Community & Culture

When the CN Work Crew Came to Town

The following memory is taken from one of the stories that will appear in a new book written by Brian Staple called, This Place Knows Me. The book, scheduled for release this December is a collection of stories about life growing up in Musquodoboit Harbour.

November 02, 2021

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Embracing the Eastern Shore At Shore Clothing

By Richard Bell Betting on the Eastern Shore has paid off handsomely for Bruce and Stephanie Murphy of Musquodoboit Harbour. In just over three years, they’ve gone from a start-up to The Shore Clothing Company, a small business that has thrived while the pandemic was claiming so many other small businesses across the country. We sat down for an interview in their old barn that they converted into a production studio.

November 02, 2021

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Childrens’ Christmas Wishes Starting

The 15th Annual Children’s Christmas Wishes runs from mid-November to mid-December. Buy a gift for a less fortunate child. Tags of Wishes will be on the Tree at Sobey’s Check-out MusquodoboitHarbour. Deliver gifts tagged & unwrapped to Musquodoboit Harbour Library by December 11 to put in theChristmas Wishes bin (not the general foodbank gift bin) Register your tag [email protected] or 902-889-3440. Gifts are distributed via Foodbank.

October 30, 2021

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Bicentennial Theatre Reopens!

By Elizabeth MacKinnon The Musquodoboit Valley Bicentennial Theatre (MVBT) in Middle Musquodoboit recentlyopened its doors for a grand reopening concert after being closed since March of 2020.

October 30, 2021

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Finding "Inner Peace" in Dean

By Elizabeth MacKinnon Adela N’jie has made many journeys in her life, both geographic, from The Gambia in West Africa to Dean, Nova Scotia, and metaphysical, from her traditional Catholic upbringing to coming to terms with her own spirituality.

October 30, 2021

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Clipper Gallery Bursary Awarded to ESDH Student

The Clipper Gallery is pleased to award this year’s Clipper Gallery NSCAD Bursary to Jack Sanders. The bursary is awarded to a graduating student of ESDH who plans to attend the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design as a first-year student. The gallery, and the community, wish Jack every success!

September 05, 2021

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Landscapes on the Eastern Shore

By Jennifer Deacon Since he retired in 2006, William Langley has become one of Nova Scotia’s best-known landscape artists.

September 05, 2021

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Deanery Celebrates 10th Anniversary

By Richard Bell The Deanery Project in Ship Harbour will be celebrating its 10th anniversary on September 1 as one of Nova Scotia’s pioneering nonprofits, combining environmental stewardship, energy conservation, traditional skills, natural building, and permaculture, all informed by a commitment to local community building using the arts to educate and celebrate.

September 05, 2021

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Enjoying a "Mess of Lobsters"

By Marike Finlay-de-Monchy  [Part 4 of a series about a come-from-away learning from an old salt in her family’s new home on West Quoddy Bay.]  Never disturb Seamus during lobster season was a hard and fast rule that I had to learn. That first spring while I was getting Harmona ready to launch, I hadn’t quite understood it. I relayed messages and requests back to Seamus from La Have, until Seamus, whom I had not seen, said that he was exhausted.

September 05, 2021

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The Glories of Rosehips

By Savayda Jarone The wild rose is a familiar backdrop to the Nova Scotia landscape; Rosa rugosa and Rosa canina are the two most common varieties, found in well-established colonies around the province. They flourish here as perennial shrubs, bearing sweet scented pink and white blossoms throughout summer and vibrant fruits in the fall.

September 05, 2021

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