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• Province announces 2014 funding
  SUMMERSIDE – The Wyatt heritage Properties and the College of Piping and Celtic Performing Arts of Canada are two of eleven projects that will ...
• City approves new incentive program to attract business
  SUMMERSIDE – City council has set in motion an ambitious plan to bring new growth to Summerside. Coun. Ron Dowling, chairman of the city’s ...
• City council approves accommodations levy
  SUMMERSIDE - City council has approved an increase to the accommodations levy in the city from two per cent to three per cent. Council was acting ...
• City council closer to defining management roles
  Coun. Tina Mundy, chair of the city's human resources committee, brought the issue to council in December and received approval from council to ...
• ICMP expanding Ever-Living Forest
  SOUTH FREETOWN – Work is underway at the International Children’s Memorial Place at Scales Pond to expand the Ever-Living Forest. The work is ...
• Isleawards celebrate Islanders
  The Isleawards is a community awards project based in P.E.I. with one simple goal — to award the extraordinary. Each award presentation carried ...
• Truck traffic increases as first
  SUMMERSIDE — The first containership of the season has docked in Summerside and tractor-trailer trucks were lined up Friday on government wharf ...
• Warning: Owners of dogs running free will be charged
  SUMMERSIDE – Dog owners have been put on notice: anyone allowing their pet to roam at large will be fined. Coun. Ron Dowling raised the issue at ...
• Storm contract with city ends
  SUMMERSIDE - The Summerside Storm wound up a successful second season in the National Basketball League of Canada, drawing more than 47,000 fans ...
• Concert promoter agrees to stipulated judgment
  SUMMERSIDE – City officials are saying little about a judgment being considered involving the California promoter of the failed Michael Jackson ...
• Legion pulls out of lobster carnival
  SUMMERSIDE – The Summerside Legion has ended its 57-year association with the Summerside Lobster Carnival. Lobster carnival president Rev. Arthur ...
• Downtown Summerside Inc. seeks new executive director
  The executive director is responsible for planning, organizing and directing the activities of Downtown Summerside Inc. Some of the core duties ...
• Frigid training for firefighters
  Firefighters are more traditionally pictured battling burning buildings or responding to emergency situations such as motor vehicle accidents. ...
• Summerside hires new financial director
  SUMMERSIDE – The city has filled one major vacancy in its administration with the hiring of Rob Philpott as director of financial services. ...
• Glovers Shore Road set for upgrading
  SUMMERSIDE – Residents along Glovers Shore Road are having their concerns for safety addressed in the 2013 city budget. City council has approved ...
• Summerside water supply clear, says director
  It doesn’t happen just by chance. There is a strict, consistent monitoring procedure undertaken by the city to ensure residents have a safe ...
• Improvements coming to Linkletter Community Centre
  LINKLETTER – The federal government along with the province are contributing more than $70,000 for internal and external improvements to the ...
• St. Patrick’s Day a time for Irish to celebrate
  One such person is Summerside resident Mary Duchesne. Duchesne was one of several people who turned out for the St. Patrick’s Day Tea hosted by ...
• Students display creativity at SIS science fair
  SUMMERSIDE - Seventy-nine projects, involving 129 students, were on display this week at Summerside Intermediate School for the school's annual ...
• Dunn out as director of Community Services
  SUMMERSIDE – Bobby Dunn, the director of the city’s community services has been removed as the head of the department. The decision was released ...
• Cruise ship workshop coming to Summerside
  SUMMERSIDE – An idea fostered by Experience P.E.I. to bring cruise ship passengers to the Summerside area has generated much interest in the ...
• Province denies city request for weight restrictions
  SUMMERSIDE – The provincial government has turned down a request for the city of Summerside to include city streets under the vehicle weights and ...
• Friends remember Stompin' Tom
  SUMMERSIDE - He was one of a kind and those who knew him spoke fondly about their friend, Stompin’ Tom Conners. Conners passed away of ...
• Sharpe new executive director of GSCC
  SUMMERSIDE – Marketing and communications specialist Jane Sharpe has been named the new executive director of the Greater Summerside Chamber of ...
• Licence fees in place for transient businesses
  SUMMERSIDE - Mobile sales establishments will now have to pay to operate in Summerside. Council has amended the city's licensing bylaw to require ...
• Snow removal operations keeping city streets clear
  “There’s been a lot of snow recently and our contractors have been doing a good job,” said Coun. Cory Thomas, vice-chair of the city’s municipal ...
• Licence fees in place for transient businesses
  Council has amended the city’s licensing bylaw to require the fees for local and non-local mobile sales establishments. Council set the fees at ...
• Learning to conquer the outdoors
  The program is called “Becoming and Outdoors Woman” and focuses on outdoor survival techniques and becoming involved with the environment. It’s ...
• City looking to deal with ovbersized loads
  SUMMERSIDE – The city’s police department is in consultation with the provincial Department of Transportation to deal with the issue of ...
• More partners needed for lobster carnival
  SUMMERSIDE – Summerside Rotarians raised some questions Tuesday, over their involvement in the ownership of the Summerside Lobster Carnival. The ...