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• Amherst skaters return from Dartmouth
  AMHERST – Eleven Amherst Skating Club figure skaters recently competed at the 2013 Robert McCall Memorial Competition in Dartmouth. It was the ...
• Personal bests for all at Pictou meet
  AMHERST – Four young Spartans swimmers swam to success at a recent meet for developing swimmers in Pictou County. “The Nova Tech program is ...
• Glennie sentenced to 53 months custody
  AMHERST – Christopher Lee Glennie, 36, of Minudie, was sentenced in court on Monday to 53 months federal custody, consecutive to other sentences, ...
• Temperatures rising
  AMHERST – Yesterday was a good day for tobogganing but not so much today. Yesterday, Lisette Sumbu (right) helped eight-year-old Kaden Cooke ...
• A helping hand
  AMHERST – With the storm finally passed, Paul Arsenault helped his neigbours, Jan Purdy and daughter Issy, dig out from under the thick blanket ...
• Catch me if you can
  AMHERST – Evan MacKenzie (left) and Brad Black were playing pick-up hockey Wednesday afternoon on the Cornwall Avenue skating rink. They started ...
• Judy takes Molly for a walk
  AMHERST – Judy MacGregor took Molly out for her daily walk at noon on Tuesday. MacGregor takes Molly out for an hour-long walk everyday, and said ...
• Pond hockey in Amherst
  AMHERST – With school cancelled today it was a perfect chance for friends to gather behind the Chitty residence on Norman Street for a game of ...
• Friends build a snow fort
  AMHERST – Eight-year-old Christopher Mont, his seven-year-old brother Jacob Mont, and 11-year-old Anthony Hazel are taking advantage of the ...
• Blues play two home games this weekend
  SPRINGHILL – With only five games left in the regular season, the Cumberland County Blues are in a heated battle with the Antigonish Bulldogs for ...
• Going to the edge in Judo
  AMHERST – With the goal of seeing who could be the first to toss the other to the red edge of the mat, four-year-old Piper Sparling twisted to ...
• Icy roads keeping first responders, tow trucks busy
  Calls to the RCMP are coming in fast and furious with regards to cars sliding off roads throughout Cumberland County Wednesday afternoon, ...
• Colts mauled by Attack
  AMHERST – The Amherst Colts lost 7-2 to the Spryfield Silver and Black Attack Sunday afternoon at Amherst Stadium. We out played this team in the ...
• Spartans swimmers turn up heat in Summerside
  AMHERST – The weather outside may be freezing but the Spartans know how to heat things up in the pool. Eight swimmers earned a total of 27 ...
• Ramblers trounce Truro
  AMHERST – After losing 6-4 to the top team in the Eastlink Division Saturday night at Amherst Stadium, the Amherst CIBC Wood Gundy Ramblers ...
• Amherst Selects beat Halifax, Dartmouth
  AMHERST – The Amherst Mini Girl Selects won all four of their games against Halifax and Dartmouth Sunday at Cumberland North Academy and Spring ...
• Fire destroys home in Springhill
  SPRINGHILL – A family of four escaped unharmed but lost all their belongings when fire gutted their home Saturday night in Springhill. Fire ...
• Colt host Silver and Black Attack Sunday
  AMHERST – The Amherst Colts are hosting the Spyfield Silver and Black Attack Sunday at Amherst Stadium at 4 p.m. With the Nova Scotia Junior ...
• Blues play three games in three nights
  SPRINGHILL – After winning both their games last weekend the Blues have a chance to win three inter-division games this weekend. Tonight they ...
• Flue Fire
  AMHERST – The Amherst Fire Department was called to a flue fire on Clarence street at about 2:45 p.m. today. Fire fighters were at the scene ...
• Blues go 1-1 against Bulldogs over weekend
  SPRINGHILL - The Cumberland County Blues split their home-and-home stand over the weekend with the Antigonish Bulldogs. The Blues won the first ...
• Springhill High lady Eagles win New Germany Tourney
  NEW GERMANY – The Springhill High School Golden Eagles senior ladies basketball team continued to dominate in Nova Scotia School Athletic ...
• Doucette joins Blues in battle against Bulldogs
  SPRINGHILL – Nicholas Doucette will don a Cumberland Blues jersey for the first time tonight at the Richard Calder Arena in Springhill. The ...
• Surging Colts host Spryfield Sunday at Amherst Stadium
  AMHERST - The Amherst Colts will be looking to move further up the Nova Scotia Junior C Hockey League standings this weekend after they made the ...
• Midget Ramblers finish second in Antigonish
  ANTIGONISH – The Cumberland County D.W. Thompson Esso-Scotsburn Dairy midget AA Ramblers recently finished as the runner up at a hockey ...
• Holiday hoops begins Friday at ARHS
  AMHERST – The 2012, Sifto Canada Corp./Hatheway Ford Amherst Vikings Christmas Classic, eight-team tournament tips off Friday at 10 a.m. with ...
• Police respond to several disturbances, a hit and...
  AMHERST – A failed breathalyzer, a hit and run, and people stealing from a tip jar were three of the 25 incidents the Amherst Police Department ...
• Vikings finish fifth at Three Oaks
  SUMMERSIDE – The Amherst Regional High School Vikings defeated the Bluefield Bobcats 77-68 for a fifth place finish at the 20th annual Three Oaks ...
• Golden Eagles win Bengals banner
  REXTON, N.B. – The Springhill High Golden Eagles senior girls basketball team captured the championship banner at the Friends of the Bengals ...
• Colts host Huskies Friday at Amherst Stadium
  AMHERST – The Nova Scotia Junior C Hockey League Amherst Colts improved to a record of 7-11 after winning two away games last weekend. On Friday ...