Community & Culture

Syrians Settling In Nicely In Musquodoboit Harbour

Adrien Blanchette, one of the founders of the “Musquodoboit Harbour St. Philip Neri Cath. Church & United Church of Canada Refugee Sponsorship Committee,” reports that the Abdurrahman family have been settling in nicely since they arrived in late June from a Syrian refugee camp in Turkey.

September 03, 2016

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Beating the Blue Bag Blues

A recent rash of more than a dozen blue bag rejection notices along East and West Petpeswick in Musquodoboit Harbour got Cooperator readers wondering whether HRM Recycling was targeting the area. Coming home and finding your trash still sitting there is bad enough, but people reported that although there were rejection tags on their bags, in many cases there was no indication of what was offensive in the bag.

September 03, 2016

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Saving A Pill Box Hat

[I heard the story below from Gerald Webb, a natural-born Shore storyteller who reminds us of how much life has changed since the 1950s.This story was told at Gerald and Joyce’s 5 -year Anniversary Party, and the laughter and applause brought the house down.]

September 03, 2016

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Tangier Parish 150th: "Movers and Shakers"

By Bernice Logan [Editor’s Note: In response to Bernice Logan’s June article about the Anglian Churches contributions to community life in Tangier Parish, our careful readers asked for more information about several prominent clergy she inadvertently omitted, which Ms. Logan has graciously provided below. The 150th anniversary celebration is scheduled for July 30-31.] The very first Rector of Tangier Parish was Father James Richie (1876). He was a poet and a scholar but also had the practical side of getting things done. He is responsible for building the St. James Church in Spry Bay. He wrote a book of Poems to help finance that goal. (If any parishioner has a copy of his book, the Celebration Committee would welcome making it available for viewing during our celebration.) The Reverend Thomas Turner came to the Parish in 1932. He was a jovial priest from Newfoundland, as were many of the Anglican clergy on the Eastern Shore. Reverend Turner was remembered for his unique approach to raising money for the parish. He organized stage plays that were performed by Parishioners. The money was badly needed, and those who performed still remember their seven months of fame. I received several reprimands for my memory lapse from the Theater Aficionados.

July 07, 2016

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An Historically Significant Area - the Rail Corridor Between Chezzetcook and Musquodoboit Harbour.

By Patricia Richards

April 20, 2016

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Finding Balance in Yarn and Life

By Deirdre Dwyer

April 20, 2016

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Fraser Newcombe: A Shore Musical Treasure

By Nick Carroll

April 20, 2016

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TANGIER QUILTER, EILEEN BRADLEY HAS 70 YEARS OF PRACTICE

By Maelissa Watson It is that time of year, Quilting Time on the Eastern Shore. Eileen Bradley, a talented, dedicated, and experienced quilter graciously agreed to share her life story. Growing up as a child in Tangier, she watched her Mother, Edna Hawes Cooper nee Mason sew. Her Mother took patterns from Eaton’s and Simpson’s catalogs drew the design on paper; measured the child that needed a dress, skirt, trousers, or a coat and pronto perfect fashion. Eileen has fond memories of the numerous beautiful coats and dresses her Mother made for her. Clippings of all the materials left over were carefully stored in a basket for quilts or hooked rugs,

December 08, 2015

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Spinning My Way on ‘The Rock’ By Leslie Hauck

I was so excited to be chosen as an instructor for a “The Year of Craft” Fibre Arts Conference organized by the Newfoundland and Labrador Craft Council. There were fourteen crafters covering the fibre arts of quilting, net making, felting (both high fashion and nature-inspired sculpture) embroidery, dying and printing, tapestry weaving, paper making, sculptural knitting, and me, hand spinning yarn –from Canada, the U.S., England, and India.

December 08, 2015

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New Group Forms to Bring Refugees to the Shore

As anyone who remembers their tenure as the owners of the Salmon River Inn, Musquodoboit Harbour’s Adrien Blanchette and Elisabeth Schwarzer know how to get things done. So it’s not surprising to find them taking the lead to navigate through the bureaucratic hoops to start bringing refugees from the Middle East and Africa to the Eastern Shore.

November 15, 2015

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