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Plans progress for skate park

January 25, 2020January 24, 2020Steve Goodwin

PICTOU — A group is creeping closer to reaching its goal of building a new skate park in Pictou. Pictou County Skate Park Society, a local group dedicated to fund-raising, and the Town of Pictou have been working in partnership for several years to construct a skate park facility at Broidy Park. The facility is...

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No pipe. Not yet

December 18, 2019December 17, 2019Steve Goodwin

Northern Pulp’s effluent pipe proposal continues to remain in limbo. Environment Minister Gordon Wilson has sought an environmental assessment report from Northern Pulp for its proposed effluent treatment plant, which will delay his decision. Wilson announced his request on Tuesday morning as part of a media teleconference. A copy of his letter to Northern Pulp’s...

Inaugural Fall Festival delights crowds downtown

September 18, 2019September 17, 2019Sarah Butland

Following on the heels of the successful Pictou Spring Festival, organizers Kevin Pettipas and mother and daughter Sonya and Rhonda Park teamed up again to host the inaugural Fall Festival. The event closed down Water Street from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. on Saturday to make way for a team of horses, 4-H animals, barbecue...

Water conservation order for Pictou

August 1, 2019August 1, 2019Jackie Jardine

The Town of Pictou has issued a water conservation order to address current shortages within the town’s water distribution system. The order gives the town the ability to ensure conservation measures are observed and enforced where necessary. A press release issued by the town indicates that within the past few days, the town’s Public Works...

Reasons to smile

March 8, 2019Heather Brimicombe

This year marks the ninth year for the annual Ed Bowden Community Wellness Award as part of the annual Community Health Board grants. The grants go out to programs in the community that are helping to promote community health and wellness through many different means. The Ed Bowden Award is named after a strong and...

Market Square going modern

February 23, 2019February 21, 2019Heather Brimicombe

Pictou’s Market Square is in the process of getting a bit of a face lift as the town has partnered with the Pictou Garden Club to spruce up part of downtown. The garden club recently presented the Town of Pictou’s Michelle Young with a cheque for more than $5,000 to help out with the project...

Early Christmas gift for Ship Hector Society

December 18, 2018Pictou Advocate

Today’s announcement of funding for the Ship Hector Society from all three levels of government is an early Christmas gift for the Ship Hector Society. The Government of Canada, the Province of Nova Scotia and the Town of Pictou are helping the Ship Hector Society develop an interpretive and operational plan to rejuvenate the Hector...

Curtain falls on 30-year career

August 2, 2018August 2, 2018Jackie Jardine

Darlene MacDonald helped to raise the curtain on worldwide entertainment for Pictou County. She is a virtual walking encyclopedia when it comes to who’s entertained at the deCoste Performing Arts Centre. And she should be. She spent 30 years as its general manager. Recently retired, MacDonald has been witness to a lot of changes over...

Lions Club continues to push for park

September 10, 2017September 8, 2017Jackie Jardine

The Pictou and Area Lions Club has hit a stumbling block in its quest to develop the old quarry pond and area off Brown’s Point Road into an accessible public park. The space is approximately 20 acres with a spring-fed pond. There is ample parking, plenty of greenery and they see lots of potential for...

Lions club proposing community park

August 2, 2017August 1, 2017Jackie Jardine

The Pictou and Area Lions Club sees the beauty and potential in a local spot and wants to develop it for a public park that would be accessible to people of all abilities. They have dreams of the Pictou Winter Carnival being hosted there with skiing, sledding and skating and more. In summer, they imagine...

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