By Elizabeth MacKinnon
According to a spokesperson for the Department of Public Works, Dillman’s Bridge in Meaghers
Grant will finally be open again by the end of October after being out of service for almost two
years.
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By Richard Bell
The lack of piped water in the core of Musquodoboit Harbour has been the chief obstacle to fulfilling the village’s potential as a Rural District Growth Center under HRM’s Regional Plan. (The Community Development Plan includes water as a priority.)
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Editorial--
Wednesday night September 15, 2021, Matt Galloway, host of CBC’s The Current,* set up at the Old School Community Gathering Place in Musquodoboit Harbour to produce an extraordinary and sometimes heartbreaking show about the problems facing rural healthcare, in Nova Scotia and across Canada. For more than two hours, we heard testimony about both problems and solutions from patients, survivors, doctors, nurses, social workers, and community volunteers.
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The Eastern Shore Cooperator continues to look for a part-time reporter through an extension of the Canada Summer Jobs program. The position will start in late October and run for 12 weeks at 15 hours per week, at the current Nova Scotia minimum wage of $12.95/hour. Applicants must be between the ages of 15 and 30. You do not have to be a current student, or intending to go back to school, to apply for this position.
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In the August 2021 edition of the Cooperator, we identified Kent Smith as the first president of the Musquodoboit Harbour & Area Chamber of Commerce and Civic Affairs (MHACCCA). Margo Hudson was the first president of the MHACCCA. We regret the error.
The Clipper Gallery is pleased to award this year’s Clipper Gallery NSCAD Bursary to Jack Sanders. The bursary is awarded to a graduating student of ESDH who plans to attend the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design as a first-year student. The gallery, and the community, wish Jack every success!
By Jennifer Deacon
Since he retired in 2006, William Langley has become one of Nova Scotia’s best-known landscape artists.
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By Kelly Corkery
Q: I have a hard time letting go of mementos and keepsakes. Help!
--Sentimental in Seaforth
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