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Jennifer Vardy Little
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Board says Heighton should be reinstated at lower rank
STELLARTON – The Police Review Board has ruled that former Stellarton Police Chief Amby Heighton should be reinstated to the force – but at a ... -
Bowl for Kids' Sake a success
New Glasgow – Hanging out, going to the movies, just talking with her Big Sister makes all the difference in the world to Taylor McCue.The ... -
Bottle drive a complete success
WESTVILLE - Tanya Canning couldn't believe her eyes on Saturday as car after car pulled into a parking lot across from the Westville fire ... -
Support continues for Sutherlands River youth
NEW GLASGOW - There are days when all Chelsey Livingston-Rector can do is curl up in a ball on her bed with a cold compress, praying the pain ... -
No need, not wanted
HOPEWELL – If you ask Chester Dewar, “amalgamation” is a dirty word.Dewar represents District 12 on county council, which encompasses Hopewell, ... -
The News hires company to do amalgamation poll
NEW GLASGOW – We know what the politicians and the business community has to say about it, but what about the public?The News has hired an ... -
Steele to speak to business leaders
NEW GLASGOW - The provincial finance minister will be speaking to business leaders in Pictou County this morning as part of his pre-budget tour ... -
Continuing the race
SYLVESTER – Even being diagnosed with bone cancer can’t keep Glenn Chenell from his daily run. Chenell, who has been running for 30 years, is on ... -
Support pours in for Lamey family
THORBURN - A benefit is being organized to help the family of a 17-year-old who was paralyzed from the chest down in mid-December.Kyle Lamey was ... -
School board will have to cut nearly $3 million from...
NEW GLASGOW – The Chignecto-Central Regional School Board will have to cut nearly $3 million from their budget this year. School boards ... -
'Giant' disturbs slumber
BAILEY'S BROOK - Kristin Overmyer can't sleep at night and he says the giant in his backyard is to blame.Kristin and Susan Overmyer were two of ... -
Back against the wall
PICTOU LANDING – Residents of the First Nations community will vote in a referendum this week to decide whether to accept an offer from the ... -
Kettle campaign falls short
NEW GLASGOW - It looks like the Salvation Army's annual red kettle campaign has fallen short of its goal.Captain Dolores Abbott estimated ... -
Two-car collision on Stellarton Rotary
A two-car collision shortly after lunch left traffic backed up at the Stellarton Rotary. It’s believed one car was trying to enter onto the ... -
Foundry testing ovens today as it prepares to go...
The News NEW GLASGOW – The new owner of Maritime Steel Foundry Ltd. plans to fire up the ovens today for the first time in nearly a year. The ... -
Benefit to help family cover cost
NEW GLASGOW - A benefit is being planned to help the Mills family with their son Jeremey's medical expenses.Four-year-old Jeremey, who is ... -
Shelter plans delayed
NEW GLASGOW - Plans to turn the basement of a local church into a shelter for homeless people hit a roadblock during last week's torrential ... -
Students learn about native culture
NEW GLASGOW - Before the Europeans came to North America, the Mi'kmaq culture was among the most advanced in the world, says Native author and ... -
Province needs long-term approach to forestry, says...
GREEN HILL – With the recent announcement that NewPage Port Hawkesbury would idle both paper machines at the plant by mid-September, local ... -
Company granted rights to explore for oil, gas in...
SCOTSBURN – An Alberta-based company has been awarded exploration rights for a block of land in the Scotsburn area. St. Brendan’s Exploration ... -
Funding question leaves governance study in jeopardy
It looks like a governance study for Pictou County may be “dead in the water” before it ever gets off the ground, admits the county’s warden. In ... -
Prepared for the worst
STELLARTON - Smoke drifts from an upstairs window of a three-unit apartment building. Somewhere inside, a frightened three-year-old child is ... -
Bitten by the show bug
TRENTON - There's nowhere Lindsay Blenus would rather be than at a dog show, with her pal Aero at her side.Aero, a two-year-old Greyhound, was ... -
Province says yes to governance study
NEW GLASGOW - The funding has been approved for a governance study of Pictou County, but it remains to be seen whether the municipal units will ... -
Maritime officially under new ownership
NEW GLASGOW - Relief. Likening it to the feeling of writing his last exam in university, Abbas Jafarnia says the knowledge that Maritime Steel ... -
Province will keep close eye on Maritime Steel, MLA...
NEW GLASGOW - Ross Landry doesn't like running by Maritime Steel."Personally, I had a physical effect from it, I had a reaction to it," the ... -
An unwanted end for councilors
NEW GLASGOW - Parkland. Recreation. A hotel and convention centre. Green businesses. New Glasgow Coun. Ross Hamid would have preferred to see any ... -
Finishing touches
TRENTON - It's taken nearly a year, but the finishing touches are being put on the Main Street project in Trenton.Mayor Glen MacKinnon says all ... -
Hector Festival ready to celebrate 25th anniversary
PICTOU - The 25th annual Hector Festival will get underway this week, running from Friday through Sunday at the deCoste Centre.The festival is a ... -
Sim undecided about upcoming season
NEW GLASGOW – Playing in Switzerland for eight weeks last winter was much different than playing in the NHL. Jon Sim laced up his skates for HC ...

