BY KIRK STARRATT Kings County Register The Municipality of the County of Kings and local towns are headed to court over the issue of mandatory provincial education contributions. Kings chief administrative officer Brian Smith stated in his monthly report to council at its December session much of his time ?outside of legislative support has been dedicated to preparing for the legal action coming ...

BY KIRK STARRATT Kings County Advertiser A recent technical exchange mission between Kings and Battambang District, Cambodia was a success: delivering a waste management message. The three-person Kings delegation included Councillor Chris Parker, program delivery specialist; Brian Van Rooyen, policy coordinator, Valley Waste Resource Management (VWRM); and Andrew Garrett, communication ...

By Sylvia Jacquard In case you were wondering why my story on Katie Willoughby wasn't in last week's column, it's because it appeared in The Kings County Register as one of the articles about Olympic torch runs in our area...

BY KIRK STARRATT Kings County Advertiser A right-of-way in Kingsport could soon be purchased by the county for use by the public as a pedestrian access to the beach. SKODA Heritage Society co-chairman Richard Harvie, who made a presentation to Kings County council's committee of the whole in November, said the non-profit registered charity wants council's help in saving the southern extension of ...

BY KIRK STARRATT Kings County Advertiser Kings County council has a new Residential Comprehensive Development District (RCDD)...

BY ASHLEY THOMPSON Kings County Register The Kings Para-Transit Society is looking to help take a little stress out of your holiday season...

There is still H1N1 flu activity in the Annapolis Valley, and the best way to protect yourself and your family from H1N1 is to get your flu shot, Annapolis Valley Health said Thursday...

ACA Co-operative Limited announced just after lunch Dec...

BY KIRK STARRATT Kings County Register Thanks to the hard work of volunteers and the many donations collected from the Berwick to Windsor area, Operation Christmas Child shoe boxes are on their way to destinations around the globe. Marshall Jones, who, along with Diana Hutt, coordinates the initiative in the Valley; says 1,290 boxes were collected in our area this year...

BY NANCY KELLY Kings County Register Kingston rolls out the welcome mat for the festive season, with its annual visit from Santa, dropping by the Western Kings arena Dec...

BY KIRK STARRATT Kings County Advertiser Many Meadowview area residents have experienced flood conditions in recent years, and Kings County council wants to take solve the problem before the situation happens again. Engineering and public works director Richard Lloyd, who presented a staff report to councillors at the November committee of the whole (COTW) session, said the flooding conditions ...

BY NANCY KELLY Kings County Advertiser A call for nominations to fill two vacancies on the Kingston village commission has yielded a sufficient number of applications to negate the need for an election, tentatively planned for Dec...

Members of the Kings District Royal Canadian Mounted Police, along with the family of a missing man, are seeking assistance from the public in locating the Kentville man who disappeared over a week ago, police said late Sunday afternoon...

The Kentville Kinsmen and Kinette Christmas Miracle Radiothon is now underway, from noon to 6 p.m...

Every Tuesday at 2 p.m., Port Williams seniors meet in the multipurpose room at the community centre...

By Sylvia Jacquard November 20 was Day 22 of the Olympic Torch Relay, and the day Port Williams teen Katie Willoughby had been waiting for for 10 months - ever since she received a call that would be the beginning of ?one of the most amazing experiences? of her life. Last year, when Katie was a Grade 9 student in Pam Dugas' Social Studies class, an assignment required clipping articles from the ...

By Tina Comeau NovaNewsNow.com A Hants County man has been charged with defrauding district health authorities in western Nova Scotia of hundreds of thousands of dollars. Police in Kentville allege a 42-year-old male who was an employee at the Annapolis Valley district health authority, defrauded the South West Health, Annapolis and South Shore district health authorities of nearly $400,000 over ...

BY WENDY ELLIOTT Kings County Register Retired Canadian senator and long time peace activist Douglas Roche will speak Dec...

BY NANCY KELLY Kings County Register The arrival of the Olympic flame in Western Kings County was greeted by thousands of people, all eager to experience the once-in-a- generation experience of an Olympic torch relay...

New Minas marked the start of the holiday season with a bright and shining parade of lights Nov...