PORT HAWKESBURY: Aspiring business owners may soon have the opportunity to launch a new business in a rent-free space within the town boundaries.
Following a pitch from the Eastern Strait Regional Enterprise Network (ESREN), Port Hawkesbury Town Council has agreed...
PORT HAWKESBURY: Eight months after receiving threats of legal action from town officials for hosting a mobile food vendor on their property, a local church has received town council’s blessing for the rezoning that will allow this business relationship...
GUYSBOROUGH: Despite hearing opposition from some residents last month, council is proceeding with a recreation complex project.
On March 10, council for the Municipality of the District of Guysborough issued a tender for the proposed Chedabucto Lifestyle Complex.
“I’m really impressed...
MULGRAVE: The planned dissolution of a local town and its amalgamation into a neighbouring municipality has hit a roadblock.
During a special meeting of Mulgrave Town Council last week, members voted to withdraw their application to dissolve town status and...
ANTIGONISH: Council wants to see more people visiting and living in the downtown.
While fielding questions about the decline in the town’s population, Antigonish Mayor Laurie Boucher said council has a few ideas to try and help the town grow.
“We...
ARICHAT: Residents in the St. George’s Channel area aired concerns about inaccurate road name descriptions on a globally-used digital mapping system during a recent meeting of Richmond Municipal Council.
Residents Doug Begg and Ross Wagg pointed out that Google Maps...
PORT HASTINGS: With the first day of spring less than two weeks away, officials at the Strait regional school board (SRSB) are cautiously optimistic that the 8.5 school days lost to region-wide weather-related closures will not have a major...
PORT HASTINGS: The Strait regional school board (SRSB) is days away from relocating its central office to one of the board’s high schools.
After two decades at its current home, a refurbished school building in Port Hastings, the board will...
PORT HASTINGS: The committee reviewing the future of three Inverness County schools for the Strait regional school board (SRSB) will get an extra 30 days to complete their work this spring.
Originally slated to wrap up their review of Mabou’s...
PORT HASTINGS: Inverness Council is looking for more say in decisions that could result in the loss of infrastructure.
“As part of our county’s value proposition in making our communities attractive places to stay in or move to, I’d like...