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• Cheetah win Districts with 3-1 win over Parrsboro
  AMHERST – The E.B. Chandler Junior High School Cheetahs move on to the regional championships after winning the district championships 3-1 ...
• Noiles pleads guilty to sexually assaulting...
  AMHERST – Paul Noiles, 45, Franklin Court, Dartmouth, pleaded guilty in court on Tuesday to break and entering a dwelling house and sexually ...
• Wolfpack will swarm Winston field on Sunday
  AMHERST – Timbits Wolfpack players lined up against the Sackville Titans last night at Robbs Centennial Complex in Amherst. The Moncton Football ...
• Blues home for two this weekend
  SPRINGHILL – The Cumberland Blues will host a pair of games this weekend in Nova Scotia Junior Hockey League action. The Blues host ...
• Armageddon leaves records in tatters
  AMHERST – Armageddon passed through Amherst on Saturday and left 20 national records broken in its wake. Of the 20 national records broken at the ...
• Vikings look to three-peat at regional championships
  AMHERST – After winning the Scotia Schools Athletic Federation regional banner the last two years, the Amherst Regional High School Vikings ...
• 53-year-old arrested for refusing to provide breath...
  PUGWASH – A 53-year-old male was arrested for Impaired Operation and Refusal to Provide a Breath Sample yesterday at 5:17 in Pugwash. The RCMP ...
• Blues put one in the win column with two late goals
  LOWER SACKVILLE – After a 0-3 start to the 2012-2013 Nova Scotia Junior Hockey League season, the Cumberland County Blues beat the Sackville ...
• Possession of illegal tobacco charges laid against...
• Blues lose 5-2 to Penguins

  SPRINGHILL - The Cumberland County Blues lost 5-2 to the East Hants Penguins during Nova Scotia Junior Hockey League action Friday at the Richard ...
• Cumberland Blue host defending Junior B champs Friday
  SPRINGHILL – The Cumberland County Blues return to Maritime Junior Hockey League action Friday night, facing off at home against the East Hants ...
• Runners withstand downpour to finish Four Fathers Run
  AMHERST – Sixty-three runners registered for the inaugural Tim Horton’s Four Fathers Run Saturday in Amherst, and 58 runners finished the race. ...
• Former Springhill cop sentenced to six months custody
  AMHERST – Joshua Wilfred Demers, 29, of Canaan Drive, Dieppe, was sentenced in court last week to a total of six months custody after ...
• School days start today
  AMHERST – There is no time to waste when it comes to molding young minds, and Grade Primary teacher, Mrs. Dale MacDougall, was quick off the ...
• RCMP investigate fatal motor vehicle collision in...
  WALLACE – Pugwash RCMP are investigating a single motor vehicle collision, which resulted in the death of a 76-year-old woman. The Pugwash RCMP ...
• Amherst Red Sox win district championships
  AMHERST – The Amherst Red Sox beat New Glasgow 17-9 in the Baseball Nova Scotia Northumberland District Bantam A Championship final Sunday ...
• Fundy loses to Truro in under-16 soccer action
  AMHERST – The Fundy United under-16 girl’s soccer team lost 3-1 to the Truro CC Riders last night on the Winston Avenue soccer field in Amherst. ...
• Lions earn second place in tiebreak game
  AMHERST – It was a pitching duel between two Springhill brothers last night as the Lions and Y’s Guys battled it out in a tiebreaker game. Mats ...
• Walsh sentenced to 90 days custody
  Trevor Alexander Walsh, 28, of no fixed address, was sentenced in court on Tuesday to 15 days custody, consecutive to other sentences, and ...
• Voting for Pugwash continues today
  PUGWASH – Time is running out for Pugwash in their bid to win the TSN 10-in-10 Kraft Celebration Tour. Online voting began yesterday at 1 p.m., ...
• Vote for Pugwash
  PUGWASH – It’s time for Cumberland County to step up to the plate for Pugwash and help them win the TSN 10-in-10 Kraft Celebration Tour. Online ...
• Mixers deliver Cubs first loss of season
  AMHERST – The Cumberland Paving Cubs suffered their first loss of the Amherst Little League 2012 season, after losing 7-6 to the Casey Concrete ...
• 19-year old charged with impaired driving
  AMHERST – The Amherst RCMP charged a 19-year old Cumberland County male on Monday after responding to a single vehicle collision at 5:07 a.m. on ...
• Arsonists damage playground sponge matting
  AMHERST – Amherst Police are investigating four incidents of Arson and attempted Arson, which occurred between June 25 and June 27. A ...
• 65-year-old female facing Impaired Driving charges
  OXFORD – The RCMP Northern Traffic Services charged a 65-year-old female from Truro with Impaired Driving and Driving over .08 under the Criminal ...
• Camp damaged in break and enter
  HANTSFORD – A camp was broken into on the Hansford Road, Hansford, Cumberland County. The incident was reported to RCMP June 24. Nothing was ...
• Varner sentenced for assault
  AMHERST – Christopher Aaron Gerald Varner, 27, of Springhill, was sentenced in court on a conditional discharge, followed by six months ...
• McIlvena pleads guilty to production, possession of...
  AMHERST – Thomas Norval McIlvena, 61, of Amherst Shore, pleaded guilty in court on Tuesday to the unlawful production of marijuana and the ...
• Herbert sentence for possession of marijuana
  AMHERST – Robert Joseph Herbert, 27, of Springhill, was sentenced in court on Tuesday to 30 days custody, consecutive to a sentence presently ...
• Brake waves preliminary hearing
  AMHERST – Zachary Quinn Brake, 18, of Mechanic Street, Springhill, will return to Supreme Court on Thursday to set a trial date on a charge of ...