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New Round in Fight to Keep Angel Home
By Richard Bell
The fight to allow Robin Clayton to continue to keep his horse Angel at his home on East Petpeswick Road may be headed for a final decision at the January 12, 2023, meeting of the Harbour East-Marine Drive Community Council. Clayton applied for a variance to allow him to keep the horse last spring, and HRM’s Planning Department recently rejected his request, forcing him to make a final appeal to the Community Council.
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Dobbit Bakehouse is Closing
By Richard Bell
Sad news for Dobbit Bakehouse fans. We received the press release below this afternoon announcing the closing of Dobbit Bakehouse. The shop's wonderful treats and coffee have fueled all of at the Cooperator since the paper began in 2014. We will sorely miss the many conversations we had there. Best wishes to Paul, his partner Jim, and all the staff. [The photo shows owner Paul Nichol with his "Jake the Baker" national award in 2018 from Bakers Journal for his work mentoring young people and raising funds for community groups.]
Here's the press release:
DOBBIT BAKEHOUSE IS CLOSING!Musquodoboit Harbour, NS -- After nearly 15 years, the rural artisan bakery featuring baked breads and sweets made with local, natural ingredients announces its closure. Paul Nicholl built and operated the bakery after leaving the IT industry decades ago. The bakery became a hot spot for lively discussion at its café tables, and a source of indulgence with sweets not often found in other bakeries. Dobbit Bakehouse introduced some European styled breads with modest scepticism from locals, but they were quickly embraced alongside its renowned Granny’s Brown and Granny’s White breads. Dobbit Bakehouse is also one of the original vendors at the Musquodoboit Harbour Farmers’ Market.
“This industry is very demanding both physically and emotionally” says Nicholl. “Although not yet ready for retirement, I cannot keep up the pace required and expected of our customers. Ingredient prices are soaring (butter up 56% in 12 months). And the pandemic was a rough ride which required 110%. I’ve nothing left in the tank.”
“I will miss serving our regular customers. Our seasonal customers when they return for the summer. A youngster’s first bite of a meringue,” says Nicholl. “The support from the community has been awesome. I mean, where else would a community start a Go-Fund-Me page for the staff to recover their lost wages when the roof caved in several years ago? The Eastern Shore rocks!”
The bakery will continue to operate until the end of December 2022., [email protected]
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Rcb Bell published Opportunities at the Deanery Project in Ship Harbour in All Stories 2022-11-28 16:49:03 -0400
Opportunities at the Deanery Project in Ship Harbour
The Deanery Project, located on a stunning ocean front property in Ship Harbour, is both a learning centre and a much-loved community space. We offer education and tools to help strengthen our communities and the environment, through innovative, hands-on, and art-inspired programming.
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Cyndi Cain Wins 2022 Portia White Prize
By Richard Bell
North Preston singer/songwriter/actress Cyndi Cain has won this year’s $25,000 Portia White Prize at the Creative Nova Scotia Awards, a project of Arts Nova Scotia and the Creative Nova Scotia Leadership Council.
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The Holidays Are Made for Dessert Wines
By Charlie Palmer, CSW
This is the first of what will hopefully be a monthly column on food and wine. I live here on the Eastern Shore and have travelled North America teaching wine workshops, hosting wine dinners for private clients, and training sommeliers, waiters, and bartenders.
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Rcb Bell published KINNEY PLACE – A RE-NEWED COMMUNITY GATHERING PLACE in All Stories 2022-11-27 09:49:21 -0400
KINNEY PLACE – A RE-NEWED COMMUNITY GATHERING PLACE
By Cassandra Grosse
The original Nova Scotia Home for Colored Children (NSHCC) has been renamed the Kinney Place (KP), designed to be a Black business incubator and an intergenerational hub for the African Nova Scotian community.
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Herbs of the Holidays
By Savayda Jarone, herbalist
Have you ever wondered why certain plants are included in the December holiday traditions?
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Letting Go of Good Things
By Kelly Corkery
Recently, I had a conversation about letting go of a piece of furniture that was a big ticket purchase several years ago. The individual was in the middle a housing transition from a large family home to a more modest accommodation.
