Past Events

There’s an Auction at the River Phillip Hall Saturday. Viewing starts at 10, with the auction at 11. There will be hot dogs and sandwiches and a door prize. The event is sponsored by the Masons-Widows’s Son Lodge

There’s Music at the Mall Saturday, at the Amherst Center. Join R.A. and Drew Moore at the entrance to the Artisans Gallery from 11-1. The Christopher Brown Trio will be playing at the Market Café from 1-3. And remember you can always get a great breakfast at the Market Café.

The Springhill/Oxford Chapter of the Kidney Foundation is holding a Rock-a-Thon Saturday May 11 from 2-4 at the Senior Citizens Recreation Center on McDougal Street in Springhill. There will also be musical entertainment, tea and cookies, prizes and more. To register and to get a pledge form contact Marj Brent at 902-763-2188, or email marjie_anne@hotmail.com

The 25th Annual Bacon Elliot Scholarship Dinner is Saturday at the Knights of Columbus Hall from 5-9, with take-outs available. A Lobster/ Steak Dinner for $35,00. Tickets available at Ken's Rite Stop and Elizabeth Smith McCrossin's office Thanks to your support, over $68,000 in scholarships and prizes have been awarded to students of Cumberland.

They are holding a Musical Evening at the Sunrise Renwick United Church in Amherst Head, Saturday May 11 at 7. It will feature Neon Moon (Ruth Shearer and Friends). They also serve at light lunch. Admission is a donation, with the proceeds to the UCW.

There’s a Mother’s day Turkey Dinner at Christ Church Parish Hall Sunday May 12 from 4-6. Use the back entrance off Laplanche Street. Tickets are $15 for adults, $7 for 12 and under, and free for preschoolers. Tickets are available in advance at the church office, or call 902-667-2415. Takeouts will be available from 4-5. To order call 902-667-2415.  

This is Police week and it gives the community a unique opportunity to see what police do.  The Amherst Police Department is hosting their police week event at the Amherst Centre Mall today from 10- 3. The event showcases booths inside and outside the mall.  The booths topics range from different sections of policing, and the huge web of community partnerships that the police have forged that help support our residents. This is a unique opportunity for the public to…

The Springhill Library welcomes Allison Watson, for an author reading Tuesday May 14 from 7-9. She’ll be reading from and answering questions about her book, Transplanted: My Cystic Fibrosis Double Lung Transplant Story.