Solar farm plan advances Mahone Bay’s renewable energy agenda
A sea of thousands of solar panels could populate an area in Mahone Bay as the small South Shore town...
Pickleball proponents seek support for outdoor courts
Proponents of a popular sport that combines tennis, badminton and ping-pong seek support toward establishing six public courts in Lunenburg...
Chester Playhouse Theatre on list of familiar local landmarks impacted by fire
Communities that witnessed heart-breaking destruction of built heritage in the past are seeing similarities in overall reactions and responses to...
Parks Canada again seeking public input on the future of Kejimkujik
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The public has another chance to have its say in how Kejimkujik National Park and National Historic...
Local MP celebrates dismantling of former HMCS Cormorant, declines to address ongoing litigation
South Shore-St. Margaret’s MP Bernadette Jordan basked in the announcement that the former HMCS Cormorant has now been completely dismantled,...
Potential COVID-19 site and other local briefs
Local YMCA flagged as potential COVID-19 exposure site
Nova Scotia Public Health identified the YMCA’s High Street location in Bridgewater as...
Dedicated palliative care unit coming to Fishermen’s Memorial
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
News that the South Shore is getting a new palliative care unit, a first for Lunenburg and...
RCMP investigating fatal vehicle accident in White Point
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
A 56-year-old Queens County man was pronounced deceased at the scene of a single motor vehicle accident...
Developer seeks to build housing fronting LaHave River
Owners of an east side Bridgewater building that formerly housed the Crouse and Choat wholesale outlet want to build single-unit...
Blood donors still stepping up despite pandemic
With another national blood donor week in the rear-view mirror, the federally-regulated charity in charge of Canada’s blood supply says...
Bridgewater’s LCLC secures funding for energy efficiency upgrade
The Lunenburg County Lifestyle Centre (LCLC) in Bridgewater will add solar energy gear and see upgrades to lighting, heating, ice...
Town rejects library branch bid for permanent Lunenburg Academy classroom
Civic politicians in Lunenburg closed the book on the bid by South Shore Public Libraries for permanent use of a...
Port Medway paddler documents water access sites
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Nova Scotia boasts 13,300 kilometres of pristine coastline, much of which has been explored by canoers and...
Pandemic amplified homelessness issue says local family services director
The pandemic has amplified the problem of homelessness in the province and brings focus to the divide between sources of...
Bridgewater authorizes $270,000 in emergency spending at sewer plant
Bridgewater’s aging sewage infrastructure finds itself again in need of expensive emergency repairs.
Town council authorized $270,000 in spending toward the...
All-American honours for Bridgewater college pitcher
The North Carolina-based National Junior College Athletic Association recently named Bridgewater’s Evan O’Toole a second-team Division I All-American.
O’Toole, a 19-year-old...
RQM stepping out on its own for flood risk mitigation
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The Region of Queens Municipality (RQM) has nixed the recommendations of an independent 2019 flood risk mitigation...
Nova Scotia lifeguards hit the beaches July 1
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Lifeguards with the Nova Scotia Lifeguard Service (NSLS) will once again be patrolling beaches throughout Nova Scotia...
MOC wants ‘special marine area’ — and other briefs
Municipality of Chester calls on province to designate ‘special marine area’
A civic government called on the province to designate waters...
Captain’s House in Chester reopening as an art gallery
A residence for more than 100 years, which later transitioned to a number of uses, the Captain’s House on Chester’s...
Return of the bats?
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
There seems to be an abnormal number of bats in the southwest part of the province this...
Readers write in:
Profits taking precedence over environment
A whole-hearted thank you for publishing Professor J. Tom Webb's superb article in your June 9,...
Pirates of the Cormorant?
In a new statement-of-claim filed in federal court, the private sector owners of Bridgewater’s former government wharf are accusing government...
South Shore’s top educator responds to latest news of residential schools
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Recent disturbing revelations of hundreds of unmarked graves of Indigenous students at former Canadian residential schools have...
Chester-St. Margaret’s MLA not seeking re-election
Chester-St. Margaret’s MLA Hugh MacKay has decided not to seek re-election, calling an end to his personally difficult tenure as...
