Moving Day at Last!
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REDEFINING PERTH-ANDOVER: IT′S EVERYONE′S RESPONSIBILITY
Doug Griffiths, author of ῝13 Ways to Kill Your Community″, outlines his observations of what people do that contribute to their community′s decline. The following is a summary of point #13 in his book. Don’t Take Responsibility Lack of housing and financial resources, declining volunteerism, high...
PLANTING THE IDEA FOR A HORTICULTURAL CENTRE OF the UPPER ST. JOHN RIVER VALLEY In Perth-Andover
Tree Talk: Telling the Story of the Village The idea of developing a Horticultural Centre was presented to the Perth-Andover Village Council on September 18. I presented this idea in the hopes that it could be considered as an alternative to a Golf Course which is being “proposed” for...
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...
Virile Crayfish
We got a phone call earlier this week to tell us that Perth-Andover resident Don Taylor had found a baby lobster walking along the sidewalk in front of his downtown apartment over Al McPhail’s office. Well, this wasn’t exactly in the same league as a Bigfoot or UFO sighting...
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...
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...
Biking 2 Be the Change
Kilderic Moroy is making a solo bike journey across Canada to bring awareness to the environmental issues facing us today. He began his cross country adventure in Vancouver on May 1st and plans to end the journey in St. Johns, Newfoundland. I met him on day 78 as he...
The Irony of LONELINESS in Our Super-Connected World
At the risk of committing social suicide, I am broaching the taboo topic of LONELINESS. It’s taboo because to admit to feeling lonely is like being outed as a total loser in high school. It’s far more socially acceptable (these days) to say you’re depressed that to use the...
Wolf Spiders & Arachnophobia
Have you seen one of these big guys around your house or yard lately? Don’t freak out! It’s a harmless and beneficial wolf spider. People have been reporting finding big scary spiders running around in their homes recently. These large critters are not nearly as big as some...