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• Y’s Guys, Lions beat Mixers, Cubs
  AMHERST – Amherst Little League action had one very close game and one blow-out. In the close game it was the Y’s Guys beating the Casey Concrete ...
• UPDATE: Fifty-hour ladder sit concludes
  UPDATE: Saturday, 1:45 pm MacDonald comes down briefly to pick up his wife, Christine before both go back up for the final 15 minutes. Famliy and ...
• Honda United opens season with win, loss
  AMHERST – Cumberland Honda United defeated the Moncton Old Boys 6-3 during Codiac Senior Soccer League action Sunday night on the Amherst ...
• D-Day heroics remembered in Amherst
  AMHERST – Ninety-one-year-old Alexander Emslie was a member of the North Nova Scotia Highlanders when they invaded Normandy during the D-Day ...
• Belyea, Lewis named ARHS top senior athletes
  AMHERST – A pair of multi-sport students were honoured as senior male and female athletes of the year during the ARHS Athletic Awards banquet at ...
• High school track and field athletes compete at...
  DARTMOUTH – Cumberland County athletes competed in the 2013 Nova Scotia Schools Athletic Federation Provincial Championships this weekend at the ...
• Parrsboro boys win provincial slopitch title
  SPRINGHILL – The Nova Scotia Schools Athletic Federation Division 3, 2013 Boys and Girls Slopitch Provincial Championships took place this ...
• Gymnasts flutter and fly at butterfly meet
  AMHERST – Aerials Gymnastics Club gymnasts attended the Butterfly Gymnastics Meet Saturday in Bridgewater. The results are as follows: - Haley ...
• Green Smith edge IMP in men’s slopitch
  AMHERST – The IMP Aerostructures, Steelworkers and the Green Smith team had to go to extra innings to decide the second game of their Amherst ...
• Spartans explode at provincial championships
  HALIFAX – When there’s an explosion, there’s often a bang, and for the group of young swimmers attending the Nova Tech Explosion meet over the ...
• Plenty of Power to open slopitch season
  AMHERST – The Amherst Men’s Slopitch League’s 2013 season kicked off Tuesday night with high scoring contests between the Cumberland Reds and ...
• Parrsboro boys, girls win district championship
  AMHERST – The Parrsboro boys and girls slopitch teams both came out on top at the Nova Scotia Schools Athletic Federation Division 3 district ...
• Strong showing for Cumberland in track and field...
  STELLARTON – Schools from throughout the Northumberland Region came together Thursday and Saturday to compete in the Nova Scotia Schools Athletic ...
• Spartans rise to the challenge at long course meet
  AMHERST ­– The first thing swimmers notice about a long course pool is that it’s so long. For three of the four swimmers attending the ...
• Three ARHS basketball coaches heading to Mount Allison
  SACKVILLE - The Matt Gamblin has been named the new head coach of the Mounties' women's basketball program. Gamblin begins his role as head coach ...
• Spartans making the most of the NovaTech program
  ANTIGONISH – Six young swimmers brought their hard work to a NovaTech competition in Antigonish and came home with multiple best times and top ...
• Propane leak
  AMHERST – The Amherst Fire Department responded to propane leak on Douglas Avenue today at about 1 p.m. today. Firefighters were at the scene for ...
• Amherst Explosions win bronze at provincials
  HALIFAX – The Amherst Explosions girl’s basketball team won a bronze medal over the weekend at the seven-team Basketball Nova Scotia Juvenile ...
• Powerlifters step up to challenge
  AMHERST – A total of 51 lifters took part in the 2013 Atlantic Canadian Pro/Amateur Power Challenge, which was hosted by the Amherst Powerlifting ...
• Ramblers season comes to an end
  AMHERST – The Amherst Ramblers season came to and after losing 4-2 to the Truro Bearcats during Game 6 of their Maritime Hockey League ...
• Harkness gets post call to Harness Racing Hall of Fame
  AMHERST – The co-founder and editor of Atlantic Post Calls will be inducted posthumously into the Canadian Harness Racing Hall of Fame in ...
• Ramblers lose Game-5, 3-2
  TRURO – The Amherst CIBC Ramblers lost 3-2 to the Bearcats last night in Truro, and now they trail the Bearcats 3-2 in their Maritime Hockey ...
• Ramblers beat Bearcats 4-3
  AMHERST – The Amherst CIBC Wood Gundy Ramblers have tied their best-of-seven Maritime Hockey League Division final series 2-2 after beating the ...
• Mini-Selects are golden with win over Acadia
  AMHERST - The Grade 5 Amherst Selects are the 2013 Division 4 Mini-Girls Provincial Champions, after a convincing 51-27 win over Acadia Sunday at ...
• Ramblers mauled by Bearcats
  AMHERST – The Amherst CIBC Wood Gundy Ramblers lost 7-2 to the Bearcats Sunday night in Truro. The Ramblers got off to a bad start, going down ...
• Ramblers lose 5-3 to Bearcats
  AMHERST – It’s now a best-of-five series. That’s the way things stand after the Amherst CIBC Wood Gundy Ramblers lost 5-3 Friday night in Amherst ...
• Dare to Care
  AMHERST – Renee Lusby dared to have an egg cracked over her head as part of the Dare to Care fundraiser for the Strong Kids Campain yesterday at ...
• Mini-Girls basketball provincials this weekend in...
  AMHERST - The Amherst Selects are hosting the 2013 Basketball Nova Scotia Provincial Championships this weekend at Spring Street Academy and ...
• Mount Allison lab extends research expertise on...
  SACKVILLE, NB — Mount Allison University students in Dr. Vett Lloyd’s biology class recently had some extra company in their lab. Researchers ...
• UPDATE: Power restored
  AMHERST – Nova Scotia Power restored power to 2,227 customers who have gone without power since 3 p.m. The power was restored at about 7:30 ...