Citizens of New-Wes-Valley

Hello Readers, I'd like to touch base with you as there is a gap in posts lately.  I have been unable to go to the past few town council meetings, and no one else has sent in any posts for publication.  I have not heard from any concerned citizens for some time- I'm hoping that's because everyone is happily enjoying their summer holidays or busy making hay while the sun shines. I would like to remind you of the reasons this blog was first set up, and encourage you to send in information to share with all citizens of New-Wes-Valley.   This site is meant as a tool to reach out to all stakeholders in our town, including the many people who do not wish to use Facebook.  Here's how you can take part: comment on posts email your thoughts to newwesvalleycitizens.haveyoursay@blogger.com for publication share this webpage with other citizens of New-Wes-Valley attend municipal meetings- see the calendar for when the meetings are happening share information about your busi...

This blog post was sent to us via newwesvalleycitizens.haveyoursay@blogger.com from the NWV Concerned Citizens group: We want to make it absolutely clear that Concerned Citizens are not against the use of chlorine. Chlorine plays an essential role in disinfecting drinking water, ensuring it is safe from harmful bacteria and pathogens. It is a vital part of public health. What we are raising concern about is the high level of chlorination by-products specifically Trihalomethanes (THMs) and Haloacetic Acids (HAAs) currently present in our water supply.  This is not a scare tactic, it is the reality of our situation. In the very link shared (with Facebook users only- this has not been posted on the town's website for public viewing) by the town, it clearly states (in yellow on photo): "𝙎𝙩𝙪𝙙𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙤𝙣 𝙝𝙪𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙨 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙖𝙡𝙨𝙤 𝙛𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙 𝙖 𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙠 𝙗𝙚𝙩𝙬𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙜-𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙢 𝙚𝙭𝙥𝙤𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙝𝙞𝙜𝙝 𝙡𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙡𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙘𝙝𝙡𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙗𝙮-𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙙𝙪...

We have a community calendar right here on our blog, and it's set up so that businesses & organizations can add our events (sales, customer appreciation, fundraising, sports tournaments, workshops, classes, meetings, etc.) directly to this calendar.   We're subscribed to the Town of New-Wes-Valley calendar as well, so that their information is included. You can subscribe to this calendar so that the information can feed directly into your own device. Here's how to add your event to this calendar: open your own google calendar on your device hit the + button to add your event type in the Title of your event, add the correct date, time, location, and notes so that everyone knows what your event is.  Add as many details as you can! in the invitees section, type this email address: newwesvalleycitizens@gmail.com hit save The first time you do this, we'll get an email asking if it's okay to add your event to the calendar.  We'll check yes, and to always accept yo...