COMMUNITY NEWS

LIVERPOOL – A Queens County business whose production facility was destroyed in a fire a month ago is the focus of a new home building and design show.

BRIDGEWATER - A 14-year-old boy from Rivers, Manitoba, is now facing upgraded charges connected to an alleged cross-country school attack plot involving a 15-year-old girl from Bridgewater, Nova Scotia, in a case that has unsettled communities in both provinces.

PORT MOUTON - Carol Smith has been honoured as one of Atlantic Canada’s significant septuagenarians.

SOUTH SHORE - The Government of Canada’s commitment of nearly $1 billion to small craft harbours is being presented as a major boost for coastal infrastructure, but on the ground, it’s also a reminder of how much these systems have been integral to the communities surrounding them.

LIVERPOOL – Residents of Waterloo Street in Liverpool may finally see the end of a construction project that has disrupted their neighbourhood for the past five years.

BRIDGEWATER – Long before it became a modern organization rooted in inclusion and independence, the origins of today’s Balsam Care Society can be traced back to a very different time and philosophy of care. Its earliest foundation lies in the Lunenburg County Poor Farm and Asylum (1889–1980), established to house and support society’s most vulnerable individuals at a time when resources and understanding were limited.

BRIDGEWATER – “It’s about raising our voices for many who cannot raise their own voices. We see them, we hear them and stand with them,” said Sue Bookchin, executive director of Be the Peace Institute.

BRIDGEWATER – A wide variety of subjects were covered by students at the annual regional heritage fair held at the Lunenburg County Lifestyle Centre May 1.

MILTON – A group in Queens County has pooled their resources and dove into creating a neighbourhood community garden.

LIVERPOOL – Children in Queens County can now sign up for a program that sends them a free book every month, all courtesy of a music icon.

SHEROSE ISLAND – The new 10,000 square foot, multi-use recreation facility, on Sherose Island is on the cusp of opening to the public, as staff begins to move things in and prepare for a soft opening of the new facility.

LIVERPOOL – With thousands of long-term care workers in Nova Scotia entering their third week off the job, strikers say morale and community support are still high.