Category Archives: Parrsboro news

Town Council: Band shelter, lighthouse, by-election and questions about tax survey

Posted on June 23, 2015 by brucewark

The Town of Parrsboro is planning to demolish the band shelter and replace it during this construction season with a slightly larger one that will look much the same as the present structure. At tonight’s Town Council meeting, Chief Administrative … Continue reading →

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Kerwin Davison’s rum-running auto

Posted on June 22, 2015 by brucewark

Kerwin Davison’s latest antique auto, a 1929 Nash, recalls the Prohibition days of the 1920s and 30s when bullets and buckshot flew as police vainly strove to dam the flood of illegal booze. Davison worked last fall and through the … Continue reading →

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Classics by the Bay 7th season: Listen for the big, old organ at Trinity United

Posted on June 11, 2015 by brucewark

The old pipe organ at Parrsboro’s Trinity United Church should get a good work out during this year’s Classics by the Bay festival from June 26 to 28. Gayle Martin, who is a music professor at Mount Allison University, will play pieces … Continue reading →

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Things looking up for Cross Roads Co-op, members told

Posted on June 10, 2015 by brucewark

Parrsboro’s Cross Roads Co-op generated a small financial surplus of just over $33 thousand last year for the first time since the grocery store underwent major renovations five years ago. “The last year was an extremely rewarding year for us,” … Continue reading →

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Conrad Byers tells stories of the sea

Posted on May 31, 2015 by brucewark

Parrsboro historian Conrad Byers told tales about the legendary Parrsboro sea captains, Randall and Durant during his talk on Wednesday, May 27 at Main & Station. You can hear those sea stories too in this five minute report.  

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Parrsboro council: tax survey; aboiteau patching; King St. water; Fancy farewell

Posted on May 26, 2015 by brucewark

At its meeting tonight, town council discussed the online survey in which Parrsboro ratepayers are being asked if they favour charging a flat rate for fire protection and street lighting rather than financing these services from general property taxes. The … Continue reading →

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Jazz singer Jeri Brown tells her story at Parrsboro’s Main & Station

Posted on May 26, 2015 by brucewark

Jazz singer Jeri Brown says her life as an artist has allowed her to do something she loves, travel the world as a performer. Brown lives in Tantallon, N.S. but still spends months every year in Montreal where she’s a … Continue reading →

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Cross Roads Co-op to continue as member-owned store

Posted on April 30, 2015 by brucewark

It not quite “business-as-usual,” but Parrsboro’s Cross Roads Co-op plans to remain an independent, member-owned grocery store. General Manager Rob Flecknell says, however, that the store will need to find a new supplier if Co-op Atlantic gets approval to sell … Continue reading →

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Parrsboro shows ‘Midnight’s Children’ on National Film Day

Posted on April 21, 2015 by brucewark

There will be more than 150 events across Canada to mark National Canadian Film Day on Wednesday, April 29th and Parrsboro will be hosting one of them with the screening of the film Midnight’s Children at The Hall. “It’s a day when … Continue reading →

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Parrsboro protesters say no to ‘police state’ law

Posted on March 14, 2015 by brucewark

A dozen protesters banged pots and pans as they marched from Parrsboro’s old post office up and down Main Street today to protest against Canada’s so-called Anti-Terror Bill C-51. The proposed legislation would give the government sweeping new powers of … Continue reading →

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