It has been one of my traditions to herald the New Year by going outside at midnight to hear the guns going off along the Shore.
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Dobbit Bakehouse closed its doors with a great farewell party on New Year’s Eve. The shop supplied the community for 15 years with wonderful breads, scones, pizza dough, cookies, treats, and coffee.
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The Deanery is gearing up for an exciting winter of activity indoors and out. Not everyone realizes we are open year round–If you have ideas for creative ways to connect with nature, and each other, please be in touch! The trails are open and the kettle is on.
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By Pearl Akers
There was a bumper crop of wishes for the CHILDREN’S CHRISTMAS WISHES TREE this past fall. Gifts for 63 children from 30 families totaling $4500 were donated by more than 42 people in the community. Gifts ranged from gift cards for the teens to clothing, bedding, and every toy imaginable, from the traditional Barbies to the newest attraction unfamiliar to some of us old-timers.
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Central Nova MP Sean Fraser, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship was at the Carroll’s Corner Community Centre today to announce 5 grants totaling $322,727 for four projects across the Eastern Shore.
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By Richard Bell
The fate of the management of the Shearwater Flyer trail is sitting in the hands of Minister of Lands and Forests Tony Rushton.
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By Kelly Corkery
What should seniors be considering when they think about selling the family home?
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By Mary Elizabeth O’Toole
If your sewing machine is on the fritz, you need to call Rick Pehrsson in Lawrencetown. After retiring from a career spent fixing things, he discovered a passion for fixing sewing machines and learning each machine’s history.
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By John English
Imagination is a quality generally associated with children, and with creative people like musicians or artists or writers. I think I can safely say that all the great works of art I can think of began as thoughts or concepts in someone’s head – Michelangelo’s David, Beethoven’s 9th symphony, Margaret Atwood’s Handmaid’s Tale.
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By Richard Bell
Jake Reeves, Cadet Chief Warrant Officer of the 2741 Eastern Shore Army Cadet Corps in Gaetz Brook, has been awarded the most prestigious award for an army cadet across Canada. He was named Canada's Most Outstanding Army Cadet for 2022-2023 and will be the National Army Cadet Representee for the year 2022-2023.
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