GOODBYE FLINTSTONES, HELLO JETSONS!
The Carleton Victoria Community Inclusion Network held a focus group recently to address the issues of rural poverty and transportation in the province. If you live in rural New Brunswick, you are pretty much trapped if you do not own a car or have access to a ride to...
Florenceville-Bristol Outdoor Summer Market
Thursdays 10-2 July –September Last week I just happened to be traveling downriver on a Thursday and was fortunate enough to catch the local outdoor Farmer’s Market. The weather was delightful, with the sun shining though a few clouds and the market was jam packed with people and vendors...
Young Entrepreneur Development Initiative
YEDI Camp Notes The Perth-Andover Young Entrepreneur Development Initiative Workshop ran from July 18th through July 21st, 2012. The final day of the workshop saw the youthful entrepreneurs putting their new skills and knowledge into action as they sold their products at the P-A Farmer’s Market! This year 13...
The Soul of a Home
The tragedy of the Perth-Andover Flood of 2012 continues to unfold and traumatize as our beautiful and historic old homes are demolished and wiped off the pages of history due to flood damage. We’ve had a number of readers tell us they wanted to see stories about these...
Local Gardener Creates Eden
A couple of weeks ago I happened to pass by a yard on a back street in Perth-Andover that was bursting with flowers and foliage of all sorts….it had an almost tropical look to it, something we don’t see too often up here in this northern clime. I...
A New Home…
The village of Perth-Andover is losing some of her grandest old homes due to flood damage. What will be built to replace these homes? Most modern construction methods do not make stuff to last in our make, break and throw away society. Indeed, our current consumerist driven economy needs...
Cannabis for Weight Loss!!!
According to a new British study, marijuana leaves contain two compounds that boost the metabolism of mice, leading to lower levels of fat and cholesterol in the body — the latest addition to a growing body of evidence that marijuana may be useful in countering ailments related to obesity....
Woman on the Run & Detour
There are still no new movies out on DVD that I can find to watch lately. Hollywood is stuck in a rut, where they seem to just keep churning out remakes and hoping no one figures it out. Their production costs are so sky high these days that very...
Stainless Steel Teeth
Stainless Steel Teeth Says dare-devil Davy, “Ya can’t cut the gravy! What do you think?”, in turning to Bill “For sure you don’t bluff, its bus tire tough That ballbuster was over the hill!” And Sam, from the south, a plug in his mouth Was chewing, and chewing, and...
Pet Tails
Hi! My name is Tigger. I live at the animal shelter. I am 5 months old. I am Angie’s favorite kitten. I help her take care of all the animals. She calls me Big Tig. She loves me best. But she said I can’t tell the other kittens because...