Residents living in or near Musquodoboit Harbour will be getting a rare opportunity in November for a non-binding vote to retain or end a small tax dedicated to improving local recreational opportunities and facilities. This little-known tax, called a local area rate, appears on property tax bills under the name, “Musquodoboit Hbr Common Rec.”(MHCR) The rate is a very low halfpenny per $100 ($0.005)—or $10 on a $200,000 assessment.
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By Susanne Merrett
I LOVE to cook. For me, cooking ticks a lot of boxes ~ creative, nurturing, sensual, nutritious, and, of course, delicious!
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By Susanne Merrett
Our son loves cheese! I suspect he had a past life in France. I can see him standing on a lush, green hill, surveying a small herd of brown-pied Normande cows in the meadow below. Blissful bovines, absently chewing some fresh, sweet grass, all eagerly awaiting their daily milking.
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By Richard Bell
Residents living in or near Musquodoboit Harbour will be getting a rare opportunity to vote to retain or end a small tax dedicated to improving local recreational opportunities and facilities. This little-known tax, called a local area rate, appears on property tax bills under the name, “Musquodoboit Hbr Common Rec.” The rate is a very low half-penny per $100 ($0.005).
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By Richard Bell
A massive search-and-rescue hunt along the Eastern Shore for two missing elderly women from East Petpeswick Road came to a successful conclusion on Wednesday morning, due in large part to an unactivated OnStar navigation system.
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By Susanne Merrett
Ah, the humble chickpea. It sits there all unassuming and quiet, yellow-gold and round, just waiting for its goodness to be unleashed.
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By Richard Bell
Eastern Shore fishermen turned out in force for a late-summer meeting about the federal government’s plans to create more Marine Protected Areas (MPA) in Nova Scotia waters. At issue was the possibility of an MPA that would cover much of the lobster fishing grounds (Area 32) off the Eastern Shore.
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There’s a new recreation facility on the Eastern Shore thanks to the volunteer members of the West Chezzetcook/ Grand Desert Recreation Society. The society manages the St Therese Community Centre in Grand Desert and has decided to build a new BMX bike park there complete with gazebo and a community park walking trail. The society’s mandate is to improve and provide recreational opportunities for all ages in the area.
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Gold’s rise in price, from $1,216 an ounce on July 10 to over $1,300 an ounce at the end of August, is raising the chances of more open-pit gold mines on the Eastern Shore. The area around Atlantic Gold’s Touquoy mine at Moose River Gold Mines has already attracted at least two other mining companies.
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Editor’s Note: The Coalition for Safe and Healthy Communities for East Preston, Mineville, Lake Echo and Porters Lake led a (thus-far) successful fight to prevent the location of a hazardous waste transfer station on Highway 7 near the Porters Lake-Lake Echo border. They are now asking people for input and direction, starting with the simple question that too few organizations ever ask, whether people support the continuation of the organization at all.
We were impressed by the effectiveness of this group’s steering committee in navigating the complexities they faced at the outset, and in coming up with a winning strategy. We urge readers of the Cooperator to support the continuation of the Coalition.
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