Digby Academy demolition starts Sept. 25

Published on March 07, 2013

The deadline is now past for the owner to demolish the old Digby Academy. Council may discuss the next step on March 18.

Jonathan Riley

Published on June 23, 2013

Members of Kentvilles public works department moved the cornerstone from the former Kings County Academy to the Kings County Museum. - Submitted

Demolition of the Digby Academy will begin in two weeks.

R.L. Harvey Limited will start tearing down the Red School on Wednesday, Sept. 25 and expects to be more or less finished four days later on Saturday.

The courthouse parking lot will be closed during the demolition for safety and because trucks will be coming and going with debris.

Spectators will be asked to stay back as far as Queen Street.

Digbys special constable Richard Parry says the building itself will come down quickly; the sorting and hauling away of debris will take the majority of the time allotted.

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Digby Academy demolition starts Sept. 25