The Town of Antigonish and its volunteer fire department honoured retiring members Stewart Grant (left) and Angus MacGillivray, who have served for almost 19 and 25 years respectively, at Monday's council meeting. Along with a commemorative plaque, the volunteer firefighters were given life memberships in the department. Family, friends and several fire department comrades attended the presentation. (Corey LeBlanc photo)
by Corey LeBlanc coreyleblanc@thecasket.ca
The Town of Antigonish has not received a definite date for the start of construction on a new bridge at the east end of Main Street. “We are hoping to see some significant movement in the next three weeks,” Mayor Carl Chisholm said. “I would like to be able to give you a definite date but we certainly know the sooner they get going, the sooner they are going to get finished. “We have told them we would like if they would finish it before the snow falls in November. So, we are hopi...