A visit from a ufo?
By Gary Hatchard One day in August in the year 1982 Gordon Mosher and I were sitting in lawn chairs at the front of my house. Gordon noticed a large brown spot on my lawn about 200 yards from our location. We went to investigate and discovered a brown...
Home town or clone town?
In order to rebuild our local communities and our sense of security and belonging we need to look to our past. Back in the days when small businesses made up the backbone of our local towns and villages, there were jobs and everyone was connected to the well-being...
Modern Mother Goose II
Modern Mother Goose II Mother Hubbard went to her cupboard Her doggy, from hunger, near prone She was no bluffer, that Banker would suffer For refusing her loan for a bone, Humpty-Dumpty subpoenaed them all For “malice aforethought” They should have known that he would fall And the destruction...
Another DunRoamin’ Success Story!
Thelma came to DunRoamin’ from a bad situation. In all likelihood, Thelma was a puppy mill female. Her life was horrible with no love or contact from any one person who saw her for what she was and should be. Thelma was very thin, with matted, filthy fur. Her...
Flood time is now… let’s be proactive
“You have to make prevention. You have to be there before the ice is moving” Paul Laplante, Owner of Eco Technologies in Caraquet, NB Last year, in the aftermath of the terrible flood in Perth-Andover, Paul Laplante of Eco Technologies, his Caraquet based company, said he could have helped...
The Old Man in the Hat
in·teg·ri·ty: noun; adherence to moral and ethical principles; soundness of moral character; honesty antonyms: The Harper Government I am not sure what to think. If I understand it correctly, the Government of Canada Harper assumes that I am a thief. They think that of my neighbours, my friends, my...
Wonderful Music Festival at Andover Elementary
Make Joyful Sound! That was the goal when the Larlee Creek Hullabaloo Music Festival Committee teamed up with the Perth-Andover Middle School and Andover Elementary to organize a 3 day Music Camp to introduce kids to Music Culture. Carol Godbout-Kinney took care of organizing the classes in the school...
Tobique Dam Bridge Closure
It’s enough to make a concerned citizen wonder if there’s a conspiracy afoot to destroy the Village of Perth-Andover. On February 27th representatives from the Department of Transport and Infrastructure met with Emergency Personnel and members of DNR and the Village Council to announce that the Tobique Dam Bridge...
Real Alternative Web AM Radio Comes to Victoria County! Real AM.ca
Do you ever get tired of the recycled tunes that the local radio stations available around here endlessly and repeatedly serve up? Seriously, I don’t care how much you loved the 1980’s… have we not heard enough AC-DC to last us two or three lifetimes? Now Victoria County...
Social Enterprise Workshop
In order for our villages to thrive and to revitalize our small town business communities the Social Enterprise Business Model offers the best of all worlds. Social Enterprises are businesses whose primary purpose is the common good as it provides jobs for workers and needed services and goods to...