Good news in the south end! After two-and-a-half years of enforced idleness, Tom Vacon, owner of Tomavino’s Cellar Ristorante (5173 South Street, note new phone: 425-9111), calls to say he’s open for business again. Readers will recall that in 2010 Tomavino’s fell victim to a fire in the adjoining building, which also took out Thai […]
Tim Bousquet
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The Savage truth
Leading mayoral candidate Mike Savage is failing to address the most important issue facing the city he wants to run. A single tweet from mayoral candidate Mike Savage’s Twitter account (@MikeSavageHRM) has got me immensely worried about Halifax’s future. It reads: “Part of an appreciative crowd at a Tribute to Fred MacGillivray..put on by St. […]
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The heirs’ application to have Peter Kelly removed as executor
Find the application from the Thibeault heirs to the Probate Court, asking that Peter Kelly be removed as executor, here. It will take some time to get all the supporting documentation loaded; check back later for all supporting docs.
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Breaking news: Heirs want mayor Peter Kelly removed
Five heirs to the Mary Thibeault estate have asked the probate court to remove Halifax mayor Peter Kelly as the estate’s executor. The five have signed an affidavit accusing Kelly of mishandling the estate, including withholding information to the heirs, “mistruths told” and repeated failures to meet the requirements of the Probate Act. The heirs […]
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A tree grows at The Coast
The Coast has a tree! Rather, the people of Halifax have a tree, which happens to be situated in front of The Coast office. We moved into our 5567 Cunard Street digs in 2007. The new office is spacious and wonderfully situated in the north end, but it’s always bothered me that the two-block stretch […]
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B-Well is first with Ra-men
The B-Well Sushi and Cafe (6184 Quinpool Road, 428-4019) is the first Halifax restaurant to serve Ramen “in earnest.” B-Well owner and cook Masahiro Amemiya started offering the traditional noodle-based Japanese dish as an one-off daily special a few weeks ago, but the response was so overwhelmingly positive that it is now served every day. […]
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The Record Shop is coming to the north end
Kathy Jollimore and Brent Darbyson are planing to open The Record Shop Resto-Coffee Bar in the next few months, somewhere in the north end. Jollimore is a cook at Saege, and will be overseeing the kitchen of the new operation, explains Darbyson. The pair intend to serve breakfast and lunch, and perhaps down the road […]
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Tess to open backyard patio
Liz Cunningham opened her north end restaurant under the name Chez Tess Creperie (5687 Charles Street, 406-3133) in 2009, but found that the name was scaring people off. First, she dropped the “Creperie” because “people though sweet or breakfast crepes, but we serve all sorts of dinner crepes–scallops, ham, chicken and a wonderful cordon bleu […]
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Dee Dee’s expands
Everyone’s favourite corner ice cream and burrito shop, Dee Dee’s (5668 Cornwallis Street, 407-6614) just got a whole lot bigger. Owner Ditta Kasdan has rented the space next door to her formerly postage-stamp sized operation, blown out the wall, re-arranged the kitchen and about tripled the space for customers. She now has a church pew […]
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Purcells Cove water and sewage proposal delayed
A potentially vitriolic fight over extending city water and sewer mains to Purcells Cove has been delayed until fall. Many residents in the area adamantly oppose the extension, because they’ll have to pay for the pipes in front of their houses whether they want them or not, and because they fear that the proposal opens […]
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St. Pat’s-Alexandra sale goes to court
The contested sale of the St. Pat’s-Alexandra school site was the subject of a two-day hearing in front of Nova Scotia Supreme Court judge David MacAdam this week. Tuesday, lawyer Ron Pink argued that the city’s sale of the property to Juno Developments was improper, and in fact broke the law. He wants MacAdam to […]
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Halifax police are coming to Twitter
The cops are coming to Twitter. Last year, the Halifax Regional Police Department hired Lauren Leal, a graduate of Nova Scotia Community College’s PR program, to concentrate on social media, and Leal is now helping police administrators and staff sergeants learn the ropes of Twitter and Facebook. Deputy chief Chris McNeil told me at Monday’s […]