Recycling is getting Crazy
Posted on August 10, 2008 - Filed Under Ranting, This Town | Leave a Comment
Years back we had one garbage can. Then recycling was introduced and we had a garbage can and a blue bag. After that it was decided that throwing food into the garbage was a bad thing, and composting was introduced. So we had a garbage can, a blue bag and a compost [...]
Read More..>>Oceanfront
Posted on July 10, 2008 - Filed Under This Town, building | Leave a Comment
There’s a lot of ‘planning’ going on in this town lately in regards to the town owned oceanfront property along Water Street all the way down as far as Bunkers Island. Are those tanks on Bunkers even in use any more?
Some speculate that we’re going to get a mega yacht dock, others claim a [...]
Seafest Coming
Posted on July 10, 2008 - Filed Under Entertainment, Holidays, This Town | Leave a Comment
Seafest starts this year on July 16th. One of the really interesting things I’ve noticed this year is that they’re not going to allow people to park on Main Street during the parade. The primary reason is cited as being for safety reasons, so that emergency vehicles will still have room to travel [...]
Read More..>>Happy Canada Day!
Posted on July 1, 2008 - Filed Under Business, Internet, This Town | Leave a Comment
As usual we’re open even though it’s a national holiday. Business tends to be pretty good on this day but so far this time it’s been really quiet. The weather started out pretty dreary though but now that the sun is breaking through I see more people out and about. I spent [...]
Read More..>>register.com Expanding
Posted on May 21, 2008 - Filed Under News, This Town | Leave a Comment
register.com, one of the biggest employers in our area, is getting set for a big expansion. Currently employing over 250 people full time in Yarmouth, plans are to add an additional 150 employees locally and also to open an office in the Halifax area. Another 200 jobs are expected to be created for [...]
Read More..>>Another local small business going under
Posted on May 21, 2008 - Filed Under This Town | Leave a Comment
Heard about a month ago that another local business is going to be closing it’s doors before the summer is over. He hasn’t done his big announcement yet so I’ll keep the name private for now, but it’s a shame to see it go. Yet another victim of the big box stores that [...]
Read More..>>Violent Beating in Yarmouth
Posted on May 16, 2008 - Filed Under News, This Town | Leave a Comment
A severe beating took place last night in an apartment at 15 Bond Street here in Yarmouth. Three suspects in their mid 20’s were taken into custody as the victim was rushed to hospital with skull fractures. Sources say that baseball bats were involved in the beating.
Update: The victim has been released from [...]
More Drug Busts
Posted on May 6, 2008 - Filed Under This Town | Leave a Comment
In the last week 5 people have been arrested here in good ol’ Yarmouth on charges of the possession and trafficking of crack/cocaine. There were two separate arrests where 3 people were picked up from an apartment on Cliff Street and the other 2 were from central town near the schools.
Two of them are [...]
Mooney for Mayor ‘08
Posted on May 5, 2008 - Filed Under News, This Town | Leave a Comment
Phil Mooney has officially thrown his hat into the ring for the position of Yarmouth Mayor and so far things are looking very positive for him. I was invited to join the official facebook group about a week ago and when I first joined there were only a dozen members, as of right now [...]
Read More..>>Hard to Escape Yarmouth
Posted on May 1, 2008 - Filed Under This Country, This Town | Leave a Comment
Yarmouth is a hard place to escape from. Sure, lots of people leave and move away, but a lot of them end up back here in a few months or years. I’ve known a few who managed to stay away though and they hardly ever visit. Maybe that’s the key, don’t come [...]
Read More..>>Winter isn’t what it Used to Be
Posted on May 1, 2008 - Filed Under This Town, Weather | Leave a Comment
When I was a kid we actually had winter. Snow would start in November and last until March usually, and it wouldn’t just snow one day and melt away the next, it came and it stayed. There were huge snow drifts all over the place, the outer banks by the road were a [...]
Read More..>>Voting for the Other Guy
Posted on April 30, 2008 - Filed Under This Town | Leave a Comment
Phil Mooney will be going up against Charles Crosby in the next Mayoral election. Crosby has been running the town into the ground for the last 20 years so hopefully this will be his last term. I’ll vote for Phil simply because he’s not Crosby. Unless his campaign turns out to be [...]
Read More..>>MORE Money?!
Posted on April 22, 2008 - Filed Under News, This Town | Leave a Comment
Now the Y’arc (Yarmouth Arts Regional Centre) needswants a new building, their current facility is getting very old and outdated. They’ve called for a public meeting on May 5, 2008 to discuss this. They needwant 8 million to build the new facility. At least they’ve been doing their own fund raising over [...]
Read More..>>More Competition Gone
Posted on April 16, 2008 - Filed Under Business, This Town | Leave a Comment
Heard a rumor on Monday that one of the other video stores in town was closing up. We all know how rumors can be though, but after taking a drive by L&S Video that night it was confirmed. The store was completely empty except for the shelving. I’ve got no idea what [...]
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