GEORGETOWN CONFERENCE ON RURAL REVITALIZATION
By Francine St.Amand SHUT UP!!! In a nutshell, that was THE most important message I got from the Georgetown Conference. These were Doug Griffiths’ words, when he spoke about how adults suffocate the courage and creativity out of each other and especially, youth. Author of 13 Ways to Kill...
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...
“All About The Beer”
With Mitch Biggar Often times I am asked, “Why are there so many different types of beer glasses? Does each beer style have its own matching beer glass? What are the names of the different beer glasses? “ In an attempt to clarify these questions let’s look at...
It’s Alive!!!
the old man in the hat I don’t like horror shows. Never did. Maybe it has something to do with living in the boondocks. When you scream, there really is no one around to hear you. Watching scary shows, alone, late at night, is just too creepy. When you...
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...
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...