A New Local Entrepreneur Polish Me Up Esthetics
A new esthetician has just hung out her shingle in the village of Perth-Andover. Kayla Liebe has always loved nail polish, and has done the nails of her family and friends for years. So, she felt that it only made sense for her to pursue a career as...
A Plan to Save Our Village By Rod MacIntosh
Editor’s Note… Perth-Andover resident Rod MacIntosh has conceived an inspired and visionary plan to revitalize the Village of Perth-Andover. All of our small rural villages are under heavy attack by government forces concerned only with money and their political futures, which are dictated by corporate interests…not people, communities or...
The Comfort Zone
From the editor… Recently I got to thinking about how hard it is for most people to switch gears to embrace new ideas and step outside of their comfort zone. We see this tendency exhibited every day in every way in every person you know…maybe even yourself!…people who work...
DunRoamin’ Rescued Pets Desperately Need New Homes
DunRoamin’ Stray and Rescue isn’t a shelter. Although we do have a certain amount of cats and kittens “in-house”, the majority of our rescued cats, and all the dogs, are in foster homes. Unfortunately, our numbers are greater than the space we have and the foster homes at the moment. ...
Tigger Tales…
Hi. Bigger Tigger here. Well, guess what! I was wandering around and I noticed that there aren’t that many cats here, so I asked Miss Marble and she said it was the dogs…the dogs ate everybody!!! I climbed the maple tree and hollered to Angie about how these dogs...
Dog Soldiers
Angie Hovey During World War II a call was sent out for help, the allies asked for a special group of individuals that could fill some very specific requirements we so desperately needed to help win the war. We required that this group show total loyalty to those they serve, to obey every command without hesitation,...
Another Local Resident Heading to the Georgetown Conference in PEI
Joe Gee of Carlingford, NB has been accepted to attend the Georgetown Conference in PEI on October 3 & 4, 2013. He will be joining Linda Nicholas of Knowlesville and Francine St Amand of California Settlement (see the August 14 issue of the Blackfly Gazette for their stories) as...
Herbal Medicine
Way back before we had Big Pharma, pills and expensive patent medicines folks depended on local herbalists to help them heal when they got sick. Every generation of herbalists built on the knowledge and experience that had been gathered by the healers who had lived before them. These...
Wild Mushrooms in New Brunswick
It’s now mushroom season in the woods of New Brunswick and our fields and forests offer up a tasty buffet of edible wild mushrooms…if you know what you are looking for! Foraging for mushrooms is a time honoured event in many regions, with many mushrooms hunters jealously guarding the...
“All About The Beer”
With Mitch Biggar There are many discussions within the beer community on how beer should be rated or reviewed. I tend to lean towards the following criteria for beer reviews. I use five categories for evaluating beer. I highly recommend keeping a tasting journal whether it be hard copy,...