By Richard Bell
With the opening of public schools a week away, many parents of young children in Sheet Harbour are upset about the province’s failure to move a school playground to make it more accessible and safer for their children to access.
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One of the most important environmental struggles in Nova Scotia is taking place along the Eastern Shore over the plans of Atlantic Gold Corporation for years of gold mining through a series of open-pit gold mines centered around its open-pit mine near the old gold mining town of Moose River Gold Mines.
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Plenty of people have attempted to hike the Appalachian Trail; many have had an encounter with a forest fire; and perhaps some have even felt the touch of a bear. But it is quite possible that Ron Melchior is one of the only people who can claim every single one of these things to be a personal truth and triumph.
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A close-up of a carpet of colourful pebbles lining the floor of a watery pool at Martinique Beach; the textured wood grain of shingles and boats at the East Petpeswick Government Wharf; burnt sienna autumn trees on the shore of a misty lake in Kejimkujik Park—these are just three of the many images in the photographs by the talented Anne Douglass MacLean. Breathtaking and evocative beachscapes, seascapes, and landscapes of the Eastern Shore are her specialty and the subject of the rich language of her photographic work.
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An easy, elegant dessert sure to please. Extra large muffin liners with the endearing name of “Texas size” liners make this dessert fuss free. Unlike a larger cheesecake, these mini cheesecakes do not need the fuss of a water bath. Makes six mini cheesecakes.
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The Cooperator is Expanding!
We are seeking a highly experienced sales and marketing person who is passionate about community and would love to hang out with other community-minded people. Salary negotiable and commensurate with experience. Contact: Eastern Shore Cooperator at [email protected] with a letter of interest and CV/resume.
Brooklyn Blackmore, of Three Fathom Harbour has had a strong passion for music since a very young age that has carried her all the way to winning awards in Nashville this spring and recording her first demo.
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This September will be unlike any other for Hannah Kent, 13 of Musquodoboit Harbour, who will be attending Kent Prep School in Kent, Connecticut, USA, thanks to her lacrosse and hockey successes.
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There are plenty of artists and craftspeople hidden away along the Eastern Shore. On October 1, Seaforth artist Minaz Jantz plans to guide us to their lairs from Lawrencetown and the Prestons to Sheet Harbour with an ambitious “Follow the Yellow Balloons” day.
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By Susanne Merrett
The quote most often, and incorrectly, attributed to Marie Antoinette, “Let them eat cake”, is a reminder that the winners write the history books. A few French Revolution historians credited her with that particular infamous quote to demonstrate the disconnect between the haves (the French upper class) and the have nots (the French peasants), whose main food source was bread (which ate up half of their income).
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