Community & Culture

Share Your True Colours: Historic Lobster Buoys

By Gordon Hammond, Thea Wilson-Hammond, and Libby Dean The Eastern Shore Archives needs your help with an exciting new project to find and identify traditional wooden lobster buoys used from Three Fathom Harbour to Ecum Secum. These buoys will serve as “models” for accurate replicas that will be displayed (together with a brief biography and a photograph of their makers) in a permanent exhibit at Memory Lane Heritage Village. The Heritage Village offers a window into the life-ways of the 1940s, and wooden lobster buoys are an important part of the Eastern Shore’s rich and colourful coastal heritage. At the time of their use, wooden lobster buoys were kept brightly painted - not just for identification, but to make them float well.

June 30, 2017

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Volunteers Launch New Community Garden

By Jude Major The new Community Garden in the “triangle park” below the Old School is now in full swing. Local gardeners have rented out all 20 of the beds for the season. Most of the beds are already showing fresh green growth. And some people are already planning to carry on over the winter with cold season crops.

June 30, 2017

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Sunflower Cafe Chicken Salad

By Susanne Merrett This chicken salad is easy, quick, and wonderfully versatile. It was a customer favourite at my restaurant, The Sunflower Cafe. Having sold the cafe several years ago, I no longer cook for hundreds of people, but I still make this salad on a regular basis. The following is a guideline for the Chicken Salad (feel free to make alterations to suit your own preferences) and the recipe for Orange Dijon Dressing.

June 30, 2017

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VDay on the Shore

By Don Rieder May 17 was VDay on the Shore, the sixth VDay at The Old School in Musquodoboit Harbour. VDay is an art show, a silent auction, a costume party, and an empowering event through dance, stories, and songs. It is also a celebration of women’s bodies, and an acknowledgement of the difficulties women face and have faced in this community and in communities around the world.

June 15, 2017

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Celebrate Water with Global Water Dances

By Karen Bradley At 3 PM on June 24, people from all over Halifax will gather on the waterfront at the Tall Ship Quay to take part in Global Water Dances, a worldwide celebration of the importance of water.

June 15, 2017

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Andrew Maize: An Artist of Abundance

By Dee Dwyer A young artist stands on a tall ladder that he erected in the Minas Basin. High tide swirls all around him as he prepares to jump off the ladder and swim back to shore. This is Andrew Maize, who is finishing up as a visiting artist in Musquodoboit Harbour in residency at the Railway Museum, the Old School, the Library and HRM, care of Visual Arts Nova Scotia(VANS).

June 15, 2017

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A Bright Beacon for Shore Seniors

By Edyth Shuman Few institutions have had a richer involvement in the community life of Musquodoboit Harbour than the Harbour Lites’ Senior’s Club. In conjunction with Canada 150, the club will be celebrating the 40th anniversary of its clubhouse with an Outdoor Concert and Picnic at the Musquodoboit Harbour Train Museum on Sunday Jun 25th, 2017 at 1pm.  There will be upwards of 25 Eastern Shore Musicians. This will be free admission as a THANK-YOU to our community! There will be a 50/50 draw in aid of our local Foodbank and Eastern Shore Mental Health. Our rain destination is PYC.  Please plan to attend, and don’t forget your LAWN CHAIR!!! We’ll be able to supply some seating.

June 15, 2017

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Running into the Fire

By Dave Ingram The Fire Departments on the Eastern Shore are very fortunate to have a number of dedicated female firefighters in their ranks. I contacted Jodi Whyte, who is a teacher by profession, and a volunteer member at Station 24 in Musquodoboit Harbour, and asked her to provide her perspective on her experience as a firefighter.

June 15, 2017

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Potato Tray Buns

By Susanne Merrett This recipe comes from Roy Finamore's One Potato Two Potato, a glorious collection of 300+ potato recipes. I have altered the original recipe (Yeasty Potato Dinner Rolls) according to my family's preferences – I make large pull-apart tray buns instead of the individual rolls and have adjusted a few ingredients for our Atlantic climate.

June 15, 2017

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WordDance

By Karen Schlick I’m sitting in a group of seniors, all laughing and excitedly contributing to the story that Don Rieder is scribbling down on chart paper.  We look again at the photograph he’s given us. “Her name is Shirley.” “She is flirting with the band leader.” Don Rieder(L), Karen Schlick (C), and Frank Buchanan (R) at WordDance Class. Photo by Cynthia Phillips, Glass Eye Photography

May 09, 2017

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