Community Garden in Perth-Andover!
The wheels are turning and the gears are beginning to mesh on the Perth-Andover Community Garden Project. The village of P-A has some funds available to help kick start this project, and we sure have plots of land to use for gardens within the village these days. But...
The Mathematical Formula that adds up to Success!
This amusing if somewhat naughty bon mot was sent to us by one of our readers. We debated whether or not to include it but then figured that we’d be depriving you of a good chuckle if we left it out. We decided to utilize asterisks to hide...
From the Editor…
The Perth-Andover Rotary Club invited me to speak about the Blackfly Gazette at their Monday lunch meeting last week. I got to explain a bit about how and why Jonny and I created this local newsletter. I thought I’d write a bit about that here for our readers, to...
It’s All Greek to Me
A couple of years back I began coming across recipes that called for “Greek Yogurt.” At that point, this product was not available in our local markets so I didn’t pay much attention to it. Recently, however, even our small village grocers are now carrying Greek yogurt so it...
A Look at Local Business
Bodin’s Native Crafts & Supplies Bodin’s Native Crafts at Tobique First Nation is another one of our small businesses that offers a variety of goods and services to the community….a sort of good old fashioned general store kind of place. The store is a family business with Connie Nicholas...
Mark’s The Spot
Mark’s The Spot in tiny Bath, NB, is the kind of old timey, all purpose general store that small communities used to be famous for…until most of the little Mom & Pop operations like this got the killer death squeeze from Big Box Corporations. Which is a huge loss...
Love Story
One year ago, after Lukus had gotten settled in to his new home in Perth, he realized he needed some more family love in his house. He visited the Arthurette SPCA and found these three wonderful fur companions to adopt. Tootsie and Maggie are a mother and...
SPCA Shelter Story
Margaret’s Story…so far. I met Margaret one eveningwhile doing chores at the shelter. The guy that brought her to me, gave me usual song and dance about how this isn’t his dog, and therefore not his problem. Margaret is to be my problem. The guy was nice enough to...