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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By Mary Elizabeth O’Toole
Building an earth-bermed tire home is an adventure that it not without its challenges. In the March issue, Pippa Creery and Bob Kloske shared some of what inspired them to take on this labour-intensive project (“Earthships: A New Way of Building,” March 2019).
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The RCMP is investigating a break-in and vandalism at the Orenda Canoe Club in Lake Echo sometime overnight Easter Sunday into Monday. The Club is in the middle of a large-scale renovation to add a second floor and double the size of the original building’s footprint. The Club posted the following information on its Facebook site about the incident and the RCMP’s investigation:
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The Canadian Alliance on Mental Illness and Mental Health (CAMIMH) has named Central Nova MP Sean Fraser as the winner in the Parliamentarian category its 2019 Champions of Mental Health.
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By Richard Bell
On May 2, the Harbour East Marine Drive Community Council is scheduled to vote on moving ahead with a proposal to set up a Porters Lake Business Improvement District (BID).
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