BY NANCY KELLY Kings County Register The addition of Lorne Reid to the Kingston village commission facilitated a redistribution of work portfolios to the now fully complemented commission...

BY BRENT FOX The Advertiser NovaNewsNow.com New Minas's popular recreation programs ? for those from five to 85 ? are safe from cuts. At its July 23 annual general meeting, the New Minas village commission reiterated its support of the recreation programs and recreation director Vince Forrestall. The matter arose after residents and volunteers Stephen Bishop and Dave Harris noted rumours ...

Hello everyone, and welcome to the last community news for the month of July...

Heather Leard-Toussant traveled from Truro July 19 to help celebrate the Evangeline Co-op's 20th anniversary celebrations with her son, Devin Leard...

Cheery beekeepers were ready to roll the morning of July 19 as part of the Nova Scotia Beekeepers' Association's Maritime Bee Tour...

The Maternal and Child Care Unit at Valley Regional Hospital is reaping the benefits this year of last year's 2007 Festival of Lights fundraising campaign organized by the Valley Regional Hospital Foundation. Approximately $110,000 was raised through donations from individuals, businesses and groups throughout the Valley during the campaign...

Due to significant precipitation in recent days, the open fire ban in place since July 9 ended at noon today, July 23. The open fire ban, which included all counties, was lifted since the rain from the remnants of tropical storm Cristobal has reduced the risk of fires. "We encourage Nova Scotians to continue to use caution when having fires in and around woodlands," said Rob Uttaro, Department ...

A 66-year-old man from the United States who left Fairhaven, Connecticut en route to the Azores had his sail boat capsize 185 nautical miles southeast of Greenwood when it ran into tropical depression Cristobal yesterday evening...

The Wolfville Farmers' Market hosts its third annual Tastes of the Valley event Saturday, July 26, 8:30 a.m...

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BY KIRK STARRATT kstarratt@kentvilleadvertiser.ca NovaNewsNow.com If you want to learn how government ticks and how effective policy is developed, where better to start than at the grassroots? That's the point of view of 24-year-old Krystal Therien, a native of Cape Breton who will spend the next year working with the County of Kings under the Nova Scotia Municipal Internship Program...

BY KIRK STARRATT kstarratt@kentvilleadvertiser.ca NovaNewsNow.com When it comes to showcasing our agricultural heritage, it's perhaps one of the best-kept secrets in Kings County...

Kings County's newest winery, L'Acadie Vineyards, threw a party Sunday afternoon on Slayter Rd...

BY WENDY ELLIOTT welliott@kentvilleadvertiser.ca NovaNewsNow.com Wolfville organizers have arranged for seven days of activities this year for Mudcreek Days in celebration of the town's 115th anniversary and the 178th anniversary of its name change. Tonight and tomorrow, Andy Jones will present his unique brand of Newfoundland comedy in ?An Evening with Uncle Val? at the Al Whittle Theatre...

By Kirk Starratt kstarratt@kentvilleadvertiser.ca NovaNewsNow.com Last week was a busy time for Kentville firefighters as their department averaged more than two calls per day for the period between Friday afternoon, July 11, and Friday afternoon, July 18. Chief Shawn Ripley said his department responded to a two-vehicle collision in Steam Mill Friday, July 11, at suppertime...

By Wendy Elliott The Advertiser/NovanewsNow.com Friends of the national historic park at Grand Pre will gather this weekend, and the annual celebration of Acadian Days will roll out. Friday evening, July 25, Les Amis de Grand-Pré have organized an evening of conversation in French at Joe's Emporium in Wolfville, from 6 ? 8 p.m...

BY SARA KEDDY Kings County Register Berwick's ?small town fair? depends on an energetic and extended team of volunteers to make Labour Day's Gala Days weekend happen year after year. Fair president Mike Mason, at the helm as co-president for a few years and president on his own for the last two years, says it's a good team. ?If everyone does what they're supposed to do, it all falls into place.? ...

Two Planks and a Passion Theatre presents the production of Thornton Wilder's Pulitzer-Prize winning drama Our Town, directed by artistic director Ken Schwartz...

BY SARA KEDDY Kings County Register The Deveaus made a stab at clearing up their community park last year; this year, they've take the project on with a vengeance. ?We've hauled away 10 or 12 truckloads of brush ? all we could pile on,? says Joe Deveau. ?Now, every time I come in to mow, there's a new set of spin tracks in here.? The family ? Joe and wife Lois, and children Krystal, Laura, ...

BY WENDY ELLIOTT Kings County Register The future rail corridor through Kings County is vital, despite the cut in Kentville, Wolfville Councillor Bill Zimmerman stated, referring to the Kings County Rail Line Study...