With the recent losses to the community of Austin Mannette and Kim Young, we would like to offer condolences to their family and friends. Both of these people gave so much to their Shore communities. Austin’s nursery was one of the Cooperator’s most loyal advertisers. We loved talking politics with him while we picked up flowers for the office’s flower boxes. We came to appreciate Kim’s dynamism and her caring concern for her community early in the paper’s history when she and her husband Mike spearheaded the community fight against HRM’s sudden enforcement of a 100-foot road frontage rule. They are missed already.
--Richard Bell, Editor
By Stephanie Parrish, Hope for Wildlife Society
Every year, Hope for Wildlife receives hundreds of calls regarding seals lying on beaches or ice flows; this is the time of year where you may start to see more seals spending time on land.
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By Dee Dwyer
If you’ve taken a walk on the Gaetz Brook Greenway, you may have seen a wooden owl perched on one of the trail`s bridges. Or driving along Pleasant Drive in Gaetz Brook, you pass a lawn full of quirky, one-of-a kind sculptures and whimsical Minions. These creations are some of the wonderful creatures made by the personable and generous Calvin McKay.
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By Richard Bell
Narrows 9 Dragons will be launching their three 40-foot-long Dragon Boats into Porters Lake again this summer, opening on May 5.
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By Richard Bell
Robin Clayton has filed a request for a variance to allow him to keep his beloved horse Angel on his property on East Petpeswick Road.
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By Richard Bell
Hidden within the 2022-2023 budget released on March 24 was a major change in plans for the Musquodoboit Harbour bridge: the Department of Public Works now plans to replace the bridge, at some indefinite time in the future.
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By Richard Bell
A Cape Breton-based renewable energy company has applied to build a large, 20MW solar farm on 40 acres off upper West Petpeswick Road in Musquodoboit Harbour. If completed, Petpeswick Solar Inc. will generate enough energy to power over 4000 homes annually, and reduce total GHG emissions by an estimated 168,000 tCO2e per year by 2030.
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By Cassandra Grosse
Walking into the bright, clean barber shop for an interview, I was greeted with a warm hello by the owner of Prominence Hair Studio, Justin Williams. Expecting a conversation between the two of us, I was pleasantly surprised to learn Justin preferred for me to see him cut a client’s hair while doing the interview.
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By Karen Lia Schlick
What is our goal when we set out to create something, whether it’s a piece of art, a dance piece, a hooked rug, poem, or a flower garden?
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