New Glasgow News

A public ceremony to mark the rededication of the historic New Glasgow town bell will take place Friday at 7 p.m.at its new location at the corner of Archimedes and Dalhousie Streets, across from the New Glasgow Library.

Westville's operating budget is showing a deficit after consolidated financial statements were presented to council by AC Williams MacDonald Nov.

The question of using so-called forest biomass to generate electricity in Nova Scotia has smouldered for months and seems destined to continue emitting as much smoke as light until the government states some detailed policy on the subject.

Police in Trenton, N.S., say a car containing a man's body was found in a wooded area off Laggan Road in Pictou County on Friday.

TRURO Truro's municipal politicians are getting raises and a mechanism for future increases has been put in place.

BOXING FOLKLORE is littered with thousands of hard-luck stories about great fighters who received bad breaks.

In one case a mentally disabled resident at a Nova Scotia residential centre is described in government reports as being dragged by a worker down a hall by her leg.

A suspicious fire that destroyed an old one-room schoolhouse on Nova Scotia's north shore has left members of the community upset and wondering who is responsible.

Two-jail plan cut in half One facility to replace lockups in Springhill, Antigonish By DAVID JACKSON Provincial Reporter Wed.

NEW GLASGOW Truro will soon have a new judge. Judge Del Atwood has been practising law in Pictou County for many years and is highly respected among his colleagues.

TRURO A number of local people got caught up on their Christmas shopping in Truro on the weekend.

County council will consider a request for $5,000 as part of proposed $20,000 functional use study at the deCoste Entertainment Centre in Pictou.

Police have released the name of a Nova Scotia man killed in an industrial accident at a foundry in the province.

Justice Minister Ross Landry speaks to students at Northumberland Regional High School in Alma on Monday.

Kathie O'Laney and RCMP officer Jason Sutherland collect donations and hand out red ribbons during the kickoff to MADD's Red Ribbon campaign.

The Pictou County Health Authority has scheduled more public H1N1 immunization clinics following Friday's announcement that all Nova Scotians are now eligible to receive the H1N1 vaccine.

NEW GLASGOW The Truro Bearcats doubled the Pictou County Weeks Crushers 6-3 Thursday in New Glasgow.

The 2010 Olympic torch relay will pass through Pictou County Tuesday on its way to the Winter Olympics in Vancouver.

By Steve Goodwin PICTOU The decline in student enrolment in Pictou County schools continues and it is accelerating.

Judy A. Sims, 57, of Maryville, Tenn., was called into heaven on Wednesday morning, Nov.