MODL commits funds to Bridgewater Fire Department Band’s Belgium performance
The Municipality of the District of Lunenburg Council (MODL) will provide $2,500 this year and is considering giving the same...
Shoeless in Mahone Bay
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It’s been a cornerstone of Mahone Bay for 20 years, but will soon close its doors.
Located at 544 Main Street...
Cabin blaze in Queens County deemed ‘suspicious’
Queens District RCMP are calling a blaze that took place in Pleasantfield on January 20 suspicious.
Members of Queens District RCMP...
Bridgewater rejects idea of public needle disposal sites
An informal public education campaign about the proper disposing of sharps appears to have put to rest concerns civic politicians...
No announcement from Michelin despite speculation about Bridgewater expansion
Tire giant Michelin says there’s nothing to share about any planned new growth at Bridgewater’s Logan Road plant or the...
New Ross man dies after snowmobile accident
RCMP reported January 21 that 56-year-old New Ross man is dead following a single vehicle collision involving a snowmobile on...
Public meeting on the future of aquaculture on the South Shore
The South Shore Chapter of the Council of Canadians in partnership with the Twin Bays Coalition is presenting a meeting,...
Bridgewater man arrested for uttering threats, other charges
Police arrested a 50-year-old Bridgewater man on a number of charges after an impaired driving investigation lead to the seizure...
Chester engineer, former civic politician fighting provincial Environment Act charges
A Chester engineer and former municipal councillor facing six “silly” provincial Environment Act charges says he’ll fight the allegations, some...
HGS to shutter doors at Liverpool location
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The HGS Call Centre in Liverpool is closing, but no jobs will be lost as a result.
The call centre has...
Bridgewater student wins national young citizens award
An 11-year-old student at Bridgewater Junior High has won the 2019 Young Citizens Award.
Valerie Sia’s four-minute video story, Railroaded: How...
Woman crashes SUV into light pole, causing power outage in parts of Bridgewater
A SUV traveling east on Dufferin Street crossed the street and hit a light pole, causing a power outage to...
Tummy to Mummy announces closing
Tummy to Mummy, the Mahone Bay store that aims to sell quality children’s clothing, toys, books and items for families,...
Hoppy new year: new brewery, cider company to open in Lunenburg
The Mahone Bay Brewing Company is crafting yet another expansion with plans to open a brew pub and cidery in...
Apartment fire in Bridgewater leaves one individual temporarily homeless
A fire in a four-storey, 24-unit apartment building in Bridgewater on January 11 has left a man temporarily without a...
Use of fake international licence results in arrest for driver in Liverpool
Liverpool RCMP arrested a driver using a fake international licence, January 10.
Members of Liverpool RCMP were conducting routine patrols in...
RCMP alert public to presence of high risk offender in Queens County
Nova Scotia RCMP are warning the public - particularly in the South Brookfield area of Queens County - of the...
Freezing rain could make for a nasty weekend along the South Shore
Break out the storm chips. It’s going to be a messy weekend along the South Shore.
Environment Canada is warning that...
Ocean economy blueprint, boat-to-plate tracker among local MP’s ministerial to-do list
Canada’s newly-installed Fisheries and Oceans Minister, Bernadette Jordan, is encouraged by policy objectives set out in the mandate letter issued...
Bridgewater men aboard WestJet flight that slid off runway
Two Bridgewater men returning to Nova Scotia from a pyrotechnics job in the Caribbean were passengers on the WestJet flight...
SANE program expands to Fishermen’s Memorial
Just months after opening its Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) program at the South Shore Regional Hospital in Bridgewater, the...
Info-gathering important to Lunenburg as fish farming firm presents to politicians
Lunenburg’s chief magistrate says it was vital to hear what the second largest salmon farming company in the nation had...
Another Mount Pleasant home destroyed by fire
For the second time in two weeks, volunteer emergency crews dealt with a house fire in Mount Pleasant, Lunenburg County.
There...
Emergency social services charity comes to aid of house fire victims
Eight people were displaced in separate residential fires in the region over the past few weeks.
In the most recent incident,...
LighthouseNOW’s top online stories for 2019
Crashes and crime drew LighthouseNOW’s highest readership online, according to Google analytics. Out of the top five stories on social...
