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MusGo Rider Takes on Supportive Housing

By Richard Bell Jessie Greenough already has a well-deserved reputation as a serial non-profit entrepreneur, having guided MusGo River to become one of the province’s most successful rural transportation provider. The provincial government recognized this success, asking Greenough to set up another non-profit offering the same service out of Sheet Harbour and the Musquodoboit Valley.

April 28, 2023

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Martinique Desserterie Sells Out!

Martinique Desserterie got off to a roaring start on its opening day on April 8. At times there was a half-hour line outside, and the shelves were empty by 1:30 pm. And they’ve sold out every day they been open since.

April 27, 2023

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Musquodoboit Harbour Is Getting a New Bakery

By Richard Bell Renée Lavigueur (left, above) and Ola Jackson (right, above) announced on February 13 that they will be opening Martinique Desserterie in Musquodoboit Harbour in the space formerly occupied by Dobbit Bakehouse. Paul Nicholl (center) the owner of Dobbit Bakehouse, will be consulting with them on getting their new shop opened as quickly as possible.

March 03, 2023

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Council Rules Angel Can Stay Home

By Richard Bell Robin Clayton, with all kinds of community support from letters, email, and impassioned speakers, has won his long fight for the zoning variances he needed to continue keeping his horse Angel on his property on East Petpeswick Road in Musquodoboit Harbour.

March 03, 2023

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Offshore Wind Participant Funding

[Advertisement] Regional Assessment of Offshore Wind Development in Newfoundland and Labrador and Nova Scotia Participant Funding Available

February 17, 2023

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Community Plans for Future of Eastern Shore District High

By Richard Bell More than 80 people showed up at the Old School Gathering Place on January 18 for a meeting to bring the community together to launch community-based planning for the future of the Eastern Shore District High School building and to learn about all the exciting projects already in the works. Central Nova MP and Immigration Minister Sean Fraser, MLA Kent Smith, and HRM Councillor David Hendsbee were all in attendance to listen and learn from the group.

February 17, 2023

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Timeline for Consolidated School in the Eastern Shore Industrial Park

(Above, the February 20, 2014 WSP "Health and Welness Campus Concept Plan") Introduction The recent FOIPOP-ordered release of a long-supressed document filled in one of the many missing gaps in the history of the decision to replace Eastern Shore District High and Gaetz Brook Junior High with a consolidated school in the Eastern Shore Industrial Park in East Chezzetcook. Both the McNeil Liberals and then Houston’s PC fought hard against FOIPOPs requesting some of the material discussed below.

February 02, 2023

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Consultant Finds Majority Support Non-Motorized Shearwater Trail

By Richard Bell The fate of the management of the Shearwater Flyer trail is sitting in the hands of Minister of Lands and Forests Tony Rushton.

January 23, 2023

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Planning for the Future at MH Community Meeting

January 20, 2023

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Sheet Harbour Emergency Room Closure

By Richard Bell The Nova Scotia Health Authority’s (NSHA) surprise announcement that the emergency room at Eastern Shore Memorial Hospital (ESMH) in Sheet Harbour would be closed for the entire month of January stunned the community, generating a flood of social media posts going as far as questioning whether the province might close the entire hospital down.

January 08, 2023

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