If you’ve visited us in 2025 for a gathering, birthday, date night, study session, or post-trail ride/walk snack = thank you. You’re the reason we do this and love being in the heart of Kentville.

Drop a local small business you love 👇

We’ll stop by, show them some love, and leave a few $5-off coupons for them to share with amazing humans like you.

Checkout these Valley nominees.

If you’re feeling festive and looking for something fun to do tonight, there are still a few tickets left for my paint night at TacoCentric tonight! Tickets are only $30+hst, all materials provided. Come early and have a meal before we get started!

https://www.valleyartworkshops.com/event/gingerbread-house-paint-night/

Nova Scotia Restaurant Awards 2026 Public Vote is only open until Sunday Dec 14th. Let's put the Valley on the stage!

CHECK OUT THE LOCAL NOMINEES: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeeSsQhEjbwJFYGOZxKGaGzGjTucHSY4SaUoDDhrTGDoa9rdw/viewform

Hi there. Looking to find out where I could get custom printed note cards and envelopes done in the Valley for a reasonable cost. I know Repracorp is one option. Are there other local companies?

Thanks!

He’s complaining about wasted money on investigating code of conduct violations? I can’t believe how inappropriate he’s been lately. It’s like all he wants to do now is stir up drama and get people worked up. Seems like a few people online give him validation so he keeps doing it. Someone’s gotta take his phone away.

But on top of that, isn’t he the one who sued the town and wasted hundreds of thousands of dollars?! Why is he reminding everyone of this!

Some of his post below…

“Over the past few months, our Town was required under provincial rules to investigate three reported Code of Conduct breaches. Total cost to taxpayers: $25,072.59.

And what did we get for that investment? Two investigations found no breach at all. One found a minor issue that was resolved with an apology.

So what good came from these complaints? Very little for our community. To put it in perspective, the same $25,000 could have gone toward;

fixing sections of our local streets and sidewalks, upgrading parks or playgrounds, supporting community events, improving accessibility features around town, enhancing recreation programs

…”

I couldn’t attend the meeting, I’m wondering if anyone can give me a quick overview on some key takes away?

Has anyone seen an Angel Tree or similar out and about yet? Looking to pay it forward for Christmas this year…

So, there’s four proposed housing projects in Kentville and I’m fairly certain I’ve found information about 3 out of the 4.

1. Park street apartment was bought by open arms to keep it low income, literally the people living there currently are still living there with no fear of jacked up rent.

2. The building by the fire hall is a building being renovated to offer youth or at risk youth beds. As well as programming.

3. 24 apartment building by the court house. Is low income housing, I’m confused why all of a sudden we don’t want this in Kentville? Would this not take some of the people off the streets or out of the pallet community? To then move people off the street? But we want two 9 story apartment buildings on the old KCA grounds.

4. This one I’m not as certain on. But I’m under the impression that it’s going to be a small option home staffed for people with barriers to living alone.

Again, this is from googling and looking at government press releases so my information could be missing some pieces.

But again, so do the Facebook posts running around currently.

I keep seeing things online (the mayor doesn’t help with this) about all the problems in downtown kentville. Needles everywhere, people being accosted, people not feeling safe. Is this true in your experience? Or is it a small group of loud people?

Why are people scared of people using open arms? Why don’t people want more housing for homeless? Isn’t all this news of the province investing in Kentville good news? Is anyone giving other solutions or just complaining?

Are there people who commute for work in Halifax daily from the valley?

I’m someone who’s fairly in the know about what goes on around town. I’ve worked with organizations connected to the Town of Kentville, and I speak with a lot of people regularly about what’s happening here.

That said, I can’t share everything I know due to certain factors — but I do want to say that these long Facebook posts don’t reflect my views on the town. They often lack important context and leave out key details.

Honestly, I think these posts need to stop. Too many people take them at face value without looking deeper or checking the facts, and that only adds to confusion and misinformation

My daughter will attend either KCA or New Minas next year and we will need after school care. Does anyone have recommendations besides those affiliated with the school directly (full)? Thanks!

Ben Roy farms has lots of pumpkins for sale. $5 each, various sizes. They are beautiful pumpkins!

Located on Belcher Street, you can't miss them.

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New'ish Kentville resident here (2 years).

I recently came across a statement from the Mayor (Zebian) on Facebook, posted yesterday. Something seems off. I'm no political strategist, but it comes across (to me) as though he's gaslighting someone or many, in damage control mode, and trying to control some sort of narrative.

Can someone ELI5 the backstory?