HRM, LWFRA meet to discuss grants program
WINDSOR JUNCTION: A meeting between HRM finance and the LWF Ratepayers Association (LWFRA) has answered some—but not all—of their concerning questions surrounding their grants program.
The meeting, held in mid-January, had board members from the...
Forest camp set for WJCC over March Break
WINDSOR JUNCTION: Are you looking for something for the kids to do during March Break? Then the Windsor Junction Community Centre may have just the thing.
The WJCC will be hosting a Forest School camp...
Vegetorium Easter Egg Hunt moves location
FALL RIVER: A unique Easter Egg Hunt returns this March—but at a new location.
The annual Vegetorium Country Farm Market Easter Egg Hunt is set for Easter Weekend, March 31, at the trails behind the...
MacKenzie nabs NS PC Youth presidency
FALL RIVER: A young Fall River man with political aspirations has been acclaimed as the new president of the N.S. Youth Progressive Conservatives.
Daniel MacKenzie, a graduate of Lockview High School and who is heavily...
Glaze Report aimed at healing fractured education system: Churchill
ENFIELD: The Province of Nova Scotia is looking at healing a fractured education system by accepting all of the recommendations in the Glaze Report, including the axing of seven of the elected school boards...
Safety issues leave residents fed up
BEAVER BANK: Residents of Sandy Lake Road in north Beaver Bank are fed up with having to risk their safety to go to work and get their children to school during the winter.
Two of...
Parent thinks more at play than just a bus stop cancellation
FLETCHERS LAKE: A parent of a student at Holland Road School has had their afternoon bus stop cancelled, meaning their child will have to walk home.
Amanda Castle says when she spoke with STOCK Bus...
Crosswalk frustration growing for Streatch
FALL RIVER: The local councillor is growing increasingly frustrated with delays from HRM staff and their review to see if a crosswalk at Fletcher Drive and Highway 2 in Fall River meets the criteria...
Information meeting held to discuss YAT
FALL RIVER: A group of youth in the Fall River will get to learn leadership skills as well as what it’s like to volunteer in the community with a re-freshened youth group.
The Fall River...
“Irresponsible” to cut Beaver Bank transit route: Blackburn
BEAVER BANK: The possibility that transit in Beaver Bank will be ending at Kinsac Road, while the ridership is increasing from that area doesn’t seem right to Councillor Lisa Blackburn.
In a Jan. 17 interview,...