Cramp Knots Make Cramp Nots!
Stephanie Kelley Dean Butterfield had been promising to take me on a nature hike to see the where the Frobisher’s Louseworts grow. These plants are endangered, and rare… in fact, they have only ever been found growing in one location, and that is near the river outside of Aroostook....
Readers of the Pack
Stephanie Kelley “Readers of the Pack” is a pilot project from DunRoamin’ Stray and Rescue to encourage kids to read. In this exciting project, a trained handler accompanied by a certified dog visits classrooms and libraries to allow kids to read to the dog. Using the dog as a...
LCH Community Pledge
Stephanie Kelley Last year, Francine St Amand and her son Luke had such a blast at the 2013 Larlee Creek Hullabaloo that they wanted to find a way to introduce the fabulousness of this music festival to more local people. Some people grumble about the price of tickets, even...
Book Launch at the P-A Library: The Travel Journals of Tappan Adney
Stephanie Kelley So who was Tappan Adney? I got the invitation to attend the book launch of the second volume of Tappan Adney’s Travel Journals at the library. I promptly ordered a copy of Volume One through the library to learn more and quickly discovered that Edwin Tappan Adney...
Biker’s Bash at The Manor!
Stephanie Kelley Bikers from all over Canada and throughout the US converged on the area over the weekend of July 18 & 19, 2014 as the Annual Carleton County Toy Run delivered toys and donations to Hotel Dieu in Perth-Andover. Before the bikers made their visit to the hospital...
NB Liquor Strikes a Low Blow at Craft Breweries
Stephanie Kelley The microbrew beer industry has exploded in popularity over the past five years. Craft beer sales have gone from 3 percent of total beer sales in North America to 12 percent, a growth of 400 percent over those five years. The craft beer industry got off to...
Graduation Ceremony Workplace Essential Skills
Stephanie Kelley Workplace Essential Skills (WES) training is aimed at helping adults who are employed or are seeking employment and who require additional essential skills in order to succeed. Courses are offered free of charge for adult residents of New Brunswick, and a class of 11 students have just...
The Town You Save May be Your Own
From the editor…. Foodland closed their doors forever on July 5th. In the few days prior to their closure, people came from near and far to partake of the going our of business feeding frenzy. There were great bargains to be had, to be sure, but it was still...
A New Vision for Downtown Perth-Andover
On June 24 the Glenn Group made a final presentation to the Perth-Andover business community outlining a proposal to re-build, re-store and flood proof the downtown core of the village. The firm’s mandate was to create a long term vision for downtown Perth-Andover that retains the heart of the...
Arthur is a Disaster: Why We Need to Become More Self Sufficient
Stephanie Kelley When the forecast called for rain last weekend I was looking forward to a break from the relentless heat wave of the previous week. It seemed that a little rain would be just the ticket to cool things off…. But Tropical Storm Arthur brought much more than...