Two members of the Lonicera Hall Board of Trustees and Home Support Services Inc. (HSSI) are departing as the two organizations look to merge and continue the operation of the independent living facility. Randy Reid, the former treasurer of the board of trustees and administrator, and Carol McIntee are leaving following the end of their […]
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Several Charlotte County medical students have received scholarships through the New Brunswick Medical Education Foundation (NBMEF). Mackenzie Moore and Powell Moore are two of those students. Powell Moore is in his second year at Dalhousie Medical School in Halifax. “I started with a foundational interest in science,” he said. “I’m sure all medical students say […]
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For people like Ayla Chisholm, Dolly Parton wasn’t just country music royalty; she was someone who gave her son his “Coat of Many Colors.” Her son, Xander Linton, became obsessed with Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library. Both he and Paxton Linton received books until they were in kindergarten. “It’s a really big deal on Grand Manan,” […]
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The Saint Andrews RCMP say they are looking for information about an abandoned vehicle off the Frye Road following a collision. On Sept. 5, the RCMP were contacted about a suspicious vehicle in that area. “We are trying to identify who was driving and anyone else in the vehicle,” the RCMP said in a statement. […]
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Megan Mitton is seeking leadership of the New Brunswick Green Party. She is one of only two members of the Green Party, but has represented the riding of Tantramar for three terms. “I’m seeking the leadership of the Green Party of New Brunswick because I’m even more certain now than when I was elected as […]
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About 74 of New Brunswick’s mayors and deputy mayors were part of a new training program hosted by the Union of Municipalities of New Brunswick (UMNB) — called Mayor’s School. President Brittany Merrifield said the organization came up with the idea to help better explain the role of the mayor. “We have to run the […]
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The municipal council in St. Stephen has rejected the creation of a vagrancy bylaw. During the Sept. 2 council meeting, council did not discuss the vagrancy bylaw but Mayor Backman said they were not moving forward due to the fact that communities were moving away from these types of bylaws. “Our bylaw, which you’ll see […]
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A 28-year-old St. Stephen man has been charged following a series of incidents that began with an ATV crash in Old Ridge and later included an alleged disturbance outside Charlotte County Hospital. St. Stephen RCMP responded to a report of a single-vehicle ATV crash on Route 3 in Old Ridge at approximately 10:56 p.m. on […]
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By Estella Rosebush, Reporter The New Brunswick government is addressing the future of veterinary services in the province. According to the Department of Post-Secondary Education, Training and Labour (PETL) and Agriculture, Aquaculture and Fisheries (AAF), the departments conducted a feasibility study and said the province will maintain responsibility for provincial veterinary and foreign animal […]
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The provincial government has attached 45 conditions to the construction and operation of a natural gas plant (RIGS project) set to be built in Tantramar. An environmental impact assessment (EIA) was conducted on the proposed facility to determined what conditions would need to be met before moving forward. “Before ProEnergy can begin construction, seven conditions […]
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