Category: Issue 45

SPCA News

Stephanie Kelley We’ve made it through the first month of winter but baby, it’s still cold outside. A handsome silver tabby cat was found trying to take shelter under some vehicles in Aroostook. He was homeless, and the guy who found him couldn’t keep him, so Robert III, as...

Tigger Never Shuts Up…

Big Tig here, .   Tigger was in the dog house. Angie was mad at me. I might have played a couple of mind games with the new dog. I might have got a couple of the other cats to help me. We might have continued, if we hadn’t...

Message from the NB Green Party

Wayne Sabine 2014 is an election year in New Brunswick. Election time is basically the only time the citizens have any say in the direction their province will head in the next four years. It is our responsibility as eligible voters to seriously look at the various party platforms...

Happy New Year Again!

From the editor…. If you forgot to make resolutions at the beginning of the year, or have already broken any resolutions you made, you can have a second chance with the start of the Chinese New Year!   According to the Chinese Zodiac, on Friday, January 31st we leave...

Resolutions to live by

By Trevor Bowmaster This is the resolution time of year – and we make all kinds of them, from resolving to lose weight to taking up a new hobby. And even though we have the best of intentions, most of our resolutions eventually fall by the wayside. But here...

The Real Deal!

Really, I’m sometimes kidded about going into Coffee-Coffee with my decrepit work clothes on. [Better on than off …!]  Well, they’re the proverbial “real deal”! So’s ‘She’ who proclaimed that it would be much easier to peel pulp with a “spud” if’n the tree was limbed and topped while...

“Show me the money”

the old man in the hat The government of New Brunswick has recently announced an ambitious new social program, the “New Brunswick Drug Program”, aimed at those individuals who do not have a private drug plan. Originally envisioned as a “Catastrophic Drug” coverage for those with high drug cost...

Family Literacy Night at Andover Elementary

Stephanie Kelley “Story Book” was the theme of Family Literacy Night at Andover Elementary on the evening of January 23rd. Hundreds of people braved the cold to visit the school and enjoy a play and take in all the story book themed art, projects and posters that were on...

Winter Carnival 2014

Stephanie Kelley Put on your long johns and big boots and come celebrate the 46th year of Winter Carnival in Perth-Andover! The carnival begins February 7th and runs through the 13th. Winter Carnival originated with a Carnival Queen Pageant that was brought to life by Karen Titus. The first...

Diving Deep Into Faith

Stephanie Kelley Perth-Andover resident Kate Williams is a lay minister and life-long student of God’s Word and the Bible. She has just published a book, “Diving Deep Into Faith”, that tells the story of her own spiritual journey as she came to truly and deeply have faith in God...