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Andrew Wagstaff
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All articles of Andrew Wagstaff
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Helping visitors find their way
PARRSBORO – Visitors to Parrsboro should have an easier time finding its most popular attractions, thanks to a new directional signage program. ... -
Clarke in the running for county council seat
ADVOCATE HARBOUR - District 10 is Cumberland County’s largest geographic district, and few would be more familiar with it than Susan Clarke. ... -
Parkinson’s support group considered for Parrsboro...
PORT GREVILLE – About 100,000 Canadians have Parkinson’s disease, including several in the Parrsboro area, but there is no local support group ... -
O’Byrne joins race for District 10 council seat
WHARTON – While much of her job has focused on the past, it’s the future that Oralee O’Byrne has in mind as she offers her candidacy for ... -
New exhibit to celebrate African Heritage Month
AMHERST – African Heritage Month will be celebrated at Cumberland County Museum this year in “Somebody Else’s Kitchen.” The new exhibit will be ... -
Melanson in the running for District 10 seat
ADVOCATE HARBOUR – John Melanson said he has one simple goal in mind in seeking a seat on Cumberland County council. He wants to help people. The ... -
Heroic students honoured by school community
PARRSBORO – Brady Dunham wanted his driver’s license, and his community is seeing that he gets it. That was just one of the rewards bestowed upon ... -
Fletcher enters race for District 10 county seat
NEW SALEM - Common sense approach. Those are the three words Don Fletcher is using to describe his campaign for the District 10 seat on ... -
Parrsboro mayor looks back at 2012
PARRSBORO – Lois Smith was elected for the second time as mayor of Parrsboro this past fall, after no opposing candidates stepped up to join her ... -
Fate of George collection uncertain
PARRSBORO – Some of the world’s most famous fossil discoveries have been made in Parrsboro by Eldon George, but some fear the future of the ... -
School to celebrate bus heroics
Citizen-Record PARRSBORO – What took Brady Dunham only seconds to do last week is still the talk of the town, several days later. The 16-year-old ... -
Student steers school bus to safety
PARRSBORO – A group of local students is shook up but not injured after a harrowing ride to school Thursday morning saw one of them steering the ... -
Building hope for victims
RIVER HEBERT – Ninety-year-old Irene Richards worked silently as the women surrounding her read passages explaining the symbolism of her weaving. ... -
Church offers tried and true recipes
PARRSBORO – A new cookbook from Trinity United Church has brought new meaning to the term “local flavour.” The church has launched Trinity’s ... -
Issues raised over Parrsboro youth activity
PARRSBORO – Although many have welcomed the new youth centre as a positive addition to the town, not everyone is happy with its location or the ... -
Parrsboro mayor, council sworn in
PARRSBORO – More than a month after they were elected on Oct. 20, Parrsboro’s mayor and council were sworn in here at the regular monthly session ... -
Living Christmas Tree could be the last
PORT GREVILLE – It’s a local holiday tradition as familiar as Santa Claus himself, but director Judy Wheaton said this year could be the last for ... -
Merriam not returning to county council
DILIGENT RIVER – Ratchford Merriam, who has been hospitalized since suffering a heart attack last month, will not be returning to Cumberland ... -
Diligent River community hall receives funding boost
DILIGENT RIVER – Life in this quiet village is getting a little livelier, with help from a government funding boost announced on ... -
Curling making a comeback in Parrsboro
PARRSBORO – When the Parrsboro Curling Club closed down about a decade ago, club member Lloyd Smith made shore the stones and other equipment ... -
Diligent River to unveil new war memorial Nov. 4
DILIGENT RIVER – For the first time, a Remembrance Day ceremony will take place in Diligent River this year, although it won’t be on Nov. 11. The ... -
Looking back at the Parrsboro fire of ‘62
PARRSBORO - October 27, 1962. In the South Atlantic, Kennedy was staring down Khrushchev at the height of the Cuban Missile Crisis. In New York ... -
Two returning, two newcomers elected in Parrsboro
PARRSBORO – The voters of Parrsboro opted for a mixture of new faces and familiar in the Oct. 20 municipal election.Incumbents David Harrison and ... -
Three-way race to replace Donkin on county council
UPPER NAPPAN – Three candidates are offering for District 7 in the upcoming county council election, and the only thing certain is that it will ... -
Armstrong brings town hall tour to Parrsboro
PARRSBORO – The age of eligibility for Old Age Security (OAS) is going up from 65 to 67 in Canada, but the changes will not affect those who are ... -
Gillis given go-ahead for four more years
PUGWASH - Allison Gillis is returning to Cumberland County council for four more years, this time without a fight. Gillis was one of four ... -
Yorke wants to put experience to work on Parrsboro...
PARRSBORO - While his resume as an individual may be impressive, Lyle Yorke does not want to rely on his own ideas as a town councilor. He wants ... -
Water tops Kellegrew's list of priorities
BROOKDALE - After 18 years on county council, John Kellegrew is showing no signs of slowing down. The veteran councilor already has issues on his ... -
Harrison has goals in mind for second Parrsboro...
PARRSBORO - David Harrison would have been the first to admit how green he was when he first ran for Parrsboro Town Council four years ago. "I ... -
Club fair offers plenty to Parrsboro students
PARRSBORO - There's plenty to do at Parrsboro Regional High School, and it's not just about class work. A number of extra-curricular clubs were ...


