Message from the Mayor

27 November 2025

Hello Rothesay residents:  Compliments of the Season to Everyone!

It certainly is beginning to look like Christmas around Town. Thanks to our Parks Staff for decorating public buildings and streetlamps so beautifully, and to residents for decorating their properties, just in time for the KV Santa Claus Parade on Saturday, November 29. The theme this year is “The Lights of Christmas”.

It has been a busy fall – a number of successful fundraisers have been held for the RICC. It’s heartwarming to see the various groups and individuals in the community coming forward to support our dream of an intergenerational, multicultural, accessible Community Centre, which will serve all ages and interests for years to come. Special thanks to KV McDonald’s, KV Tim Hortons, the RedHawks, the Rothesay HIVE, to all the sponsors of these fundraisers, and to all who attended them. If you haven’t already done so, please consider supporting the RICC. And if you have a fundraiser in mind, we’d love to hear about it. This time it’s going to happen folks – we have waited long enough!

I also want to note the largely attended Remembrance Day Service at the Cenotaph on the Rothesay Common. While the official Branch 58 Legion Service is at the qplex, the Volunteer-led Service on the Common remains a beloved Rothesay event: thank you to all the volunteers involved in maintaining this wonderful annual tradition.

The 11th Annual Mayor’s Tree Lighting is scheduled for Wednesday, December 10 at 7 pm- there will be live music, cookies, hot chocolate, and skating. There will also be news concerning the RICC Fundraising Campaign Board, and we are hoping for a good crowd on hand to hear that news.

Looking ahead, Fundy Winterfest 2026 will be January 17-March 8, with events for all ages and interests; Winter Carnival on the Common will happen on February 7, from 2-4 pm. Check the Town social media for special skating events through February.

Finally, winter driving is here: please drive carefully, particularly around our school zones, and observe the reduced speed signs there.

Wishing all residents a joyful and peaceful Holiday Season, and a Happy New Year.

Dr. Nancy Grant
Mayor of Rothesay