Profile of Ashley Thompson

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• Ardoise author’s latest novel transports readers...
  Alfred Silver’s latest novel takes readers back to the days news travelled at the speed of galloping horses. Runaway Horses follows the lives of ...
• Gender rights petition wins over soccer association
  In Lola Smith’s mind, the West Hants United Soccer Association has finally surrendered. That’s a seven-year-old’s account of how the headstrong, ...
• Life after addiction
  It’s easy to see why Dylan Lucas volunteers his own time to keep kids off the streets. He’s been there. “Last year, I was actually addicted to ...
• Mosherville man dies in same pond as fiancé
  The obituary of a Mosherville man found dead in the same pond his late partner drowned in says he went to heaven to be with his fiancé. The body ...
• Mother lobbying for new bus stop along Highway 14
  Melissa Keddy is anxious about the upcoming school year. Her four-year-old son, Lucas, will be starting school at the Brooklyn District ...
• Truck flips on Holmes Hill Road
  A young man was taken to the Hants Community Hospital for examination after flipping a pickup truck on a main roadway in Hantsport. The accident ...
• Volunteers feted for selfless feats
  The spirit of volunteerism is alive and well in Windsor and West Hants. Devote volunteers received certificates of appreciation for the time and ...
• O’Hara secures Liberal nomination for Hants West
  The Hants West Liberals have named Claude O’Hara as their candidate in the next provincial election. Kings-Hants MP Scott Brison nominated ...
• Charges may be dropped for co-accused in wharf burning
  Release conditions have been lifted for a woman charged with arson in relation to the burning of the Walton wharf. Nova Scotia Legal Aid lawyer ...
• Guilty plea entered in wharf burning case
  A Walton man has pleaded guilty to mischief in connection with the burning of the Walton wharf. Justin Shrum, who was originally charged with ...
• Windsor RCMP cruiser rammed in chase
  Four teens are facing a number of charges after attempting to flee from police in a stolen SUV. Police were on the lookout for a 2009 Nissan ...
• NOFRAC implores government to see bigger picture
  A report a fracking awareness advocacy group completed to study the impacts hydraulic fracking has had on the province says Nova Scotia is far ...
• Robotic milking machine a first in Nova Scotia
  A Centre Burlington dairy farm is reaping the rewards of turning to a hands-off approach to milking cows to increase production while decreasing ...
• Uniackers set sights on building community centre
  A small group of professionals is voluntarily leading a charge to bring a community centre to the Mount Uniacke area. The group, dubbed the ...
• Mason Apples entering era of regrowth
  A local man is working on putting Mason Apples back in business. Roy Haley’s offer to buy J.W. Mason and Sons Ltd.’s orchards and warehouses in ...
• Council to consider new library location
  The regional librarian overseeing operations at the Hantsport Public Library is asking town council to consider finding a separate building to ...
• Thieves swiping New Boundaries donations
  Thieves are regularly targeting an after hours drop-off bin that helps an adult vocational facility in Windsor remain operational. Staff at New ...
• No charges for Kennetcook crash
  A single vehicle accident that left a portion of Highway 236 in Kennetcook closed for several hours April 15 may have been caused by a blackout. ...
• Two candidates vie for Princess Hantsport 2013 title
  Interest in the Apple Blossom Festival appears to be alive and well in the Haven of Hospitality. Two candidates had their sights set on the crown ...
• Lifelong Dill Road resident crowned Princess Windsor
  Windsor’s own Princess Kate has handed her crown to a successor. Candace Kimball was crowned Princess Windsor 2013 during a ceremony at the Hants ...
• He was ‘one of the best’
  The Kennetcook community is mourning the loss of a beloved firefighter who died in the line of duty. Martin Walsh, the former chief of the ...
• Community in mourning after former fire chief dies
  What may have seemed like a routine fire services call took a tragic turn April 11 as a local firefighter succumbed to cardiac arrest at the ...
• School review postponement won’t save NSDS
  The provincial education minister’s request that all school boards suspend school reviews planned for 2013-14 and postpone closures will not ...
• Region headed for amalgamation?
  John Leefe can make a pretty persuasive case for why two municipalities may want to amalgamate. But, Leefe would likely be the first to say he’s ...
• Royal LePage Atlantic buys Full Circle Realty
  Royal LePage Atlantic has purchased Windsor’s own Full Circle Realty. Full Circle Realty, the brainchild of long-time local broker Janet White, ...
• Group requests William Hall sign redesign
  A local history group is asking Hantsport’s town council to back their efforts to have the sign for the William Hall V.C. Memorial Highway ...
• Suspended principal acquitted of sex charges
  Suspended Avon View High School principal Douglas Robert Keyes has been found cleared of all sexual assault related charges. Keyes found himself ...
• Town lacks COP supporters
  A Citizens on Patrol group has been ruled out for Windsor. Staff Sgt. Dan Austin, the Windsor District RCMP commander, held a series of public ...
• O’Hara seeking Liberal nomination
  Claude O’Hara intends to run in the next provincial election. O’Hara, the executive director of the Hants Regional Development Authority (Hants ...
• Former WFD member helps rescue family
  Firefighter Matthew Dunfield remembers the night he helped save a seven-year-old boy’s life as complete chaos. The career firefighter, who ...