August Event Guide: Buskers, comics, rock painting, and more
July 29, 2025
It is summer in Dartmouth, and this comes with the usual free-for-all of cultural and outdoor events.
Articles
Two-day fiddle festival coming to South Dartmouth in early July
June 25, 2025
Twin Fiddles duo to play at 76th annual festival that offers classes, competitions, and social events. Related promotion event to be held June 28 in Eastern Passage.
District 5 residents help award $50,000 to community groups
June 21, 2025
Participatory process brings funding to neighbourhood recipients including Bide Awhile, NWCC
Updated: Council rejects motion proposing bike lane 'pause'
June 8, 2025
Councillors Austin and Kent had cited possible impacts to neighbourhood.
New health services, family doctor prognosis unclear for Dartmouth South
June 1, 2025
The hard numbers needed to conclude whether family doctor waitlists are shrinking or growing in our area remain elusive.
‘I paint anything that deserves a little spotlight’
June 1, 2025
Lizz Miles is an English-born artist who lives in South Dartmouth. Lizz and I sat down to talk about art, having an art business, and the special relationships within local economies.
The Woodside Tavern: A lasting ‘third place’
June 1, 2025
Places like the tavern render community tangible. The people of Woodside drink the same bottles within the same Canadiana-lined walls, and so the community of Woodside exists.
What is with... those deep ruts caused by sidewalk plows?
June 1, 2025
I have lived on Pleasant Street for five winters and five springs. Each spring, the snow melts and I survey the damage to the front lawn. For five springs in a row, I have found the lawn badly torn up from sidewalk plow damage, making it prone to erosion.
Meet the neighbours growing food in their front and backyards
June 1, 2025
The freshest vegetables in town might be growing in your neighbour’s garden this spring and summer.
Lobster dinner to benefit DGH ultrasound program
May 25, 2025
The Dartmouth General Hospital Foundation will hold its annual Lobster Dinner & Auction on June 14, with all proceeds going to the hospital's Emergency Department ultrasound program.