Lunenburg installs, ponders prevention measures to avoid repeat of sewer plant flood
Lunenburg bought an inflatable temporary plug and is planning for a back-up generator and an actively managed tide gate valve...
Logo note prompts debate at Mahone Bay council
Mahone Bay’s new corporate logo has been around for about a year but remains an unresolved sore point for some...
LOCAL BRIEFS
Fire damages North River home
Ashes in a compost bin positioned against a home in North River, Lunenburg County led to...
Life after Northern Pulp — Part 2
Environmentalists are giving a cautious thumbs-up to the concept of heating entire towns by burning truckloads of pulpwood and sawmill...
Growing Friends seeks to expand services
Representatives of a community program promoting music, gardening and healthy eating in the Municipality of Chester want to make sure...
Fares to build apartment complex in Liverpool
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Renowned for his prominent land developments in Halifax, Francis Fares has decided to add his footprint to...
Community mourns passing of Lunenburg publisher
The Nova Scotia literary community is mourning the death of the co-founder, publisher and editor of Lunenburg’s Nevermore Press, Ernest...
Community groups making most of latest round of United Way funds
Residents of a special care facility in Chester can soon enjoy a trek down the streets of Paris, an African...
Barrel racing association tweaking full slate of events
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The Western Shore Barrel Racing Club (WSBRC) is planning for a full slate of competitions in 2021.
The...
Shipwright and Garrison team up to commemorate Bluenose
Hailed historically as a once unbeatable schooner on the high seas, the Bluenose now is spurring competition among modern brewing...
RQM mayor says river is safe despite bacteria level findings
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Despite recent findings by Grade 7 students at South Queens Middle School indicating the fecal bacteria level...
RQM gleans close to $800 K at property tax sale
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
A total of 51 of 56 properties were sold April 7 at the Region of Queens Municipality...
RQM council waives rent for Astor Theatre
The Region of Queens Municipality (RQM) council has voted in favour of waiving a total of $6,500 in rent due...
Revamped Perkins House set to open June 7
The Perkins House Museum in Liverpool has undergone extensive renovations from top to bottom. With the majority of the work...
Random questions for … Bridgewater mayor David Mitchell
Random questions for …
Bridgewater Mayor David Mitchell
1. Describe your most significant moment of bliss?
“I would say my most significant moment...
Proposed residential development takes hit after council rejects policy change
A Halifax-based real estate firm’s plans for a 30-unit residential complex on the former Fairview Inn property in Bridgewater took...
New deed transfer tax bylaw goes through first reading in Queens
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The Region of Queens Municipality (RQM) council gave first reading to a new bylaw that would see...
Municipality of Chester rejects Aspotogan wharf replacement tenders
The Municipality of Chester sided against immediately replacing the Backman’s Cove wharf after the best-scoring and most qualified bid was...
More trees topple at site of future Mahone Bay nursing home
MacLeod Group Health Services, developers of the new nursing home in Mahone Bay, say more trees were felled on the...
Life after Northern Pulp
Communities around the province are quietly working on bold new proposals to heat entire towns by burning truckloads of pulpwood...
Hospital Hustle going virtual this year
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The 41st annual Queens Hospital Hustle, raising money for the Queens General Hospital Foundation, is going online...
Firm proposing accommodation development in Lunenburg seeks timeline extension
Lunenburg is being asked to further extend the schedule on a 10-year-old development deal for a project that has not...
BRIEFCASE
Bridgewater’s Employment Solutions Society gets back-to-work project funding
An agency in Bridgewater devoted to helping people with job-search and career planning...
Bridgewater tax rates rise, largest spike since 2012-13
Residential ratepayers in Bridgewater are opening their wallets to the largest tax increase since 2012-13 and can expect to continue...
Bridgewater authorizes minor change of development deal with auto shop
Civic politicians in Bridgewater sanctioned a minor change to a three-and-half-year-old development deal so an east side automotive repair business...
