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Rose Willigar
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All articles of Rose Willigar
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Rallying behind trail system
ADVOCATE HARBOUR - Cold drizzly weather didn't stop 85 ATV from enjoying the trails in Advocate Harbour last Saturday with the Chignecto and ... -
Canadian pride, job creation keys to Tory message
AMHERST – Canadian pride and job creation were a couple topics New Brunswick Fundy Royal MP and Minister of Small Business and Tourism Rob Moore ... -
Canada to see blue
OXFORD – Oxley the blueberry will be seen on a stamp across Canada come 2011, when Canada Post releases its 20 stamp issues and two ... -
Artists gather celebrating 75 years of the Sackville...
SACKVILLE, NB – Celebrating their 75th year the Sackville Art Association kicks off their 75th year with “Painting the Blues” at the Live Bait ... -
Fire takes out two vehicles and causes damage to...
PARRSBORO – Responding to what they thought was a grass fire, the Parrsboro Volunteer Fire Department showed up to a call on Eastern ... -
Communication lost with turbine
PARRSBORO - Nova Scotia Power has been unable to establish contact with a modem collecting data from the test turbine placed in the Minas ... -
Grass fire claims two vehicles, three buildings on...
Parrsboro Volunteer firefighter Sam Field (left) holds the hose as firefighter Alex Matthews drenches one of Kerwin and Anne ... -
Donnie and The Monarchs to play Amherst for final time
AMHERST – They opened for the Beach Boys at Parlee Beach in 1989, they’ve played with music legends such as the Rankin Family, The Coasters, Dr. ... -
Splish splash dunk at Ski Wentworth
WENTWORTH VALLEY - Ski Wentworth closed with a splash on Easter Sunday with the aquaneige (slush skiing) competition. "The idea is for ... -
Parrsboro teams sweep Bluenose tourney
AMHERST - Parrsboro Predators claimed both midget and bantam division championship games during the Bluenose tournament Sunday at the ... -
Parrsboro Predators make clean sweep at Bluenose...
By Rose Willigar The Record AMHERST – Parrsboro Predators claimed both Midget and Bantam division championship games during the Bluenose ... -
Splish, splash
WENTWORTH VALLEY - Ski Wentworth closed with a splash on Easter Sunday with the aquaniege (slush skiing) competition. "The idea is for skiers ... -
Amherst rally spoiled by late goal
AMHERST – Euphoria turned to heartbreak in less than a minute for home fans here Sunday as Dylan Riley scored with just 23 seconds left in ... -
Midget A girls win provincials making Cumberland...
AMHERST – Cumberland County Community Credit Union midget A girls made hockey history Sunday when they took the provincial championship game 2-0 ... -
Sweet season
Cumberland County - An early start to the maple season could mean an early finish for producers. West Brook's David Dickinson said earlier this ... -
Go Girl fundraiser set for next month
AMHERST – A Go Girl Self-Esteem Workouts program fundraiser is set for April 28, 7 p.m., at Burgess Hall, Trinity United Church. The Go Girl ... -
Elderly man transported to hospital after landing in...
TYNDAL ROAD - An elderly man was transported to Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre with undetermined injuries after losing control of ... -
Cancer assistance fund gets boost from curling...
AMHERST – Eight men raised more than $14,000 for local cancer assistance here Friday and looked good doing it. The fundraiser, featuring the ... -
Napa number one
SPRINGHILL – A lone goal was the winner for the Cumberland Napa Bantam hockey team in their division at the local hockey association’s house ... -
Showcase Productions going strong at 20
AMHERST – Twenty years later, Showcase Productions Society is about to make the final payment of $100,000 to complete a trust fund at the TD ... -
Twin girls get new lease on life
AMHERST – Four-year-old twin girls Megan and Mackenzie Haylock are doing well after receiving kidney transplants at 15 months old. The kidney ... -
Mush!
WENTWORTH – Heading cross country with a team of dogs is the opportunity people have at Ski Wentworth when Rob Cooke from Edmundston, N.B., ... -
Honoured for 50 years of volunteering
Amherst - Wentworth's Doug Currie was honoured for his 50 years of volunteerism during a midget AAA hockey tournament in Springhill two weekends ... -
Sap's running
Neil R. Ripley drains sap collected from the maple trees in his sugar woods in Fenwick. Ripley said this year has been the best run he’s seen ... -
Rafuse rink wins provincial senior men’s curling...
AMHERST – It’s off to Ottawa for Brian Rafuse and his curling team after they captured the Nova Scotia senior men’s (ages 50 and older) curling ... -
Maritime snowboarders compete
Wentworth - Snowboarders across the Maritimes gathered at Ski Wentworth last Sunday for the third annual RBC Riders program snowboarding ... -
A sweet gesture
AMHERST - Amherst's Kristy Brown is busy making cupcakes as a fundraiser for Haitian relief efforts. "I was visiting my sister in Florida the ... -
Sand Hill story
Amherst - Coinciding with black history month, Darlene Strong opens her exhibit, "The Life and Times of Sand Hill" on Jan. 26 at the Cumberland ... -
Tanker crash shuts down Highway 4
WENTWORTH - Highway 4 was closed for most of the day Tuesday after slippery roads sent a tanker carrying 51,000 litres of aviation fuel skidding ... -
Tanker crash shuts down Highway 4
WENTWORTH - Highway 4 is expected to be closed for most of the day after slippery roads sent a tanker truck carrying 51,000 litres of aviation ...


