COMMUNITY NEWS
End in sight for drawn-out project in Liverpool neighbourhood
26-05-18
By RICK CONRAD
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
rickconradssb@gmail.com
LIVERPOOL – Residents of Waterloo Street in Liverpool may finally see the end of a construction project that has disrupted their neighbourhood for the past five years.
From poor farm to Balsam Care Society
26-05-11
By Amanda Silver, Debbie Stewart, Tanya Hagen, Lisa Higgins and Stacey Harvey
BRIDGEWATER – Long before it became a modern organization rooted in inclusion and independence, the origins of today’s Balsam Care Society can be traced back to a very different time and philosophy of care. Its earliest foundation lies in the Lunenburg County Poor Farm and Asylum (1889–1980), established to house and support society’s most vulnerable individuals at a time when resources and understanding were limited.
SPORTS
Flag football program expands
26-04-28
By KEVIN MCBAIN
kevin.mcbain@southshorebulletin.ca
BRIDGEWATER – The Seahawks Minor Football Club is launching a Spring Flag Football program and the registration is still open – April 30 is the deadline.
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Astor Theatre to get more comfortable, accessible, with $3-million revamp
26-05-18
By RICK CONRAD
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
rickconradssb@gmail.com
LIVERPOOL – One of Nova Scotia’s oldest theatres will be getting a multimillion-dollar facelift.
Brave Cuts slices through the myth of the stoic surgeon
26-05-18
By YASMIN DUALE
yasmin.duale@southshorebulletin.ca
SOUTH SHORE – Former Bridgewater resident, Dr. Sanjiv Gandhi offers a rare kind of medical memoir in his mid-March release, Brave Cuts.
LIFESTYLES
Being a help when help is needed in the final days
March 3, 2026
By KEVIN MCBAIN
kevin.mcbain@southshorebulletin.ca
SOUTH SHORE – Living out your final days on this earth can be hard, it can be lonely.
