By Jennifer Deacon 

Since he retired in 2006, William Langley has become one of Nova Scotia’s best-known landscape artists.  

By Kelly Corkery 

Q:  I have a hard time letting go of mementos and keepsakes.  Help!  

--Sentimental in Seaforth 

By Richard Bell 

The Deanery Project in Ship Harbour will be celebrating its 10th anniversary on September 1 as one of Nova Scotia’s pioneering nonprofits, combining environmental stewardship, energy conservation, traditional skills, natural building, and permaculture, all informed by a commitment to local community building using the arts to educate and celebrate.

By Marike Finlay-de-Monchy  

[Part 4 of a series about a come-from-away learning from an old salt in her family’s new home on West Quoddy Bay.]  

Never disturb Seamus during lobster season was a hard and fast rule that I had to learn.  That first spring while I was getting Harmona ready to launch, I hadn’t quite understood it.  I relayed messages and requests back to Seamus from La Have, until Seamus, whom I had not seen, said that he was exhausted.

By Savayda Jarone 

The wild rose is a familiar backdrop to the Nova Scotia landscape; Rosa rugosa and Rosa canina are the two most common varieties, found in well-established colonies around the province.  They flourish here as perennial shrubs, bearing sweet scented pink and white blossoms throughout summer and vibrant fruits in the fall. 

By Richard Bell 

The federal government’s refusal to include the three rural hospitals in HRM in the federal loan forgiveness program for doctors and nurses who agree to practice in rural areas may finally be coming to an end.  

By Richard Bell 

Do you live on Porters Lake? Would you like to win a $250 gift certificate from Mannette’s Nursey?  

By Dee Dwyer 

If a teacher asked what I did on my summer holiday, my short answer would be I ran for the NDP in a provincial election for Eastern Shore and enjoyed it immensely. 

By Mary Elizabeth O’Toole 

Kim and Blair Davis initially began Ataraxy Farm in 2013 to help Blair deal with service-related PTSD. Ataraxy is defined as a state of calmness or peace of mind, a perfect name for a farm grounded in the therapeutic benefit of goats and equine animals.    They started with two horses and now have 5 horses, 3 donkeys, 1 mule and 48 goats.

By Richard Bell 

The Cooperator has been getting a slew of phone calls and emails asking whether the 50-Mile Yard Sale will be happening this September. The simple answer is Yes, on the weekend of September 11-12.  

To the Editor:

As the granddaughter of Plessa Myers Wilkinson, one of the original members of the Fisherman's Life Museum, I take great interest in how the Museum is doing.

(Eastern Shore city councillor David Hendsbee presents newly elected MLA Kent Smith with a Nova Scotia flag.)

By Richard Bell

It was the PC’s night across the province, as the party’s candidates won a solid majority of 30 of the 55 seats at stake. Premier Iain Rankin held on to his seat, but his party dropped from 26 seats down to 16.

By Mary Elizabeth O’Toole 

In recent years, we’ve heard a lot about increased threats to butterflies, bees and other pollinators.  Their decline is of particular concern because of the vital role that pollinators play in plant reproduction and, consequently, on our wildlife, plant diversity and food sustainability.

By Richard Bell

The old Canadian Pacific combination car #3252 is no more.

Q:  My closet is FULL of clothing.  I don’t even know what’s in there.  Now that I’m working from home, my office clothing is gathering dust.  How do I decide what stays and what goes? 

Cluttered in Clam Bay

By Richard Bell 

Someone is getting increasingly nervous about Premier Rankin’s refusal to take back his decision as Minister of Lands and Forestry to secretly de-list Owls Head Provincial Park and to secretly sell the de-listed land to Lighthouse Links, which plans to grind the existing park to sand and build golf courses.

I have sent the following note to Premier Iain Rankin, with copies to MLA Kevin Murphy; Minister of Education Derek Mombourquette; Minister of Lands and Forestry Chuck Porter; and Minister of the Environment Keith Irving. 

By Richard Bell 

Friends and family of Marvin Riley turned out on April 10 to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Preston Enviro Depot recycling centre. Since April 1, 1996, Riley, and now three of his children, have recycled untold numbers of bottles and cans as part of the provincial recycling effort, Divert NS.  

By Richard Bell 

The speed limit in East Preston on Highway 7 is now 50km/hr, down from 70km/hr.

By Richard Bell

Someone is paying for a phone poll of people on the Eastern Shore to see what they think about destroying Owls Head Provincial Park. You can listen to the poll on this link on Soundcloud.