STELLARTON – A sinkhole that formed early Monday morning got significantly worse Tuesday afternoon.

NEW GLASGOW – Parents have raised concerns about what they consider a negative environment in a class at Temperance Street Elementary School.

NEW GLASGOW – This town’s council is hoping to find a temporary means of putting a prettier face on its largest unsightly premises.

NEW GLASGOW – Town council will again put it to a vote whether officials elected here should be eligible to collect a pension.

NEW?GLASGOW – It’s an album that arises from heartbreak and grief. Don Haggart lost his mother, Ruth, at a young age.

NEW GLASGOW – Student absences at schools around the county have been soaring. Carolyn Pierce, communications manager for the Chignecto Central Regional School Board, said on Tuesday that the board is getting figures from the schools each day when absences due to illness pass 10 per cent.

NEW?GLASGOW – The Pictou County Health Authority will continue to hold H1N1 immunization clinics for specific high-risk groups this week.

NEW?GLASGOW – A 54-year-old man from Cape John has pleaded guilty to possessing more than three kilograms of marijuana for the purpose of trafficking.

NEW?GLASGOW – A Halifax man will enter pleas next month on two incidents of assault with a weapon that occurred in the River John area last summer.

NEW GLASGOW – New Glasgow Fire Department responded to a minor fire on George Street on Tuesday morning.

NEW?GLASGOW – The Pictou County Health Authority’s H1N1 Influenza Assessment Centre will remain open to treat those experiencing flu-like symptoms for the remainder of this week and into next week.

WESTVILLE – A persistent, noxious odour has developed in a seniors’ apartment building in this town and its residents have no idea what could be causing it.

NEW?GLASGOW – An “unsophisticated crime” has netted a 41-year-old Stellarton man a year’s probation.

PICTOU – County council has adopted a new policy covering attendance at seminars and conferences.

Motorists should avoid the Stellarton Road near Exit 24.

The Pictou County Health Authority is advising the public that the unadjuvanted H1N1 vaccine for women less than 20 weeks pregnant is available at today's H1N1 Immunization Clinics.

MARSHVILLE – About four years ago Christina Silver and her husband Chris took a giant leap of faith packing in their comfortable urban lives to seek simplicity in a rural setting.

PICTOU – The county is promising its bylaw control officer will have whatever help she needs if the “wild cows” of the Caribou area escape again.

STELLARTON – A section of Foord Street near Sobeys head office was closed temporarily yesterday, after a sinkhole was discovered underneath the street in the northbound lane early in the morning.

PARKDALE – North Nova Education Centre students took to the streets yesterday to raise awareness of gays and lesbians and their place in the school and society.