Category: Issue 52

Re-Purposing Perth-Andover:

The Demographic Factor Francine St. Amand In recent issues of Blackfly, I discussed the Educational, Environmental and Economic factors in the pitch to restore and redevelop the flood-prone areas – primarily on the Andover side – as a naturalized park. This park would allow space to integrate other community...

Greed is a Good Thing

By Linda Nicholas Editor’s Note: On April 25 a Social Enterprise Development Dialog was presented at the Pond-Deshpande Centre in Saint John. Several folks from Perth-Andover attended the presentation, the following essay is from Linda Nicholas, who attended the dialog. Social Enterprise is For Profit Businesses creating Shared Values…...

An Old Fashioned May Day Celebration

Back in the Olden Days before we had Social Media and texting to reach out and touch people, there was the charming old tradition of showing your interest or affection to others by gifting them with a hand -made May Basket.   An interested party would make a basket,...