Thursday, March 28, 2024

GRAND SLAM PERFORMANCE: Simone Spears, a native of Liscomb, took the field earlier this month with the powerful All World Sports (AWS) team and captured gold at the 2024 World Slowpitch Championships in Barcelona, Spain. The graduate of St. Mary’s Academy boasted a sensational .708 average, while belting seven home runs, in the international competition. Read more about her and her team’s accomplishments in this week's edition.

 

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No new taxes in MODG

By Alec Bruce, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter 

GUYSBOROUGH — With robust spending on community initiatives and major projects, and no new taxes, the Municipality of the District of Guysborough (MODG) delivered what Warden Vernon Pitts described last week as a “good news budget” for 2024-2025.

READ MORE March 27 2024

GRAND SLAM PERFORMANCE: Simone Spears, a native of Liscomb, took the field earlier this month with the powerful All World Sports (AWS) team and captured gold at the 2024 World Slowpitch Championships in Barcelona, Spain. The graduate of St. Mary’s Academy boasted a sensational .708 average, while belting seven home runs, in the international competition. Read more about her and her team’s accomplishments in this week's edition.

 

  • No new taxes in MODG

    By Alec Bruce, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter 

    March 27 2024

    GUYSBOROUGH — With robust spending on community initiatives and major projects, and no new taxes, the Municipality of the District of Guysborough (MODG) delivered what Warden Vernon Pitts described last week as a “good news budget” for 2024-2025. READ MORE



March 27, 2024

  • Minister announces amendments to Antigonish consolidation bill

    By Corey LeBlanc

    HALIFAX — Although changes have been made to Bill 407 – the Antigonish Consolidation Act – detractors of the proposed provincial legislation argue that key concerns remain. READ MORE

  • St. Mary’s considers increasing safety, security measures

    By Joanne Jordan, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

    SHERBROOKE — With the continuing increase in breaches affecting individuals and organizations, including governments, the Municipality of the District of St. Mary’s is exploring ways in which to make its offices and other buildings more safe and secure. READ MORE



Also in this edition...

  • New capital projects include addition to Canso Arena

    By Alec Bruce, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter 

    GUYSBOROUGH — The Municipality of the District of Guysborough will spend more than $400,000 on five new infrastructure enhancement projects from Canso to Eddy Point over the next year, council agreed during its 2024-2025 budget session on March 20.

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  • St. Mary’s continues budget deliberations

    By Joanne Jordan, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

    SHERBROOKE — The number-crunching continues for the Municipality of the District of St. Mary’s, as council and staff work on a budget for the upcoming fiscal year.

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  • Call of the wild too close for comfort

    By Alec Bruce, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

    GUYSBOROUGH — Heather Toole is no stranger to what lurks in the deep, dark woods of Guysborough County. She lives in Hadleyville and delivers mail up and down the roads that hug Chedabucto Bay. But, even she was rattled by what she confronted not 500 feet from her back door early one morning last week.

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March 20, 2024

  • Guysborough housing projects moving forward

    By Alec Bruce, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

    GUYSBOROUGH — With an official opening date now set for the long-awaited, 36-unit Carleton Place apartment building in the center of Guysborough, “the wheels are in motion” for another nearby complex, says the project’s Antigonish-based developer. READ MORE

  • Griffiths report will be ‘front and centre’ in MODG’s plans

    By Alec Bruce, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

    GUYSBOROUGH — When it comes to the details of the municipal budget for the upcoming fiscal year (ending March 31, 2025), the Municipality of the District of Guysborough (MODG’s) chief administrative officer keeps his cards dutifully close to his chest. READ MORE

  • ‘Climate-ready’ causeway in the works for Parker Hart Road

    By Alec Bruce, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

    MARSHALL POINT — Residents of this coastal enclave at the northeastern mouth of Guysborough Harbour should soon get a more “climate-ready” causeway to better resist the growing number of damaging tidal surges in the area, according to a provincial official. READ MORE



March 13, 2024

  • Guysborough Food Bank ‘busier than ever’

    By Alec Bruce, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

    GUYSBOROUGH — The Guysborough Food Bank is seeing a sharp increase in the number of people it serves, and the trend is “ongoing” says its manager. READ MORE

  • Near miss motivates mayor to push for intersection solution

    By Alec Bruce, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

    MULGRAVE — A near miss with an 18-wheeler, a phone call to CN Rail and an unconfirmed commitment from Genesee & Wyoming Rail, is motivating Mulgrave Mayor Ron Chisholm to push for a permanent fix to a longstanding traffic hazard on the outskirts of town. READ MORE

  • Landfall for offshore wind energy not decided

    By Alec Bruce, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

    GUYSBOROUGH — The Department of Natural Resources and Renewables (NRR) will not confirm that it plans to use the former Sable natural gas corridor, with landfall at Goldboro in eastern Guysborough County, to bring offshore wind energy into the province. READ MORE