• New program tackles high school drop out rates in Spryfield

  May 28, 2010 - 5 h 00

  Nearly half of all students from low-income Spryfield neighbourhoods are dropping out of high school, but a new program aims to change that. Pathways to Education announced last week that it, in conjunction with the community-based organization...

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• Playhouse in Greystone Garden brings community closer

  May 21, 2010 - 5 h 00

  By Shaina Luck - The Weekly News There's something poking its head up at the Urban Farm Greystone Garden, in among the onions and lettuce. It's a wooden playhouse, which has been forming the stage for the imaginings of children in the neighbourhood.

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• Hand in Hand gives away t-shirts to Haiti, shoes to Africa

  May 21, 2010 - 5 h 00

  There's been plenty going on at the Hand in Hand furniture bank on Herring Cove Road lately. The shop recently sent a shipment of t-shirts to Haiti. Mary Brown, who manages Hand in Hand, says that the pictures of the earthquake-stricken nation...

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• Claressia and Lockie

  May 21, 2010 - 5 h 00

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• Young skaters flock to Spryfield skateboard park

  May 14, 2010 - 5 h 00

  On a beautiful spring afternoon, the skatepark behind the Captain William Spry Community Centre in Spryfield is humming with the clack of wheels on concrete. The park was completed during the winter, but warm weather has brought out many young...

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• Karen and Daisy

  May 14, 2010 - 5 h 00

  Name: Karen Age: Over 40 Occupation: Nurse Favourite Pastime: Walks

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• Edward Jost Children's Centre creates childcare honour award

  May 14, 2010 - 5 h 00

  The Edward Jost Children's Centre in Spryfield is the oldest daycare in metro, 100 years old this year, to be precise. The centre was founded in the 1860s by Halifax businessman Edward Jost on Brunswick Street, where the Metro Centre now stands....

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• Single Parent Centre of Spryfield 'overwhelmed' by community support

  May 14, 2010 - 5 h 00

  Donna Williamson has a dream sitting on her desktop. She gets to look at it every morning: a drawing of a big blue two-story house, with green grass and white trim. That drawing is what the Spryfield Single Parent Centre will look like after its...

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• Tina and Chola

  May 7, 2010 - 5 h 00

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• Francesca and Bruno

  April 30, 2010 - 5 h 00

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