ARICHAT: Richmond Municipal Council is a step closer to overhauling its system of distributing municipal grants, but the chair of council’s municipal Policy Committee says his group wasn’t consulted about the new system.
Councillors unanimously approved the new Grants Policy...
PORT HAWKESBURY: Town officials here expect to decide by this fall whether to continue with their membership in the Eastern Strait Regional Enterprise Network (ESREN).
Launched in 2015 to replace the Regional Development Authorities (RDAs) that had previously guided community...
ARICHAT: The community’s historic courthouse has a new owner.
Richmond municipal councillors voted unanimously to approve the sale of the 171-year-old courthouse building to a private developer during the late stages of their most recent monthly council meeting.
According to a...
ANTIGONISH: The contract is signed.
During a regular monthly meeting last week, Antigonish Town Council signed on to the Eastern District Planning Commission. The town officially joined the commission on July 2.
Antigonish Mayor Laurie Boucher said the move exemplifies the...
ANTIGONISH: County council heard from a local paper mill last week.
During a recent regular meeting of council for the Municipality of the County of Antigonish, members heard from representatives of Port Hawkesbury Paper on what has been happening with...
ANTIGONISH: County council is waiting to hear back on a pair of intersections.
Owen McCarron, Warden for the Municipality of the County of Antigonish, says a study done on the Beech Hill intersection is in the hands of the Department...
ANTIGONISH: Antigonish Town Council is looking at a new flood plain study.
Following a special meeting to set the Town of Antigonish operating budget and tax rates last week, Antigonish Mayor Laurie Boucher said one item in the budget is...
LOUISDALE: The Cape Breton-Richmond Progressive Conservative Association held a lobster and steak appreciation dinner on Friday, June 22, at the St. Peter’s Lions Hall.
The feast was held by the PC Association to extend a hearty thank you to the...
HALIFAX: A resident of Richmond County pleaded guilty and was fined for evading the payment of duties and taxes on jewelry.
The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) announced that Lobsters ‘R Us owner Blaire Vincent Martell of Rockdale pleaded guilty in...
INVERNESS COUNTY: Local MLA Allan MacMaster is pleased to see that work on Inverness County Roads is coming.
“I want to make sure we get our fair share,” MacMaster told The Reporter last week, just days after issuing a press...