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UPDATE: FOUND – Missing person: Help the RCMP find Emma Anderson

February 12, 2020February 12, 2020Pictou Advocate

Pictou District RCMP is asking for help from the public to locate 15-year-old Emma Anderson. She was last seen leaving a residence in Pictou on February 11 at approximately 8 p.m. and has not been seen since. Anderson is described as white, 5-foot-5, approximately 140 pounds, with long brown hair and brown eyes. At the time she was last seen, Anderson...

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Businesses benefit from Winter Blast

February 12, 2020February 12, 2020Steve Goodwin

PICTOU — Local businesses have derived a benefit from the deCoste Performing Arts Centre’s decision to offer shows throughout the winter. Dining establishments are among those businesses that have received a boost from the deCoste’s Winter Blast performances and the assortment of winter bookings they offer. The Winter Blast is sponsored by Advocate Media Inc....

Exploratory society pondering Academy’s future

February 12, 2020February 11, 2020Steve Goodwin

PICTOU — A group called Pictou Exploratory has set its sights on a new resource centre. The Pictou Exploratory Society attracted about 30 people to its initial gathering for a presentation at Pictou Academy’s auxiliary gym last week. It included options for the possible use of the school that include lifelong learning, entrepreneurship and business...

Look up, look waaay up …

January 23, 2020January 22, 2020Pictou Advocate

Jay Fulton is riding high. In a tree top, that is. Fulton is working in a yard between Prince and High streets in Pictou taking down an old poplar tree. Work began on Wednesday and he expects to have the tree down by the weekend....

Crew downs aging poplar

January 22, 2020January 22, 2020Pictou Advocate

PICTOU – It’s time for a giant poplar tree on Prince Street to come down. Jay Fulton and a colleague arrived on Wednesday morning to begin the process of surgically removing the tree, which has showed signs that it should be removed. “We’ll take it down in pieces,” said Fulton, who has been doing this...

Car crash at roundabout

January 17, 2020January 17, 2020Steve Goodwin

PICTOU – Traffic at the new roundabout in Pictou was briefly stalled after a car suffered damage as it ran up onto the curb and struck a sign as its driver lost control while attempting to leave town. The small sedan sustained damage to its front left corner after sliding in slippery snow along the...

All about Scotsburn …

January 17, 2020January 17, 2020Jim Turple

Some eight miles east of the Town of Pictou lies the picturesque village of Scotsburn. This petite village lies in the heart of a fine farming district. A pleasing appearance of Scotsburn comes from the attractive properties with their well-kept lawns and gardens. Over the years, thriving industries have developed within and around the village...

Kelsey Hann go-kart screening draws crowd

January 15, 2020January 14, 2020Steve Goodwin

PICTOU — The Hann family feels gratified for the gathering last Thursday to view a documentary about Go-Kart racer Kelsey Hann. The documentary called Winning is a Close Second premiered last Thursday at the deCoste Performing Arts Centre in Pictou. Kelsey Hann responded to questions from the audience after the screening. “It was a great...

Odd weather patterns on Pictou Island

January 13, 2020January 9, 2020Jim Turple

Winter set in early with about three inches of snow falling on Nov. 11th 1955. My father and Arnold MacMillan had been setting their smelt nets together in coves around the Merigomish area but had returned home to Pictou Island on November 12th because of the unstable weather. It was still blowing hard and was...

Hopes for the future

January 9, 2020January 8, 2020Pictou Advocate

County leaders work toward good things to come in new decade The dawn of a new decade has local political leaders looking forward to a bright future. The past year was filled with opportunities all across Pictou County, according to the area’s municipal leaders. It was highlighted by the development of the Pictou County Regional...

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