PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT

Green Cart Collection Notice for March 1, 2005

(Tuesday, March 1, 2005) - Residents of HRM are advised that due to poor road conditions in the Musquodoboit area, including the communities of Upper Musquodoboit, Dean, Lemon Hill, Pleasant Valley, Chaplin and Loon Lake, green cart collection could not be completed today, Tuesday, March 1. Green cart collection for these residents is rescheduled for this Saturday, March 5, 2005.

For more information, residents in these communities can contact Eastern Shore Cartage at 888-2382 or 1-800-261-0372.

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