The new Waverley Memorial Elementary School is on schedule to open in the fall.

Enrolment is projected to be 325, said Charles Clattenburg, director of operations services for the Halifax regional school board.

I AM NEITHER a meteorologist nor a mathematician but I know a weather-related statistical problem when I see one.

Here’s what it is. So far, this week (and, not to shatter any perceptions of timeliness here, but I’m writing this a little more than a week before you’re reading it), Halifax’s harbour beaches have been closed every single day. That’s despite the renewed assurances from the mayor and Halifax Water that, thanks to the sewage treatment plant being back online, everything is A-OK for swimming at Black Rock Beach and the Dingle beach in Fleming Park again.

Halifax residents Marjorie Corbin of Kline Street and Gloria and Sandra Hurshman of Elm Street pause to look at the Armdale Yacht Club in Melville Cove. The girls were on their way to Fleming Park in the summer of 1959. (The Chronicle Herald archive)

The new Waverley Memorial Elementary School is on schedule to open in the fall.

Enrolment is projected to be 325, said Charles Clattenburg, director of operations services for the Halifax regional school board.

The Dartmouth-HRM East Community Herald is published on Mondays by The Chronicle Herald, Halifax, N.S., P.O. Box 610, B3J 2T2. It serves the communities of Dartmouth and HRM East.

Robert Weir of Middle Sackville, left, was plying his trade with Hugh Smith of Milford Station when this photo was taken during a heat wave in August 1955, but the caption didn’t say where the blacksmith shop was located.

(E.G.L. (BERT) WETMORE / The Chronicle Herald archive)

Pampered Paws Inn, 1725 Hammonds Plains Rd., is hosting a brunch fundraiser on August 8 to support Littersncritters Animal Rescue.

Four one-hour sittings will be held at 10 a.m., 11 a.m., noon, and at 1 p.m., with live music, including Gary Gillespie of Canadian band Faith and Desire fame and local performer Steve McCall.

The Bedford-Sackville-HRM North Community Herald is published on Mondays by The Chronicle Herald, Halifax, N.S., P.O. Box 610, B3J 2T2. It serves the communities of Bedford, Lower Sackville, Middle Sackville and Upper Sackville and HRM North.