We are now welcoming the beautiful fall season. With its annual display of panoramic colours and cooler weather. The apple trees are dropping their ripe fruit to be collected for all kinds of apple treats and preserves. Hunters are preparing for the annual moose hunt as we bid farewell to summer. The seasons come and go. We adapt to each change and there is always something to look forward to in the coming days such as a birthday, making a new friendship, the birth of a child, the wisdom of an elder, or renewing an old friendship.

Karine Chenier is celebrating a birthday on Sept. 26. Enjoy your special day Karine.

As the heating season approaches, the Waltham Fire Department urges residents who are heating with wood burning stoves and furnaces to have your chimney cleaned and inspected, before you start to use these appliances. Fall is also a good time to check your smoke alarms and replace the batteries in the battery operated models. 

On a related note, residents of Waltham should be aware that the municipal by-law that regulates open burning has been changed. The new by-law 271-2021 came into effect as of June 16, 2021. Among many regulations and articles, the period when open burning permits can be issued in Waltham has changed. Residents can apply for an open burning permit from Nov. 15 to April 1. Permits are issued (conditionally) by the Waltham Fire Department, at the Waltham fire station, 71 Hotel de Ville, Waltham Que.