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Kettles help families throughout year
Captain Sharon MacLeod and Captain Kirk MacLeod are the clerics leading the campaign in Queens and Shelburne counties along with a host of church ... -
Adventurous dinner theatre with Tent Dwellers
However, musical theatre and a candlelight turkey dinner with all the trimmings served beside a crackling fire inside Mersey River Chalets’ ... - Lighting up Liverpool for Christmas - A PHOTO ESSAY
- Good harvest but price is the question
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Art wreath auction fundraiser on-line and in Queens
Marketing Coordinator, Brian Fralic says the artisans donate their time and materials used to create the wreaths. The association, as stated in ... -
Premier hosting IWK ceilidh in Queens
“They (staff) are absolutely awesome. I’m at a loss here,” says Liverpool resident, Jeanie Colp, mother of 10-year-old MacKenzie Colp, who was ... -
Prepared for Dumping Day
In the Liverpool detachment area, 147 category A licenses, which are basically full-time lobster licenses, have been issued in addition to 16 ... -
Education spending needs change - South Shore board...
As a representative, Payzant serves the communities that feed into North Queens and Greenfield schools, which includes Maitland Bridge in ... -
A little time for literacy
Volunteer Coordinator Anne Dunlop says helping students needing extra reading time is rewarding, which is why many of their volunteers return ... -
The world needs change – Chaplain
Once again, the crowd overflowed into the streets Nov. 11 as the Royal Canadian Legion Mersey Branch #38 Colour Parade, veterans and present ... -
Engine partnership officially formed
They are now cautiously hopeful about a cooperative arrangement with the provincial government. The Rankin Group President, Glenn Rankin ... -
Soldier saves American after attack
Corp. Neil MacLean has been awarded the “COMKAF Commendation” in recognition of the “outstanding professionalism and leadership” he demonstrated ... -
Two Queens County Cenotaphs refurbished
Royal Canadian Legion Mersey Branch #38 President, Scottie Rodger says Queens MLA Vicki Conrad arranged about $5,000 in funding for projects in ... -
Strength through the ages
North Queens Nursing Home has initiated a new program entitled Connecting Youth & Seniors, a major spin-off of the nursing home’s regular Youth ... -
Family helps save starving rabbits
Heidi Huskins-Weagle, mother of Griffen, 11, Garrett, 9, and Greyden, 7, Weagle, says, “When we went back to my dad’s (Archie Huskins) hunting ... -
Pending Thorne Hardware sale could end decade of...
Walt MacDonald of Walt MacDonald Real Estate in Liverpool says the sale of the former Thorne’s Hardware building and its 6,800 square feet of ... -
NHL coming to Queens County
Council recently approved a motion that will, as quoted in the most recent Queens Place Recreation Centre and Community Centre communiqué, ... - A spooky time at Queens County Museum
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Indoor soccer comes to South Shore
Ken Cameron, president of the Queens County Soccer Association, says “Minis” to “Senior” players can register 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Oct. 25 in the ... -
South Shore board progressing on recommendations
Officials from the board recently appeared before the provincial legislature’s public accounts committee in Halifax to discuss their progress. ... -
A W.I.S.H. for widows/widowers
W.I.S.H. is a group started in Halifax about 13 years ago. Levy decided to begin a local chapter about one-and-a-half years after the death of ... -
New faces on Region of Queens council
The younger faces are Sheldon Brannen and Bruce Inglis. In addition, some of the other candidates are also well known for easily voicing both ... -
Payzant returns to board
The Oct. 18 election results, at deadline, were still deemed unofficial. In District 3, Elliott Payzant, the former school teacher who was first ... -
Digging into the past
This has led to Historic Bridgewater, part of Nimbus Publishing’s Images of our Past series. The book release was held Oct. 2 at R & C Sagors ... -
Liverpool to Liverpool – A New World journey
Faithfull said a United Kingdom government “re-generation agency,” Liverpool’s council, and Liverpool Biennial – International Festival of ... -
The little Town that could
And, after watching other communities such as Digby benefit, Roy doesn’t believe $15-million of insurance between three groups should be ... -
Pen pals for over 60 years
Emily White of Milton and Jean Feather of West Dearing, New Hampshire started writing as pen pals when they were barely teenage girls. They ... -
Queens residents nominated for music awards
Nova Scotia Music Week, after spending two years in Liverpool, is being held Nov. 6-9 in New Glasgow, Pictou Co. this year. Tim Feswick, of ... -
South Shore-St. Margaret's election campaign heats up
“I’m not interested in a nice, quiet campaign. The issues need to be debated. I think this election will be a plebiscite on (MP) Gerald Keddy. I ... -
Fun before funds at junior high
Literature states, "The Otesha Project is a youth-run charitable organization that uses theatre to mobilize young people to create local and ...



