'Houston, this is Lockview High.'
Pat Healey

Cyberbullying workshop scheduled for May 15 in Fall River
Pat Healey

BEAVER BANK: Parents need to take responsibility and understand their role in developing a bully-free environment, says a local Youth Outreach Worker. Bill Deluney will be holding a workshop on cyberbullying at the Gordon R. Snow Community Centre in Fall River on May 15, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Cyberbullying is something that has hit the news lately as the result of the suicides of Amanda Todd, and...
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Lions Club lending helping hand to Halifax GSAR
Pat Healey

FALL RIVER: Halifax Ground Search and Rescue (GSAR) is getting a lift from another community group that services the residents of Fall River and area. The Fall River and Area Lions Club will be holding their annual spring road toll in support of the volunteer-based Ground Search and Rescue organization, which is based out of Lakeview. In early January, the building that houses the group’s vehic...
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Local runners safe after bombs explode at Boston Marathon
Pat Healey

BEAVER BANK: Joy and celebration turned to sadness for two local runners as tragedy unfolded around them, marring the finish of the Boston Marathon on April 15; two bombs exploded seconds apart at the finish line of the historic running event. Shawn Lewis of Beaver Bank, and Susan Campbell of Waverley were among the 97 Nova Scotians registered for the Boston Marathon. Other local runners who to...
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Love for animals knows no boundaries
Pat Healey

Students from China experiencing Canadian culture in Fall River
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Time's up: No land swap for proposed Fall River gas station
Pat Healey

FALL RIVER: Time is up for a possible land swap that would have seen a proposed gas station on Lake Thomas re-located to a nearby property, currently owned by Nova Scotia Power (NSP). And the developer, Ralph Hamilton of Hamton Holdings—after being pressed by The Laker—couldn’t confirm or deny that the tenant of the development will be Sobeys, despite initial talk that it would be a Sobeys Fast...
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Waverley students ready to perform 'No Strings Attached'
Pat Healey

Fall River man seriously injured in motorcycle crash
Pat Healey

BEDFORD: A 56-year-old Fall River man was sent to hospital by LifeFlight with life-threatening injuries April 18 following a single-vehicle collision on Highway 102, near Bedford Commons. The man, identified as Ian Hart on Facebook, was on his motorcycle when it left the northbound lane, landing in the median. It happened shortly after 3 p.m. He was taken by air ambulance to the Queen Elizabet...
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Fall River road traffic lights to be reworked
Pat Healey

FALL RIVER: The Fall River Road bridge will not be replaced this summer, contrary to the messages that the local councillor is receiving and hearing from residents. However, there will be work near the bridge this summer. Barry Dalrymple said he continues to get phone calls and e-mails, plus hearing word through the community, that the bridge will be replaced—or people asking him if it will be....
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Iconic yellow boathouse torn down at Cheema
Pat Healey

WAVERLEY: The iconic yellow boathouse that greets those travelling into Waverley along Highway 2 is no more. The old boathouse at the Cheema Aquatic Centre in the McDonald Sports Park—a landmark for many local residents—was torn down the week of April 15 as part of a project that will see a new $1 million boathouse built. The new boathouse will be aptly named the Frank Garner Boathouse in honou...
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Life without children: planning the "UnParenthood"
Pat Healey

Patrick Murray and The Contenders in Wellington May 11
Pat Healey

Quarry opponents public meeting planned
Pat Healey

MILLER LAKE WEST: The next steps in the fight to keep a proposed quarry by Northern Construction out of Miller Lake West—and surrounding communities—is set to take place on May 26. That’s the date residents have scheduled for a public information meeting at the Gordon R. Snow Community Centre in Fall River, beginning at 7 p.m. The meeting is to come up with a plan as they prepare to battle an a...
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Remains are those of missing Fall River teen
Pat Healey

RIVERVIEW, N.B.: Human remains found in a wooded area near Moncton have been identified as those of a Fall River teenager missing since August 2007. Codiac RCMP found the remains of Emmett Price, 18, in southeastern New Brunswick community on Gunningsville Boulevard in Riverview. Police used dental records to identify the skeletal remains. RCMP say Price’s cause of death remains under investiga...
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Speeding, washouts a continuing concern
Pat Healey

FLETCHERS LAKE: With the nice spring weather upon us, once again the issue of speeding on streets in the many subdivisions in the Lakes district is coming to the forefront. Barry Dalrymple said he’s spoken to Halifax District RCMP about the issue recently, and was quite stern in his message. “The snow’s gone, the roads clear, but complaints are starting to come in about speeding in particular i...
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Spring fling at BBKS
Pat Healey

BEAVER BANK: A little fun will be had by all at the annual Beaver Bank-Kinsac Elementary School Spring Fling, scheduled for May 25—at least that’s the plan according to one of its organizers. The fundraiser for material used by students at the school is set to take place at the school, located behind the Beaver Bank-Kinsac Community Centre off of Kinsac Road. It will run from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. ...
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