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Rcb Bell published Foundation Benefits Twin Oaks and the Birches in All Stories 2022-11-25 16:47:21 -0400
Foundation Benefits Twin Oaks and the Birches
By Linda Verlinden
The Eastern Shore’s Musquodoboit Harbour and area is fortunate to be home to Twin Oaks Memorial Hospital and The Birches. These healthcare facilities are very important to the area’s residents. The Birches, built in 1979, has 42 long term care beds. Twin Oaks Hospital (replaced in 1979) has 14 beds and a very busy out patient department.Most families in the facilities’ catchment area have been touched by the Twin Oaks and the Birches in some way.
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Dancing for Health at the Old School
By Richard Bell
The Old School Community Gathering Place is home to “Enhance Through Dance,” an innovative program that provides much-needed support to people suffering from neurodegenerative challenges of aging like Parkinson’s.
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Rcb Bell published Privacy Commissioner Recommends Houston Release High School Report in All Stories 2022-11-09 20:40:19 -0400
Privacy Commissioner Recommends Houston Release High School Report
November 9, 2022
By Richard Bell
Nova Scotia’s Information and Privacy Commissioner Tricia Ralph has issued a strong rebuke of the Houston administration’s attempt to prevent the public from ever understanding why the province decided to place a new junior high/high school in the East Chezzetcook Industrial Park, rather than renovating or replacing the current building in Musquodoboit Harbour.
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Rcb Bell published What Amalgamation Has Wrought: 2022 Version in All Stories 2022-11-04 22:36:12 -0300
What Amalgamation Has Wrought: 2022 Version
By Karen Bradley
When the Halifax Regional Municipality came into being in 1996, many in the villages and enclaves of the Eastern Shore and Musquodoboit Valley were rightly concerned about an additional third layer of bureaucracy. The small communities had organized their own municipal concerns; the Halifax government had to manage urban, suburban, and rural issues.
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Sheet Harbour Marina Fundraiser
Former Senator Tom McInnis addressing a Sheet Harbour Marina Association fundraising banquet and auction on October 22, 2022 at the Lions Centre. The Association has already bought the East River Marina and is working towards renovating the wharf and the surrounding area. The goal is to offer boaters the only full-service marina on the 374km stretch between Halifax and the town of Guysborough
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Rcb Bell published Rowland Marshall 95th Birthday Celebration in All Stories 2022-11-03 16:26:34 -0300
Rowland Marshall 95th Birthday Celebration
Long-time Seaforth resident Rowland Marshall celebrated his 95th birthday with an exhibition and sale of his widely exhibited artwork at the Seaforth Community Hall on October 15, 2022.
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Rcb Bell published Offshore Wind Comments--Deadine November 26 in All Stories 2022-11-03 16:20:21 -0300
Offshore Wind Comments--Deadine November 26
Send in Your Offshore Wind Comments
The Impact Assessment Agency of Canada is working on a Regional Assessment of Offshore Wind Development in Newfoundland and Labrador and Nova Scotia.
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News from Nova Scotia Health--Diabetes
Did you know?
November is Diabetes Awareness Month, and this year is the 100th anniversary of the revolutionary and life-saving discovery of insulin. Diabetes occurs when your body doesn't make enough insulin or can't use it as well as it should.
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Rcb Bell published Is MusGo Valley-Sheet Harbour Meeting the Community’s Needs? in All Stories 2022-11-03 16:11:45 -0300
Is MusGo Valley-Sheet Harbour Meeting the Community’s Needs?
MusGo Rider cars and vans are a familiar sight along the Eastern Shore. They can be seen driving clients to medical appointments, work, training, errands, or grocery shopping. The service is available to anyone who lives in the communities. For those with cost as a barrier, there are fare reduction programs.
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Letter to the Editor--NS Power
In a recent interview the CEO of Emera, Scott Balfour, claims he is worried about “the investment climate here in Nova Scotia” due to the Premier's decision to limit electricity rate increases at 1.8% over the next two years.
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