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• Bear trap set in industrial park
  AMHERST – Frank Marks is concerned. “This thing’s been up into Bayview Drive,” said Marks. The owner of F&K Computers, in Amherst, said a ...
• Pugwash hosts anti-nuke academia
  PUGWASH – A professor employed by National Defense at Canadian Forces College in Toronto said he’s saddened the federal government isn’t playing ...
• CEO of national YMCA visits
  AMHERST – It comes down to leadership and market penetration. Those are the keys to success for a YMCA, especially in a small community, ...
• Free kids cop-camp begins
  AMHERST – The Amhert Police Department has expanded its ranks for one week. Thirty-two kids, making two platoons, were ‘sworn in’ Monday morning, ...
• Bridge will work to place workers
  AMHERST – There’s been progress. “We’ve come leaps and bounds,” said Susan Thibodeau. She’s the executive director of the Bridge Adult Services ...
• Communal mail boxes under fire
  AMHERST – The locals will tell you it’s an unsafe spot. A communal mailbox on Highway 2, just south of where Smith Road connects to the ...
• Powerlifters Maine-bound
  AMHERST – A downtown basement. The music is aggressive. The lifters stand in a group, taking turns doing sets of bench press. Just a regular ...
• Fat Boy Slimmer: Week five - 206.8
  Before you pass judgment, allow me to explain. There’s a reason I gained more than two pounds over the past week. Here it is: I stuffed my ...
• Injured woman found
  AMHERST – A victim of what may be a physical assault was found Friday afternoon on Clarence Street. Amherst Police confirmed they received a call ...
• Graduation at ARHS
  AMHERST – Five graduates, five experiences, five plans. Allanah Conrad will be leaving home this fall. “It’s something that needs to be done,” ...
• Shed fire threatens mementoes
  AMHERST – Doug Gay stood in his yard watching Amherst firefighters hose down the interior of his shed. The Bayview Avenue resident had no idea ...
• A night to remember
  AMHERST – It rained. Then it faded to drizzle. Umbrellas crowded the view. But inclement weather did little to dampen the enthusiasm of the crowd ...
• Fat boy slimmer: Week four - 204.6
  I’m halfway to being overweight! Huzzah! With a 4.2-pound loss this week, I broke the 10-pound mark. No, don’t get too excited (monetary gifts ...
• Preschool reaches 25th
  AMHERST – Twenty-five years and hundreds of students. Wanda Bickle’s preschool has seen a generation pass through its doors. She’s had a former ...
• Museum’s nature walk a history lesson
  AMHERST – It was a nice day for a walk in the woods. A small cluster of people gathered in the parking lot of the Cumberland County Museum and ...
• New border race record
  AMHERST – A new course record, by one second, was set Saturday in the Cross Border Challenge, a 10 km foot race from Aulac to the Amherst ...
• Digging in the dirt over
  FORT LAWRENCE – The excavation at Beaubassin is over – for the foreseeable future, at least – and that includes public dig days. “When Parks ...
• Fat boy slimmer: Week three - 208.8
  “I’m following my diet and I’m doing my exercises, but the scale won’t budge!” That’s usually a lie. Not always, mind you. There are medical ...
• Autism walk grows
  AMHERST – Maya Burke is the chairperson of the lemonade stand. “Usually I get a lot of customers,” she said. The eight-year old has been running ...
• Book clubbers hit the stacks
  AMHERST – How many books will you read this summer? The Cumberland Public Libraries are hoping children, teens and adults will read lots between ...
• Grandparents protest outside MLA office
  AMHERST – Grandparents should have the right to see their grandchildren, and vice-versa. That’s the message Pauline Glenn has vowed to spread ...
• Downtown business and council committee members picked
  AMHERST – From concept to reality. The downtown business advisory committee – first proposed by town council at a meeting of business owners – ...
• Walking for the wounded
  FORT LAWRENCE – She’s walked 239 kilometres since she left Fredericton June 4. And now she’s home in Nova Scotia. Cpl. Kate MacEachern is walking ...
• Fat boy slimmer: Week 2 - 210.6
  Not bad. Not bad at all. Losing 4.8 pounds in a week isn’t that tough at the start of a diet. I could have lost more, of course. You can always ...
• Bath salts: Rise of a drug
  AMHERST – It ain’t your momma’s spa treatment. Most of us had never heard of “bath salts” a couple of weeks ago. Our introduction to it has been ...
• And they're off...!
  PARRSBORO – Parrsboro’s Relay for Life is underway at the community’s rink. Sixteen teams are participating, totaling about 130 people, and over ...
• Legion leaves Maccan
  MACCAN – They said it would happen and it did. The Maccan Legion, Branch 134, voted to release its charter this evening. The branch had 30 ...
• Fat boy slimmer: Week 1 - 215.4
  I weighed myself this week. The scale said 215.4 pounds. Last week it said 216 pounds. I’ve never been heavier or fatter. I know, I know. Some of ...
• Maccan loses legion?
  MACCAN – The Maccan Legion will likely disband tomorrow evening. That’s the opinion of legion member Ruth Dwyer. “A lot of people have petered ...
• Bedroom set with history
  AMHERST – She went out looking for a sofa. “I fell in love with it,” said Wendy Smith, of the antique bedroom suite she wound up purchasing. The ...