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Bobbie-Lynn Hall
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Waverley cross country ski trail waiting for snow
The Martock Nordic Ski Club has moved it's operation to the Waverley Sports Park located in Waverley, now all they need is some white ... -
Parents vocalize concerns over boundary review
More than 200 people filled the gymnasium at Basinview Drive Elementary school last week for a boundary review meeting that could affect Bedford ... -
New club a testament to residents generosity
Sackville and area residents have long been known for the generous giving of themselves and their time, and now there's a new service club in ... -
Nine-year-old student's writing prize not a...
Beaver Bank resident Gabrielle Close won first prize in a national writing contest last October. That month the nine-year-old girl, who ... -
Residents vote on street paving initiative
When it comes to getting your road paved, it may depend more on what your neigthbours want, than what you want. Although developers now are ... -
This tab's for you
With so many organizations coming up with new and challenging ways to raise money for their cause, the pop can pull-tab seemed to have faded ... -
Residents share concerns over proposed quarry in...
Word that a quarry operation may be moving into the quiet suburbs in Fall River caught many residents off guard over the Christmas holidays. ... -
Keeping it clean: An environmentally friendly way...
Dana Shaw has a full and busy life with not a lot of free time. The one thing she would like to include in that life, however, is the one thing ... -
Residents ‘on-board' the idea of a dayliner
Susan Tremills believes in the power of numbers, so she has decided to use not only her own voice, but to use the voices of hundred or thousands ... -
Mexico: The land of sunshine and...surgery?
It's been just six weeks since she jumped the boarder to Mexico for weight-reduction surgery, but already 42-year-old Lillian Coakley is down ... -
World-class golf coming to Glen Arbour
In July, the world class Glen Arbour Golf Club in Hammonds Plains will host the 20th anniversary of the prestigious Telus World Skins Game ... -
Bedford residents need to step up: local group
According to its website, the Bedford Residents Association was founded to foster an environment where residents feel connected to the ... -
Satirical video of Sackville gets mixed reviews
The video, named Lower Sackville Promo, opens with ducks swimming on First Lake. The first line of the video asks: "Have you ever ... -
Sackville Library reopens after five-week closure
During the closure workers were kept busy painting walls, laying floors, installing furniture and setting up new computers. Branch manager ... -
Angels celebrating a life, not mourning a loss
The Angels in Memory campaign is an annual fundraiser for the Hospice Society of Greater Halifax. The first and only thus far, hospice house ... -
Early Christmas present for Boys and Girls Club
The Boys and Girls Club of Sackville received an early Christmas present this year when it was announced the organization would receive a ... -
Boards, bikes 'n blades welcome
It may be covered in snow, but the asphalt is down and the ramps are already built for a new skate park in Bedford. Local youth have been ... -
Splash pad not a wash
Kinsmen Club of Sackville president Scott Forbes is not concerned about the future of one of its biggest projects to date - a splash pad water ... -
Kinsmen - the next generation
When 20-year-old Mount St. Vincent university student Jenny MacKinnon went looking for potential volunteer groups to join on campus she ... -
Volunteers vow to keep planting despite Acadia Hall...
Organizers and volunteers working on the yet unnamed public gardens being built behind the library on Sackville Drive are broken hearted ... -
Resident says accessing local health service is an...
A family new to the Sackville area is pleased they are easily able get around town to do their shopping and visit other areas in HRM ... -
Parade will light up the Bedford sky
It’s inevitable. Even before putting away their pumpkins, people start talking about Christmas. Every year it’s the same question; ‘Can ... -
Faces of fallen heroes leave families shaken, but...
They came, they saw and they cried at the Portraits of Honour mural depicting all members of the Canadian armed forces who have died in ... -
Unique tribute to fallen soldiers to visit Sackville
It is at this time of year that Canadians take the time to remember those soldiers who have sacrificed their lives for their country. ... -
Beaver Bank businessman hopes vandalism problems are...
Beaver Bank businessman Robyn Barrett is breathing a sigh of relief knowing the vandals who caused extensive damage to his property have ... -
Shipbuilding contract life-altering for some local...
Forty-year-old Jack Eavis from Lower Sackville didn't even know about the multi-billion dollar contract the Halifax Shipyard was competing for ... -
Halloween is big business
Halloween traditions, in one form or another, have been around for centuries, but according to specialty stores and attractions it seems its ... -
Lower Sackville residents not buying into wind...
Despite a presentation detailing the benefits of using wind as a source of energy, it was hard for the LDRA (Lake District Recreation ... -
Owen Davis was one of Sackville's greatest supporters
Well-known Sackville resident, businessman and community volunteer Owen Davis has passed away after a hard-fought battle with cancer. He was 73. ... -
Post op breast cancer program offers exercise,...
A new program in Sackville is helping breast cancer patients not just physically feel better, but feel more positive mentally too. The ...


