Provincial officials keeping watch on virus outbreak, diplomatic tensions involving India
BRIDGEWATER — Provincial health care and immigration officials are monitoring the potential implications that diplomatic tensions and a re-emergence of...
Maritime tour brings Murray McLauchlan to the Astor Theatre
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LIVERPOOL - In support of his latest release Hourglass, Murray McLauchlan will be performing at the Astor Theatre...
Liverpool author releases his 33rd and 34th books
LIVERPOOL - Local author Vernon Oickle is celebrating the launch of two more books.
He is in the midst of promoting...
How do you know you’ve understood?
Do you ever feel misunderstood?
I’ll hazard a guess that the answer is “yes.” If that’s true, then it’s also likely...
Helping stray cats stay warm
SHAID Tree Animal Shelter
Here at SHAID Tree Animal Shelter, we have seen another one of our busiest cat intake years...
ENRICH Project gets African Nova Scotian communities prepared for climate change
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A project to make African Nova Scotian communities more resilient to climate change and advance environmental justice was...
Developer proposes new King Street building
BRIDGEWATER — Town staff is drafting land-use and planning changes that will affect some residential prospects in Bridgewater’s downtown core...
Child killer gets temporary pass to visit ailing ‘mentor and spiritual guide’
BRIDGEWATER — Penny Boudreau, the local woman who strangled her daughter to death in 2008, is getting more time outside...
Checking out the prairie warbler
It is usually around this time of year that I find a prairie warbler.
I had been searching high and low...
Be thankful for nature, and nature will thank you
Nature Conservancy of Canada
The relationship between people and the natural world is mutually beneficial.
By conserving land and water, we can...
Baseball association celebrates with year-end awards’ ceremony
STORY AND PHOTOS BY KEVIN MCBAIN
BRIDGEWATER - The Bridgewater Bulldogs Baseball Association celebrated another great summer of baseball with its...
Two Bulldogs’ represent Nova Scotia at national and Atlantic tournaments
BRIDGEWATER - Two members of the Bridgewater Bulldogs 13UAA team suited up for Team Nova Scotia this past summer.
Parker MacKenzie...
SHAID Tree Animal Shelter’s upcoming events
SHAID Tree Animal Shelter
As you may know, non-profit organizations like our little shelter are constantly trying to raise funds to...
School board policy announcement still weeks away: Education minister
BRIDGEWATER — Nova Scotia’s NDP wants the province to reveal the “ideas for actions” contained in a briefing to government...
Residents deal with property impacts after Lee’s damaging spree
BRIDGEWATER — Like so many local residents, John Decker, of Bridgewater, is picking up the pieces after post-tropical storm Lee...
Public workshops underway concerning Blockhouse Hill design
LUNENBURG — Meetings are underway to get public feedback concerning vacant town-owned Blockhouse Hill properties, lands that are a combined...
Lunenburg tasks consultant to create civic square design concepts
LUNENBURG — A project management and consulting agency has been commissioned to circulate options for a potential re-design of Lunenburg’s...
Lunenburg Folk Harbour Society announces fall line-up
CONTRIBUTED STORY
LUNENBURG - The Lunenburg Folk Harbour Society recently announced the line-up for the annual fall series, Weekends at the...
Helpful, and not so helpful, conversations
People talk.
We often take it for granted, but the fact that we are able to communicate really is one of...
Dispute over trailer ends as camper moves from Pine Street property
BRIDGEWATER — The land-use clash between the town and Pine Street property owners ended with the west side residents removing...
Dayspring site eyed for future residential development now for sale
DAYSPRING — The Municipality of the District of Lunenburg remains optimistic that a large swath of private land southeast of...
Community organization starts $5 million capital campaign toward housing effort
NEW ROSS — Supporters of a future Rosebank Road housing development are trying to raise $5 million toward capital costs...
Want to take better photos?
SUBMITTED BY JOSTEIN ALGROY
One way to learn how to take better and more engaging photographs is to join the Bridgewater...
The 3-3-3 rule of adopting a shelter dog
SHAID Tree Animal Shelter
Every dog is unique, but shelter dogs are special in that they know they were rescued from...
