Debbie Dollmont’s house was a hive of activity Monday afternoon because of some uninvited guests that wouldn’t buzz-off.

SHUBENACADIE — Bill Burtt fell in love with flying from the first time he took controls of an aircraft.

TRURO — A former North River man is to spend the next six months under house arrest after being sentenced for assaulting a police officer.

TRURO — A man who shot himself in the chest after a standoff with police in Salmon River April 2007 was sentenced to two years in prison on Tuesday.

TRURO — A 43-year-old man from Bible Hill recently received a hefty fine and an eight-month conditional sentence.

truro daily news TRURO — Progress has been made in the process to build a new civic centre for central Nova Scotia.

By Harry Sullivan TRURO DAILY NEWS TATAMAGOUCHE — The women of Tatamagouche are going away.

By Sean Kelly Transcontinental Media STEWIACKE – News could come soon of a fall increase in the price of milk and milk products.

Passport unit coming to town TRURO — Passport Canada’s Mobile Passport Unit will be in Truro on July 14.

By Monique Chiasson TRURO DAILY NEWS TRURO — A new musical theatre company has opened in Truro.

TATAMAGOUCHE - The women of Tatamagouche are going away. This small North Shore village has been selected as the community of choice to star in the second season of the hit CBC television series - The Week The Women Went.

TRURO — Catching a cab may soon cost more in Truro. Town councillors heard a request to increase the rates between 10 and 15 per cent from John Starratt, of Layton’s Taxi Inc.

TRURO — Tamara Fifield has survived another round of eliminations in her quest to become Maria on a Toronto stage.

TRURO — A motion to erect a fence around a scrap yard in downtown Truro fell off the table Monday when no one would second the proposal.

TRURO — Greg MacArthur shutters when he drives by a shopping cart atop a hill. The Burnyeat Street resident said every day there are carts on people’s front lawns and he is concerned someone could be seriously hurt, even killed.

TRURO DAILY NEWS TRURO — A Truro woman who was stabbed in the face on the weekend will require plastic surgery to repair the damage, her distraught mother said outside the provincial courthouse here Monday morning.

TRURO — Sidewalks will be installed to ensure safe pedestrian routes for Truro’s newest elementary school.

By Harry Sullivan TRURO DAILY NEWS TRURO — A Bible Hill man has been sentenced to three years in a federal prison after pleading guilty to several drug-related charges, including trafficking in ecstasy.

Crime stats The Truro Police Service responded to a total of 127 occurrences from June 30, 2008  to  July 7, 2008.

Truro Al-Anon JULY  8 – Monday at 10 a.m. and Tuesday at 8 p.m. Halliday building, Hubtown room.