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Joyce Stuart

2015

Island schools facing shakeup

Approximately 275 people gathered in the Deer Island Community School gym on the evening of October 14 to learn about a proposal to reconfigure the school system. A study is being done to consider taking grades 6, 7 and 8 off the island to Fundy High School in St. George

2009

Deer Islanders upset by plan to reduce winter ferry service

"Deer Islanders -- we're just shocked," says Joyce Stuart, the chairman of the West Isles Local Service District committee, about the plan to reduce ferry service to the island to only one vessel for a four and a half month period each year.

2007

Province plans new Deer Island ferry; bridge not on table

The provincial government's decision to replace one of the Deer Island ferries, the John E. Rigby, with a new vessel by 2010 is stirring up calls from islanders for a fixed link to the mainland instead of a ferry service.