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Bobbie-Lynn Hall
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Nu Cafe offers quick, not typical, fast food
A local entrepreneur throws her hat in the ring with other new businesses opening up in Lower Sackville. Cellie Thompson is running around like a ... -
Basinview students CD to fund much-needed playground
Elementary students add their voices to a complication CD to raise money for a new playground. Over the years Basinview music teacher Carol ... -
For legendary conductor, music is his fountain of youth
A local community band is thrilled to have a renowned conductor at their weekly practice. For members of the Sackville Community Band, having ... -
Musical to bring Broadway to Bedford
A small church theatre is taking on one of the biggest Broadway musicals ever. Based on Victor Hugo's 1862 novel of the same name, Les ... -
The new face of girl power: Sackville Surge ballplayers
Talented players from Sackville and surrounding communities are proof that girls softball is growing stronger every season. Formerly known as the ... -
Community health board invites residents to speak up
Residents concerned about health care in their community will not only have an opportunity to hear what's been happening, but will have an ... -
More than 30 years of memories shared at Charles P....
Staff and teachers at the old Charles P. Allen school on Rocky Lake Drive may be leaving the old building behind, but they are taking all the ... -
Bitter about litter
Dozens of people spend time on the streets and in the ditches picking up trash as part of a provincial wide clean-up last weekend. Angry, ... -
CPA hosts first-ever pride awareness day
Last week Charles P. Allen High School made history with its first-ever Orientation Pride and Awareness Day. Guest speakers lead workshops on ... -
Red carpet ready
When he's not sitting in his Grade 4 classroom, Lower Sackville actor Zander Downs is burning up the red carpet with industry professionals like ... -
Funds raised for sick baby just a beginning
With hundreds of dollars needed monthly for treatments and supplements, fundraisers like the one held recently at Brewsters in Bedford will be an ... -
High school students portraying high school students...
This month Millwood High School in Sackville is putting on the iconic musical Grease, it's first major musical production in more than five ... -
Weir Rockin' 2013 lineup unveiled
After much speculation and buzz, Weir Rockin' 2013 organizers have confirmed the lineup for this summer's outdoor concert in Upper Sackville. And ... -
Volunteers making trails more accessible to all
First Lake trails in Sackville now offer a whole new level of accessibility to users. The Sackville Lions Club donated $12,000 to the Friends of ... -
The show will go on for theatre volunteers
A small community theatre suffered a significant amount of damage after flooding left the studio and it's contents drenched, but volunteers said ... -
Sackville cemetery offering discounted plots to...
An HRM business man is offering discounted burial plots at his cemetery in Lower Sackville to families of Canadian veterans to help with funeral ... -
Veterans honoured for service spanning 100 years
From those who served in the Second World War up to and including those posted around the world today, 96 local veterans were recognized at a ... -
Bowling for laughs not loot
The longest running bowling league in Sackville is still going strong after 35 or 36 ... well, it's been a long time. "I was talking to some of ... -
Welcome Wagon a welcome visit
They may not have a catchy line like "Ding dong Avon Calling", but you've probably heard of the Welcome Wagon, or at least you remember hearing ... -
Social media used to shame Sons of Anarchy shoplifters
After thieves who made off with more than $500 in merchandise were identified on tape, a local business owner said the $600 she spent on a video ... -
For the love of art
After raising two daughters and working for years at a 'real job' Fall River artist Andrea Pottyondy is able to concentrate on her true passion — ... -
Waverley student helping special needs kids fit in
A group of more than 20 people aged three to 25 with intellectual delays got to play soccer, basketball, volleyball and pretty much run and jump ... -
Curling club has the best ice in town
Nova Scotia provincial curling champions are heading to the 2013 Tim Horton's Brier in Alberta to represent not only the province, but their home ... -
Groups fighting to keep rail land public
Volunteer groups are banding together in hopes of securing an abandoned rail line for public use. At a recent Halifax Regional Trails Assc. board ... -
For some, snow day doesn't have to be a panic day
Childcare break down. It could happen to anyone. March break, Christmas break, snow days and PD days — it can be a working parents nightmare. ... -
Centre for the Arts, so close you can almost touch it
The Cobequid Cultural Society is that much closer toward making the dream of a local arts centre a reality. The society president credits a ... -
Parents not ready to give up on stopping boundary...
A number of schools in both the Bedford and Sackville area are under a Halifax Regional School Board boundary review, and parents against the ... -
Mixed reviews on Waterfront Development open house
About 50 people with varying opinions about the future of the Bedford waterfront attended the first of three open houses to be hosted by the ... -
House fire victims overwhelmed by support
Friends and co-workers at a Bedford restaurant have organized an auction/benefit for a family that recently lost their home in an early morning ... -
Empathy to the next power
Sackville residents take doing a good deed to a whole new level as they give teens an opportunity to sell their ideas on how to make this world a ...


