Port Elgin sisters take home another prize in district-wide author competition

May 1, 2025

CHMA News, Local Journalism Initiative, Community Radio Fund of Canada

On today’s show, CHMA heads over to the Port Elgin Regional School to meet Annabelle Dickson, second-time winner of the Anglophone East School District’s Ryan Gunn Write for Fun book competition. Annabelle joins her sister Penelope as a multi-year winner of the prize. We hear from Ryan Gunn coordinator Ginny Hill, proud parents Robert Dickson and Marianne Vella, and the two winning authors, sisters Annabelle and Penelope Dickson.

Plus in news briefs:

A vehicle stolen from a residence in Port Elgin has been found vandalized and abandoned in the parking lot of a Memramcook school.
The Village of Memramcook is asking area residents for help identify who stole four golf carts from the Valley Golf Club on Saturday night.

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