Anyone who has been married for any length of time can relate to Date Night, that precious allotment of time for nurturing and connecting with your spouse.
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By Richard Bell
Three groups in Sheet Harbour and Moser River will be getting some much-needed funding to pay for improving high-speed internet access. The provincial grants are part of a total of $1.44 million going to 24 municipal and community groups. This funding is part of Municipal and Community Rural High-Speed Internet Funding Program that started in November 2016
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After a successful fall season, Muquodoboit Harbour mountain biker Mackenzie Myatt is headed to Europe in May for two World Cup races as one of four women on Team Canada’s U23 (under 23) team. Myatt was also recently honored as a member of USA Cycling’s fall 2016 class of Collegiate Academic All-Stars, one of 82 athletes who competed at a USA Cycling National Championship while maintaining a high academic standard.
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The Musquodoboit Harbour & Area Chamber of Commerce and Civic Affairs will soon be releasing the final draft of its Community Development Plan, put together by the Dartmouth-based urban design consulting firm of Ekistics Plan+Design
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Brad Smith is one of those gifted artists who move effortlessly across media, from stained glass to stringed instruments to woodcarving.
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I take great joy in knowing a woman whom I like to call a keeper of unwanted angels. She’s a foster mother, a person approved by the Children’s Aid Society to take children into her home, often on a temporary or as-needed basis from some crisis situation. These children have inherited life circumstances they have no control over or part in making.
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A local interest group has once again raised the subject of political donations at a recent HRM Council meeting. The group rightly questioned whether HRM Councillors should be accepting donations from local developers.
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Students and parents in North Preston have been taking to the streets and the Internet to protest the unexpected firing of a beloved teacher at Nelson Whynder Elementary by the Halifax Regional School Board (HRSB). The teacher, Joida Tynes-Simons, has been teaching in and around North Preston for more than 30 years.
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Note: MLA Kevin Murphy sent out the letter below in early March asking for comments about replacing three Eastern Shore schools: Eastern Shore District High, Gaetz Brook Junior High, and École des Beaux-Marais.
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By Richard Bell
The Eastern Shore District High school-replacement pot continues to simmer away. Over the last two years, the Community Campus Vision Association (CCVA) has succeeded in getting the Halifax Regional School Board to include replacing ESDH on its official list of recommendations to the province.
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