Category: Kentville

A man has been sent for a psychiatric assessment after a strange incident last week.

Annapolis County Spectator reports staff at the NEEDS store on Main Street in Middleton called police to say a shirtless man was standing outside their store with a knife in one hand and a bible in the other.  Police arrived and found the man who refused to drop his knife so he was tasered.

The man was checked out in hospital then taken before a juidge who ordered a 30 day psychiatric exam.  He’s charged with assaulting police and weapons counts.
at a later date.

He’s been charged with possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose, assault on a police officer, and assault with a weapon.

Gardens are sprouting through The Valley, and it’s time for the Atlantic Canada Rare and Unusual Plant Sale in Annapolis Royal.

Now in its eighth year, the sale was started by horticulturalist Jill Covill.  She began a community magnolia tree planting project 20 years ago, with 30 different cultivars and more than 100 trees, turning Annapolis Royal into a magnolia capital.

People come from as far away as Ontario to get rare plants here.