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Bobbie-Lynn Hall
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Got a healthy idea? Startup money could be coming...
Twice a year the Cobequid Community Health Board awards grants to worthwhile organizations and charitable groups in Sackville and surrounding ... -
Local sport pioneers honoured
The gymnasium at the Sackville Heights Community Centre was the perfect venue for the Sackville Sports Heritage Hall of Fame ceremony held on ... -
Is proposed multi-use walking trail stepping over...
Only a handful of Sackville residents took a recent opportunity to share their comments and concerns about a proposed trail development in their ... -
Lower Sackville candidates face voters in...
With five candidates and no incumbent - long-serving councillor Bob Harvey hung up his hat this year - the race for municipal councillor in Lower ... -
Sackville High scores a girls hockey team
A group of teenage girls in Lower Sackville are hanging up their hair straighteners and lacing up their skates as players on the first ever ... -
Halloween attraction raises thousands for charity
Thirty-four-year-old Carla Munroe, the mastermind behind one of HRM's scariest Halloween attractions — The Haunted Hollow — is afraid of scary ... -
Fundraiser with a twist
When Hillary Webb admires the art hanging on the wall of her Halfiax home, she not only appreciates the beauty of it but recalls the hard work ... -
Home care announcement welcome news in Sackville
Last week a room full of seniors at the Sackville Heights Community Centre in Sackville were none too pleased about having their Bingo game ... -
A voters snapshot of candidates running in...
With advanced polls for the upcoming municipal election getting underway next week, The Bedford-Sackville Weekly News is offering voters a ... -
Hockey club celebrates 30 years on the ice
Hockey moms, dads, volunteers, coaches and players will be gathering together this fall to celebrate the 30th birthday of one of Sackville's most ... -
Youth disgusted by park vandalism
Not even two weeks after it was built, the gazebo at a new park in Lower Sackville has been vandalized. Several rungs have been kicked out of the ... -
Transit cuts leaves single mom stranded
A Middle Sackville woman who has been taking the bus to and from work every day for years is now struggling to find a way home from work and is ... -
Store employee duped by Undercover Boss
A Lower Sackville hardware story employee didn't realize the camera he was smiling for was a national reality television show. When the cameras ... -
New store giant news for Sackville
After years of being deemed the community's biggest eyesore, the old Walmart building on Sackville Drive is coming back to life. Even after the ... -
Bands Supporting Breasts organizers hoping for big...
A group of Sackville sisters are coming together to honour their mom, a breast cancer survivor, by raising money for Run for the Cure. The three ... -
Residents’ votes needed to make dream park a reality
A small group of go-getters are taking on a big community project and are looking for residents not only from Sackville, but from all over the ... -
Gold Rush still a go
Work on a nearby bridge has forced the 2012 Waverley Gold Rush Days committee to move the outdoor fair from the centrally located village green ... -
Free fare for seniors
Seniors should start rearranging their schedules now because for three months starting in September they can ride all over HRM for free on Metro ... -
Weir Rockin' bands play for another sellout crowd
It was another sell-out crowd as Weir Rockin' concertgoers in Upper Sackville rocked out at the sixth annual show on Aug. 18. When a small group ... -
Tourists chillin' in the suburbs
With many downtown hotels booked solid this summer many visitors are flocking to the suburbs this year for accommodations. Dawn Scott and Joan ... -
Fund established to share Sackville musician's...
When Sackville resident Claude Lachance passed away in 2011, the community lost a gifted performer and friend. His memory however, will live on ... -
Sailing fever
Maybe it’s the tall ships, maybe it’s Olympic fever, either way the ‘Learn to Sail’ program at the Bedford Basin Yacht Club has been a huge ... -
Who wants to play dress-up?
As a parent it can sometimes be challenging to find something to keep your kids busy and out of your hair during the summer – especially if they ... -
Playground brings neighbours a little closer
Residents of Lost Creek subdivision in Beaver Bank have taken matters in their own hands by fundraising their one third of funds necessary to ... -
Kids learning to love live theatre
Just past Tantallon nestled in the woods at the end of Station Road, is an old school house with a small stage where children from all over HRM ... -
Learning, loving paddling, no matter your ability
Kinsmen Beach in Lower Sackville is hosting a special group of young athletes three times a week in a program designed just for them. PaddleAll, ... -
Province is helping people thrive this summer
So far this summer the forecast has been sun, sun, and more sun so there is no blaming the weather for not getting out and getting active. And ... -
Sackville youth prepare for Olympic performance
Despite the high temperatures on July 14, Cheema paddlers Tom Hall, 16, Anna Hetzler, 17, Marshall Hughes, 17 and Tom Miller, 17, spent their ... -
Keeping development under control
Approximately 30 people showed up for a public meeting held on July 16 in Lower Sackville to discuss concerns around growth and development in ... -
Weir still rockin' after all these years
It's another high school reunion for the graduating classes of 1975 thru 1985 as organizers and fans plan and prepare for what's become one of ...


