Sussex Corner News

The town's newest councillor has resigned from her position half-way through her mandate.

Hearts were not just glowing as the Olympic flame visited Kings County, they were bursting.

1:07 to 2:40 p.m. - The torch will be carried into Sussex for a community celebration, arriving in the downtown core at 1:30 p.m. 3:26 to 3:43 p.m. - The torch visits Hampton, traveling Main Street from Centennial Road to St.

When Gary Morris brings you a mid-morning Irving cappuccino, you know he's got something more than coffee percolating.

Gordon Fraser, 70, is refusing to pay $400 a year to have a new water system hooked up to his Penobsquis home and has chosen to collect rainwater instead.

The students and staff of Branch 0618 have been extremely busy for the first month of the 2009 - 2010.

A gentleman by the name of Nicholas Guitard has recently published a picture book on the waterfalls in New Brunswick, and coincidently a recent hike of ours led by the ageless Bill Mayo took us to a series of waterfalls on the Quiddy River that were mentioned in an interview I heard on the radio.

Sussex town council was presented with a letter from Rik Reese and Neon Highway, who performed at the Atlantic International Balloon Fiesta in early September, congratulating Mayor Ralph Carr on the size, organization and cleanliness of the fiesta fairgrounds.

A century of Canadian aviation was celebrated Oct. 4 at the Royal Canadian Legion.

Sussex Corner Elementary School students will get a power-packed day of safety training when they attend the Action Hero Academy Oct.

Ideally there would be more police officers to crack down on incidents of mischief and vandalism around Sussex and Sussex Corner, but founding a Citizens on Patrol group is certainly a close second.

The RCMP believes the Citizens on Patrol program could help prevent the kind of vandalism that surfaced in the Sussex area this past summer.

The federal government is supporting the improvement of recreational trails in the Sussex area with a pledge made Tuesday night in Sussex Corner.

A small community in Kings County might change the way water rates are determined in cities and towns across the province.

A day after his Sept. 15 presentation to Sussex Corner village council asking them to re-think 'the gate situation' at the end Rockridge Drive, Phillip Parlee of the Golden Arrows Archery Club got the call he was hoping for.

Cpl. Rick Younker told councilors that the RCMP responded to 27 calls in the month of August.

KWRC restoration coordinator Laura Finnamore, KWRC project manager Ben Whalen and Kathleen Davidson, financial services representative with the Sussex branch of TD Canada Trust.

Half way through the 2009 Atlantic National Exhibition, only two great nights of country music remain - but four terrific shows.

Thumbs Up to those responsible for organizing the Kings County Agricultural Fair held in Sussex last week.

A group of Penobsquis residents wants the Energy and Utilities Board to intervene in its water dispute with the village of Sussex Corner.