Local Entrepreneurs Tie the Knot!
Perth-Andover residents Reg Grant and Patti McHatten were already life and business partners. And now they’ve officially tied the knot in a joyous and creative wedding ceremony held at their home. Reg and Patti met at the Farmer’s Market so it was only fitting that a market theme was...
Nissen’s Market is Back!
At long last, after more than five months, Nissen’s Market is once again open for business! The store took a savage beating in the March flood. Kendall and his team went to work immediately to restore and repair the building, but as with all structures that had gotten water...
Easy Money & the Magic Money Chair
Nowadays most folks know not to throw away some old junk until you check it out with an expert, someone like the “Antiques Road Show” guys. You know, just to make sure your old Teddy Bear or vintage comic book isn’t worth six figures. Stories abound of the amazing...
From the Editor…
As I sit down to finally write the editorial this week I am unsure where to begin. I recently read the Flood Mitigation Report for Perth-Andover and Tobique First Nation as well as many news articles about the report and its recommendations. I have heard and read many comments...
Falls Brook Fair A Celebration of Rural Life
The annual Falls Brook Fair in Knowlesville, NB was held over the weekend of September 1st & 2nd and was a wonderful and educational celebration of all that is good and sustainable in our beautiful rural New Brunswick Communities. This year of 2102 marks a tipping point for...
Plant a Community Garden to Harvest Lower Crime Rates
A growing body of research shows that community farm projects reduce violence and crime. These statistics may have come from research projects in major urban areas…but the results make intuitive and rational sense no matter where you live. We ourselves may live here out in the boonies, and...
Crime & Punishment
I don’t usually watch new movies because they tend to be so ridiculously bad…in my opinion, anyway! But I made an exception recently and watched “Bernie” starring Jack Black and Shirley MacLaine in the true story of money and murder in East Texas. It was very interesting…the subject was...
Perspective
Perspective Its a matter of perspective All in your point of view Just don’t sweat the small stuff And, stuff won’t get to you, Its all in how we look at things That will decide what each day brings The limits of our vision scope A presumptive part of...
Shame and Arrogance of NB Power
How is it possible that a corporation owned by the taxpayers of New Brunswick is allowed by our elected government to conduct its affairs with total disregard for the safety and personal property of those same taxpayers? How has this corporation been allowed to steal our very livelihood and...
Flood Mitigation Study Report – An Insult to Perth-Andover Flood Victims
Well, we finally got our report – right on schedule I might add. What a colossal waste of taxpayer money and valuable time! Our government insisted from the start that this report was absolutely essential and would serve as the basis of action so that the plight of our...