Category: People & Places

A Pictorial Tour of Carlingford, New Brunswick

Local residents have donated these beautiful pictures to The History of Carlingford Group. Thanks to Jerry Smyth and the photographers! Take a pictorial tour through some of the most beautiful country in the province of New Brunswick, Canada. We have lush farmlands, clear water, scenic views and a bounty...

THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD & TOMLINSON LAKE CONNECTION

By Joe Gee Victoria County in New Brunswick was part of the route for the Underground Railroad that helped African Americans escape from slavery in the United States. Just to add to the story, those escaping slavery were hidden in a wagon loaded with straw and transported up the...

History of Carlingford

INTRODUCTION In early July 2013 a group of people, both patriots and ex-patriots, using facebook on the internet decided to get together and use this social media to write the “History of Carlingford”. We were hopeful that we could gather photos of our people, farms, natural resources, sports, education...

The Power of Your Words Writing Workshop at Perth-Andover Library

The Perth-Andover Public Library recently hosted a fascinating and inspiring writing workshop led by author M.J. Domet.   M.J. is traveling across the country with her husband. She visited Perth on August 6 and led the four workshop attendees (of which I was one!) through lively and interactive exercises...

Southern Victoria Historical Museum

I stopped in at the SV Historical Museum recently to take a look around at all the wonderful artefacts and memorabilia from days gone by.   If you haven’t visited this local museum, pop in some day to take a trip through yesteryear.   Many local people have donated...

Girl Guide Cookie All Star

Young Brooke McDougall has broken local Girl Guide Cookie sales records by selling an amazing 85 cases of cookies.   For this achievement, she received the Girl Guide All Star Award and a new Tablet. She is the first Girl Guide to sell this many cookies in Perth-Andover!  ...

A Little Slice of History

The grand old Stewart Furniture & Appliance Store survived the disastrous 2012 flood only to be utterly destroyed by fire a few weeks ago.   The Village of Perth-Andover lost yet another fine old building and another irreplaceable bit of her living history.   The business itself had had...

Love & belonging

Learning to open our hearts and honestly express love and appreciation for each other, our communities and our planet is what shifting our consciousness is all about….and it starts with each one of us as individuals reaching out to our families, friends and neighbours with compassion and understanding.  ...

Spirit of Christmas Shines at Plaster Rock Community Dinner!

A small army of volunteers rolled up their sleeves on December 9 and served an amazing crowd of over 1,200 diners a glorious Christmas Dinner at the Plaster Rock Lions Club!   Prep cooks peeled, chopped and diced all day Saturday before the event, and then the cooks really...