ENFIELD: The old adage “if it’s worth doing, it’s worth doing well” applies to the debut CD from East Hants crooners, The Wilderness Revival. On Oct. 13, the band launched it’s CD “Climbing Slow” at a release party 10 years in the making, held before family and friends at the Enfield Legion. The 10-song album […]
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ENFIELD: Halifax Stanfield’s environmental sustainability efforts were recognized this week at the Airports Council International – North America (ACI-NA) conference in Nashville, Tennessee. Joyce Carter, President & CEO of Halifax International Airport Authority, and several members of the Senior Leadership Team received a Certificate of Accreditation at the ACI’s Airport Carbon Accreditation ceremony, signifying an […]
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ENFIELD: Firefighters from Enfield quickly doused a fire in the basement of a house in the Budland Acres subdivision on the night of Sept. 29. Just before 6 p.m., firefighters heard the “sounds of their people” for the fire in the basement of a residence in the 90 block of Edmund Drive. More than 25 […]
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ENFIELD: Firefighters responded to a report of fire in the basement of a home in the 90 block of Edmund Drive in Budland Acres subdivision in Enfield just before 6 p.m. on Saturday night, Sept. 29. More than 30 firefighters from Enfield fire; Elmsdale; Nine Mile River; Station 43 Grand Lake; Lantz fire; and Station […]
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ENFIELD: Ledwidge Lumber is a family-owned business established in 1943 by Laurie Ledwidge. At the age of 18, Laurie first began with a shingle mill. In 1946 he started a long lumber mill but it partly burnt, losing everything but the boiler and engine. In 1948 he built a portable mill and had 12 employees. […]
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ENFIELD: The Terry Fox Run was held Sept. 16 beginning at the Enfield Legion. Getting ready to cut the ribbon to kick-start this year’s run were (from left) Barb Brown; Easton Kristiansen and his “Paw” Chris Myers, and Marjorie Benere. The Enfield event was organized and put on by the Enfield Army Cadets. (Healey photo) […]
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SCOTIA SPEEDWORLD: It seemed only fitting that to end the 2018 Parts for Trucks Pro Stock Tour two rivals on the track but two of the Maritime racing community’s brightest stars would both end up doing donuts—one for the race victory, the other for his second championship in three years. Truro’s Dylan Blenkhorn won the […]
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ENFIELD: Highway 2 in Enfield, by the Post Office will be closed overnight Saturday Sept. 15 for work on the railway. CN Rail workers will be on site doing required work on the railway crossing, according to information posted on the provincial government’s 511 website. The work will mean Highway 2 between Station Road and […]
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NOEL: Here’s a look at the fire calls for the month of August for fire departments throughout East Hants in Elmsdale; Kennetcook; Mount Uniacke; Noel; Enfield; Maitland; and in Colchester County in Stewiacke. Noel fire responded to five calls during August, including four medicals. They were also paged for a mutual aid request to a […]
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ENFIELD: An Enfield man has died following the collision of three motorcycles near Windsor at supper time on Sept. 3. Nova Scotia RCMP says that at 5 p.m., a lone motorcycle driven by the Enfield man travelling east collided head-on with a motorcycle travelling west. The westbound motorcycle was also being driven by a lone […]
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