Legendary Local Musical Duo Honoured
A group from the Seventh Day Adventist Church recently dropped in on Amos Kelly to present him an award, a plaque in gratitude for all the entertaining he has done over his nearly 80 years of playing music. It was a total surprise to him and to Kathleen...
Cinderella’s Coach at the Bath Meeting House
A few weeks back, I received an invitation to visit the Art Gallery at the Bath Meeting House to see a new sculpture by local artist Michelle Kazakos. I have driven by the Bath Meeting House dozens of times without ever really registering its existence, but this little...
Walking the Plank & Taking the Plunge!
We heard about this wonderful wedding party that took place in August of 2012 and asked if we could share some photos of this celebration with our readers. Jeffrey and Rhonda Pelkey tied the knot in a fun fashion by throwing themselves a Pirate themed party. They...
High School Outdoor Pursuits Course
The Outdoor Pursuits course is a hands-on course offered by the Southern Victoria High School in Perth-Andover with a classroom component. It is designed to introduce or reconnect students with things and activities that happen outside of a computer screen, television or a handheld device. The main units...
Local Author Publishes New Novel
Martin Beaulieu of Perth-Andover has just published the third novel in his historical science-fiction themed trilogy of books. I met with Martin the other day to find out more about his work. As it turns out, I’d heard of him originally some 30 years ago when my mom...
The Village of Plaster Rock is hosting their 2nd Annual Soap Box Derby on September 15, 2012. These races, which use the force of gravity only to power the vehicles, have been around almost as long as auto racing. In the wake of the very first car...
The Soul of a Home
The tragedy of the Perth-Andover Flood of 2012 continues to unfold and traumatize as our beautiful and historic old homes are demolished and wiped off the pages of history due to flood damage. We’ve had a number of readers tell us they wanted to see stories about these...
Hosta Art
In the last issue of the Blackfly Gazette we ran a brief story about the Underground Railroad into New Brunswick. I had no idea that fugitives from slavers in the United States had made the terrifying flight to freedom through little Fort Fairfield and into our province. In...
A Little Trip Down Memory Lane….
A couple of issues back we did a story on the old Stewart farmhouse, “Hillhurst” in Perth-Andover, and how the enterprising Stewart Sisters ran it as a tourist home back in the good old days. We got a lot of comments on that piece, and in particular, lots...
Local Lass Donates Hair to Locks of Love
When young Brooke McDougall (daughter of Alison and Walter McDougall of Perth-Andover) learned about “Locks of Love” she immediately decided to begin growing her own hair to donate to the cause. Locks of Love is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing highest quality hairpieces to financially disadvantaged children...