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Trails aiming to connect local communities

FALL RIVER: Accessing neighboring communities is about to get a lot easier, and a lot more environmentally friendly, thanks to a large government grant received by the RiverLakes Greenway Consortium. On behalf of Energy Minister,...

Bridge re-opening creates big excitement

FALL RIVER: It seemed fitting that the first vehicles to cross the Fall River Road Bridge when it reopened Aug. 24 were two motorcycles. Fitting because so many were unable to take their regular route...
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Getting a global perspective through travel

GRAND LAKE: Winter Muise likes to travel, and she’s using that enjoyment for the betterment of those less fortunate. Muise returned Aug 21 from a two week volunteer trip with CISV International in Atarfe, just...
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Fresh look at Beacon House

LOWER SACKVILLE: Patrons to the retail store at Beacon House in Lower Sackville may notice new changes when they walk through the door. That’s because in August, volunteers with the not-for-profit organization closed the store...
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New playground coming at Beaver Bank-Kinsac

BEAVER BANK: A project seven years in the making is getting closer to becoming a reality for those involved with getting a new playground at Beaver Bank-Kinsac Elementary School (BBKES). The project was one of...
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Local doctor reacts to Laker article

To the Editor: This is in response to the article which was published in the August 2016 issue of the Laker titled “New doctor coming to Beaver Bank” and is intended to clarify the information...
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“This is a great day for us.”

DARTMOUTH: The Shubenacadie Canal Commission (SCC) is reaping the rewards of having two levels of governments work together in a partnership for the greater good. At a press conference inside the Fairbanks Centre in Dartmouth...
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Fall River youth earns junior golf title

Ben Chasse captured the Oakfield Golf & Country Club’s 2016 Junior Club Championship last month, shooting an even par, 144 over the final two days on his way to the victory.
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Memories to last a lifetime

FALL RIVER: Three scouts with the 1st RiverLake Scouts had the time of their lives as part of the Canadian contingent that just returned from Finnjamboree, held in late July in Finland. Claudia Saunders, and...

Playing on the beach

FALL RIVER: The Beach Volleyball Atlantics and National championships will have a distinct Fall River/Waverley flavour representing Nova Scotia. Britney Plume of Fall River and Chelsey Sponagle of Hammonds Plains; Marissa Macaulay of Truro, but...
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