Divorcing the Matrix
From the editor…. We hope everyone had a safe and fun New Brunswick Day holiday! It seems like summer just got here, but now it’s already winding down to a close. But there is still lots going on in and around and about our River Valley communities, and you’ll...
Hullabaloo Under the Stars 2014!
Stephanie Kelley It’s time again for the annual Larlee Creek Hullabaloo! Known as “The Little Festival that Could”, this will be the seventh year that this not for profit outdoor music festival will be held in Perth-Andover. This festival, which is completely volunteer organized and run, celebrates the incredible...
High Velocity Graduation Celebration
Stephanie Kelley Sixteen students at Tobique First Nation have just successfully completed the 12 week heavy equipment training course that was brought to the community by High Velocity College, a heavy equipment training school based in Alberta. The company was started seven years ago and now offers training courses...
Trailer Park Cats
Stephanie Kelley The Trailer Park in Perth-Andover is now home to a number of stray and homeless cats. This cat colony, which some people estimate to consist of 30 to 50 cats, has now reached critical mass and council finally addressed the issue at their last meeting. The cat...
Life On The Shoulders!
Life On The Shoulders! Did you ever feel like, “Stop the world … and get it off of my shoulders!” We all do at times! I did when ‘someone’ commented on my use of Big Words. Yet, going back to the June 25, 1816 Royal Gazette I found lychophronism,...
Cramp Knots Make Cramp Nots!
Stephanie Kelley Dean Butterfield had been promising to take me on a nature hike to see the where the Frobisher’s Louseworts grow. These plants are endangered, and rare… in fact, they have only ever been found growing in one location, and that is near the river outside of Aroostook....
Readers of the Pack
Stephanie Kelley “Readers of the Pack” is a pilot project from DunRoamin’ Stray and Rescue to encourage kids to read. In this exciting project, a trained handler accompanied by a certified dog visits classrooms and libraries to allow kids to read to the dog. Using the dog as a...
LCH Community Pledge
Stephanie Kelley Last year, Francine St Amand and her son Luke had such a blast at the 2013 Larlee Creek Hullabaloo that they wanted to find a way to introduce the fabulousness of this music festival to more local people. Some people grumble about the price of tickets, even...
Book Launch at the P-A Library: The Travel Journals of Tappan Adney
Stephanie Kelley So who was Tappan Adney? I got the invitation to attend the book launch of the second volume of Tappan Adney’s Travel Journals at the library. I promptly ordered a copy of Volume One through the library to learn more and quickly discovered that Edwin Tappan Adney...
“Bring on the hounds…”
The old man in the hat Composing a bi-weekly commentary can be challenging. Sometimes nothing seems to strike a chord and other times there is so many topics buzzing around that it is hard to focus. This week presents a bumper group of delight! The first gift...