Tag: North End Recreation Centre

Domo Arigato, NGA Robotics Club

Heather Brimicombe

They may only be in middle school but the boys of the New Glasgow Academy robotics team are out to change their community for the better and have been working hard on the idea to do so. The club ranging in grades five to eight is student-driven and lets members learn how to create robots...

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Hillside Girls Club anniversary event draws a crowd

Amanda Jess

In its early days, the Hillside Girls Club offered young women in the community a place to go. “We just joined because it was something to go to. Back in those days, we had nothing to go to,” said Christina Anderson, who was a teenager when she joined the club that met in the one-room...

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75 years, a family legacy: Hillside Girls Club marking diamond anniversary

Heather Brimicombe

A local community club will be celebrating a landmark milestone this week after 75 years of operation in Pictou County. Hillside Girls Club has been running for nearly a century purely by word of mouth through the community, providing a place for girls to learn to sew and make crafts. Along with the many girls...

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Three-quarters of a century… and many more to go

Heather Brimicombe

It began as a knitting class; 75 years later Girls Club, once The Hillside Girls Club, has taught girls a lot more than knitting and sewing. It has since transformed into a Monday night club for girls to learn new skills like crochet, embroidery and crafting. Today, Ellen Murphy and Sandra Hattie run the club...

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New playground in the future for North End

Heather Brimicombe

NEW GLASGOW — Plans are underway to update the playground in the North End. A meeting was held last week at the North End Recreation Centre concerning updating the facilities at the playground there. It was apparent to some on the board that one of the structures on the playground would have to be replaced...

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