In the Community

The star of Royal City Musical Theatre’s spring production of Annie will help open this year’s Variety – Show of Hearts.

Literacy Day and volunteer festival also happening Around Town

Wednesday, January 22 New Westminster Downtown Residents Association, meets at 7 p.m., Holy Trinity Cathedral Parish Hall, 514 Carnarvon St.

The easiest and most inexpensive way to improve your food garden is crop rotation – making sure each plant group grows in a different spot from where it spent the previous year. This confuses and starves over-wintering pests.

Planning is underway to fill a vacancy in New Westminster city hall created by a promotion in 2013. Bev Grieve was promoted to the city’s development services director position in October 2013, after having served as planning director for six years.

Whether you want to be inspired or entertained, there’s something for you in New Westminster this weekend. Here are our top 5 suggestions for Jan. 17 to 19: 1.

Thursday, January 17 eReading: How to Download free eBooks and eMagazines, workshop at New Westminster Public Library, 7 p.m. Learn how to borrow and download eBooks, eMagazines and eAudiobooks to a computer, eReader or mobile device.

De Dutch New Westminster is breaking tradition and opening for dinner – for a good cause. The owners of the restaurant in Columbia Square are having a fundraiser for the Columbia Street fire relief fund on Friday, Jan. 17 from 7 to 9:30 p.m.

Question: I bought and forgot a large bag of beautiful tulip bulbs. I planned on planting them in a three-feet deep raised bed on my south-facing boulevard. I don't mind if they flower later than usual.

Dan Rheaume is the kind of guy you want to meet before walking down a dark alley. The New Westminster resident has been studying martial arts since he was a kid, he says.