Pushing back against the tsunami of cell towers sweeping across the Eastern Shore is often a futile business, as opponents of several cell tower proposals in the Lawrencetown/Three Fathom Harbour area have discovered over the last seven years.
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This issue will be the last featuring the work of the Cooperator’s two summer interns, Jaime Bayers and Jill Bellefontaine. Readers of the two issues that they have staffed, the one you are reading and last month’s, can see by the sheer number of bylines how much they have contributed during their all too short stay with us. No one has benefitted more from their output than your editor. We appreciate the new stories that they have brought to our attention, and will sorely miss their energy, enthusiasm, and dedication. We wish them all the best as they head back to school, and hope that they will continue to grace our pages from time to time.
The new roof in place on Friday afternoon
The Big Lift--the roof removal and replacement operation on Friday at 29 East Petpeswick using a single crane--was an epic undertaking. There were any number of things that could have gone wrong in this ambitious 30x60 foot project. But thanks to the careful advance work by the building's owners Michael and Yvonne McKinnon, their great crew, and a master artist of a crane operator, the day was surprisingly uneventful, albeit a bit longer than predicted.
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By: Jillian Bellefontaine
Oliver Murphy, a 76-year-old West Chezzetcook man, has been perfecting the art of scything for as long as he can remember. Scything is the art of mowing and trimming grass and plants. It is done with a repeated swinging motion from one side of the body to the other while holding the blade of the scythe quite close to the ground.
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By Jill Bellefontaine
Sophie Storey, an eleven-year-old from Porters Lake, was in disbelief and jumping for joy when she got the news that she was one of the lucky 160 kids chosen to participate in this year’s Sidney Crosby Hockey School in Cole Harbour Place. Storey has been playing hockey on the Eastern Shore for more than 6 years and plans on continuing to play for many years to come. In addition to Storey, at least two other Eastern Shore players were at the school, goalies Will Cole and Jackson Murphy.
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To the Editor, Eastern Shore Co-operator:
Behind the trees that line my road, there's a large fifteen-year-old clearcut. On the map, it just shows as a small coloured circle, a spot that is now designated “cut”. But the reality is far different.
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By Richard Bell
A full house of parents, elected representatives, social agencies, and the RCMP turned out for what turned into a powerful and emotional meeting on July 25 on saving lives by improving mental health services.
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By Jaime Bayers
Jill Bellefontaine, 19, from West Chezzetcook, is one of two summer interns at the Cooperator. Having lived on the Eastern Shore her whole life, she knows this place like the back of her hand. But she signed on with the Cooperator hoping to learn even more about, and get more involved with, the community itself.
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By Jaime Bayers
What was life like for women in rural Nova Scotia during the 1940s? Over the weekend of July 15-16, Memory Lane Heritage Village put on a Women’s Heritage Celebrating showcasing life on the shore in the 1940s, including two settings of Sunday afternoon tea complete with Memory Lane’s famous butter tarts.
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