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Family remembers history of plane crashes - Jan. 31, 2012
Brian Mumford
Hills Point
Sixty-nine years ago, Kim Smith’s father and brother witnessed a tragic plane crash. Years later, they had to live through one of their own.
The first happened on Jan 23, 1943. Kim’s father Prescott Smith was on the Murray Farm at Hills Point, which he managed, when he noticed three military training aircraft, a common sight during wartime. They frequently flew out of Pennfield.
“They were flying ....
Small hands have big impact - Jan. 31, 2012
Barb Rayner
St. George
Grade 6 students from St. George Elementary are providing a helping hand at the St. George and Area Food Bank a couple of mornings a week. The youth go work for an hour Tuesday and Thursday mornings, stocking shelves and helping with anything else that director Sarah Norman needs doing.
“The students come twice a week for an hour and, so far, I have not had one repeat student. They seem to enjoy it when they....
Nickel drilling tests produce encouraging results - Jan. 26, 2012
St. Stephen
The company conducting test drilling for nickel deposits in areas just outside town limits has confirmed the discovery of new nickel-copper sulphide mineralization.
Continental Nickel Limited of Bathurst (TSXV: CNI) announced it is continuing its exploration in an area on Route 735. A spokesperson for the company expects to soon move drill equipment to a site in the Elm Street Nature Park.
The sites for explora....
Column: Community group eyes county - Jan. 26, 2012
The recent tale of four families displaced from a home in St. Stephen due to a fire underscores what many of us already know: there are many families who simply can’t find decent housing, and may never do so.
One of the primary factors in moving people out of poverty is housing – and nothing helps more than home ownership. But home ownership is a dream for many who struggle to make ends meet, even though most monthly rental costs are relativel....
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