submitted Halifax’s supply of heritage protected houses is one home bigger. The house, at 6215 Coburg Road, across the street from Dalhousie University’s Howe Hall residence, received Registered Heritage Status from Halifax Regional Council last Tuesday. The status puts guidelines on what can be changed about the property, and also incentivizes restoration with HRM’s renovation matching program. The Heritage Incentives Program provides matching grants of up to $15,000 for residential properties and $25,000 for commercial properties to do external conservation work on the property. The Coburg Road house was awarded the status through a combination of its age, historical architectural importance, the significance of the architect or builder, the construction type and style, architectural integrity and its relationship to the surrounding area. HRM’s Jesse Morton is t
SAINT JOHN, N.B. One year ago Wednesday, Angela Campbell and her family were celebrating her grandmother Lillian s 90th birthday at Parkland Saint John. Her 91 To say it s been difficult is understating it. You worry about her, said Campbell. The case count at Parkland Saint John now stands at 11 residents and seven employees who have tested positive for the novel coronavirus in just a matter of days. As it stands now, designated support persons and essential caregivers are only allowed at Howe Hall and Millidge Hall within Parkland Saint John. The staff at the Shannex are absolutely amazing, Campbell said. They take care of the residents so well, but not having that connection with her is really, really difficult.
McCORMICKÂ â This story could have ended many ways.
Four years ago, the remote John de la Howe campus in rural McCormick County, at the time serving as a state boarding school for kids kicked out of their local districts, lost its academic accreditation from the South Carolina Department of Education. A series of investigations since 2010 had turned up financial irregularities, including a document-shredding episode in the summer of 2010. The school s enrollment was dropping, loyal faculty were leaving and John de la Howe was on its third superintendent in six years.
The school, on 1,310 acres deeded to the state in 1797 for the education of poor boys and girls, faced permanent closure. Operating on and off as a rural school since the 1830s, John de la Howe has since 1918 been an independent state agency, with students boarding there since at least the 1920s.