Yarmouth News

New Hampshire and Canadian officials are discussing a year-round ferry service from Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, to Portsmouth.

BAR HARBOR, Maine a ' A transportation company that ferries passengers and vehicles between Maine and Nova Scotia is helping a man who plans to row solo across the Atlantic Ocean later this year.

Mcmillan, Elizabeth - Unless his small seaport town in southern Nova Scotia gets some help, Yarmouth Mayor Phil Mooney says the housing squeeze he is trying to deal with will only get worse.

The mayor of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, says it will take months to set up new housing arrangements following a string of evictions that displaced between 250 and 300 people.

A Canadian naval pioneer will be laid to rest this weekend during a ceremony on the very waves upon which she made history.

The dancers, hailing from the Yarmouth and Acadian Shores region of Nova Scotia, were presented by Bay Ferries and the South West Shores Development Authority as part of the week-long Legacy of the Arts Festival in Bar Harbor.

The idea of rowing from Africa to New York might seem - well, eccentric. But becoming the first to do so is a life-long dream for Victor Mooney.

When it looked like the stars of the show wouldn't be able to come on Saturday, out of the sky appeared the Snowbirds.

A six-year-old girl from Peel Region west of Toronto has become the 14th Canadian to die after contracting swine flu, but officials were unsure Monday what role the H1N1 virus played in her death.

The Nanton Lancaster Air Museum is firing up the engines of the bomber for a special celebration June 27.

Our latest online exhibit highlights one of the many collections of family papers which are carefully preserved in our manuscript department.

Lobster fishermen land $65m But many in industry say Ottawa's help won't cut it in current climate By The Canadian Press and BRIAN MEDEL Yarmouth Bureau Thu.

Nova Scotia businesses that count on summer visitors are afraid it will be a slow year with American tourists staying home, judging by the start to the season, say tourism operators.

David Mullen, executive director of Pease Development Authority, told the Economic Development Commission on Friday he will visit Nova Scotia this month to talk with officials there about making the Port of New Hampshire a stop for a ferry service between Nova Scotia and Massachusetts.

Spectators watch from Bug Light as the high-speed Cat ferry leaves Portland Harbor, bound for Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada, on its first run of the season, Friday, June 5, 2009, in Portland, Maine.

Cape Breton's outstanding business women were honoured recently at the second annual Women in Business Awards Gala, presented by the Cape Breton Partnership, in conjunction with ECBC.

The RCMP commercial crime unit is conducting a fraud investigation in Yarmouth, N.S., tied to the closure of several apartment buildings.

'Modern Marvels,' a popular show on the History Channel, will feature The CAT in an upcoming episode.

Dozens of families are being forced from their apartments in Yarmouth, N.S., as their landlords fall behind on utility bills and mortgage payments.

BAR HARBOR : Crews are putting the final touches on readying The CAT, the high-speed catamaran ferry that operates between Maine and Nova Scotia, for the 2009 summer season.