Change is the essence of news, and this newspaper is no exception. With this issue, we are transitioning from a for-profit corporation to a non-profit cooperative, a change we are undertaking to provide new avenues for people from all the communities along the shore to participate in strengthening the paper’s coverage.
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By Richard Bell
Minister of Seniors Filomena Tassi made two stops on the Eastern Shore on Thursday March 7 as part of a tour to meet with stakeholders and visit organizations that support and care for seniors. After a morning tour of a retirement community in Truro, she stopped into the Birches Nursing Home in Musquodoboit Harbour, followed by a late afternoon community meeting at the Old School Gathering Place.
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By Karen Schlick
Are you longing for spring? What about April in Paris? It’s possible right here in Musquodoboit Harbour at the Old School on April 6. Come to this enchanting evening fundraiser, featuring Don Rieder performing his piece, “Some Change."
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By Richard Bell
Tis the season for replacing struts and shocks, and realigning front ends, as drivers play this season’s version of Whack-a-Pothole. Whether this spring is any better or worse than previous years is anyone’s guess. Shadowy pothole vigilantes have been out with their spray cans, highlighting their local favourites.
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By Richard Bell
Four days after the March 20thfull moon, a combination of high waves hitting at high tide has opened a new breach in the berm in Lower East Chezzetcook, allowing the fresh water Meisner’s Lake to once again drain out into the ocean, leaving nothing but gasping fish and wide sand-and-mud flats at low tide.
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By Dee Dwyer
I traveled to the awe-inspiring country of Iceland for ten days in early April 2019. Here are some too-brief impressions of this island-country.
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Letter to the Editor
So another year begins. Elections were held in December and my fellow Comrades have elected me to serve for the upcoming year 2019. At this time I would like to thank my fellow comrades for letting their names stand either by way of election or appointment, also for making my job so much easier.
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The Eastern Shore Food Bank is now offering fresh bread from the nearby Dobbit Bakehouse on the first Wednesday of each month.
Paul Nicholl, owner of Dobbit’s, told the Cooperator that the store had been supplying the Food Bank with loaves of frozen bread. “But I wanted to do something better than that,” Nicholl said. “I reached out to my flour suppliers, and they agreed to donate enough flour to make 32 loaves of Granny’s White Bread, which we knew was the most popular bread with families. We provide all the other ingredients. And one of our bakers, Colleen, agreed to donate her time to actually make the bread.”
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Spring has finally sprung, and life is returning to the Musquodoboit Harbour Railway Museum. According to John Verlinden, President of the Heritage Society, the Museum is looking forward to the new season and welcoming visitors and community members to its facility.
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Letter to the Editor
Judging by the number of letters to the editor of this paper and the Chronicle Herald, along with the profusion of “No MPA Here” signs along the Eastern Shore, a visitor might well assume that the residents of this area are unanimous in not wanting an MPA here
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