Photo Caption: (left to right) Roland Marshal, Roan Adams, Sarah Zollinger, Jeff Adams
By Richard Bell
It may not sound like a big deal to you, but the new sound panels in Seaforth Community Hall have transformed the room’s acoustics.
And how bad was it? Before, when there was a party or event at the hall, all the sound (music, people talking, etc) would bounce around the room, off the ceiling and all the glass windows, making it hard to hear the person right next to you. Order of Canada Award winner and local musician Gordon Stobe wouldn’t play there—until now.
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There was plenty of action at this year’s Preston Gives Back Community Charity Basketball Tournament on December 29 and 30. The bleachers at the East Preston Recreation Centre were full, as spectators watched teenagers and former star players showing off a move or two, while a DJ at center court kept people moving between games.
By Richard Bell
Eastern Shore music lovers and songwriters will get a special treat later this month when Jim Henman appears at the Old School Community Gathering Place on January 26. Henman, a member of the Canadian Rock’n’Roll Hall of Fame as one of the founding members of April Wine, will be reaching out to the audience to work with him on creating entirely new songs.
Henman calls this collaborative approach “organic songwriting.
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By Richard Bell
More than 100 people turned out on January 5 at the Ste. Therese Community Centre in Grand Desert for a Celebration of Life Service & Reception in memory of the late Oliver Wolfe, who passed away just before Christmas at the age of 103.
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By Richard Bell
Supporters of the Eastern Shore Lifestyles Centre in Sheet Harbour held a meeting in mid-January with Halifax officials to present their case for incorporating a new library into the Lifestyles Centre. Participants at the meeting included Mayor Mike Savage, Halifax Public Library Board chair Tara Gault, and Åsa Kachan, chief librarian and CEO of the Halifax Public Libraries.
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By Richard Bell
Education Minister Zach Churchill has yet to release any information about the new site selection process that his department will use to select sites for new schools, like the replacement for Eastern Shore District High. The Community Campus Vision Association pushed hard to start the site selection this fall, but Churchill failed to act. There have been several projected release dates, but the date continues to recede into the future.
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Photo Caption: Len Berkman won $1,708 in the December 5 2018 drawing. Len registered at Wilson’s in Sheet Harbour. Also pictured are (center) Wilson’s owner Penny Mayo and (right) Hope Chest Volunteer Janice Christie.
By Richard Bell
Supporters of building a new Lifestyles Centre in Sheet Harbour have had a highly successful year with their Hope Chest fundraising campaign, raising more than $20,000 with the help of an army of volunteers and the cooperation of local businesses from Ship Harbour to Moser River.
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By Richard Bell
Parents at the Ecole des Beaux Marais (EdBM) are stepping up their efforts to persuade the province to build a new school to replace the aging, increasingly overcrowded facility in Porters Lake.
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By Gregory Hughes
As the newest board member with the Coastal Voices Men's Choir (CVMC), I've been curious about the beginnings of this Eastern Shore-based group of singers. Founding member Tim Bruschett shared some of the history leading up to the choir’s first season of song in 2011.
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By Richard Bell
Halifax author David Woods has been working for years on his play about the experiences of African Nova Scotian during the 1917 Halifax Explosion. In researching “Extraordinary Act,” he has in turn come upon one extraordinary story after another about the courage and bravery of African Nova Scotians during the disaster, and the insidious effects of racism during the recovery.
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