Summer Solstice Bonfire
Francine St Amand and the Vigil Aunties held a Summer Solstice gathering and bonfire to celebrate the new season on the evening of June 21st. The weather was beautiful, the conversation entertaining, the fire crackled merrily and the bugs kept away so it was a perfect night to...
Bikers for a Cause… Ride for a Dream
Four young men from Toronto are biking from Toronto to St Johns, Newfoundland this month to raise public awareness. They are on a mission to End Violence Against Women, One Province at a Time. They stopped in for lunch at the 878 Bistro in Perth-Andover on a rain...
VIGIL AUNTIES: Celebrating Success
Back in September, when I started experimenting with this idea of the Vigil Aunties, I was responding to what I observed as a “collective community nervous breakdown” – the aftermath of the Flood. This Saturday, May 25th , the Vigil Aunties will be hosting its 8th campfire gathering (November’s...
THE PERTH-ANDOVER COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS INITIATIVE
COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS is an idea that is going to become more familiar to people in Perth-Andover and Surrounding Area over the next year. Over the winter, Francine St.Amand made an offer to the Village Council to organize a series of monthly 2-hr workshops/information sessions – covering topics that have...
One Year Later After the Flood of 2012
Saturday, March 23rd marked the one year anniversary since the historical Perth-Andover flood of 2012. It was a day filled with mixed emotions for many people affected by the flood. Some people were grateful that they had their homes back together and expressed thanks for all the help they...
Home town or clone town?
In order to rebuild our local communities and our sense of security and belonging we need to look to our past. Back in the days when small businesses made up the backbone of our local towns and villages, there were jobs and everyone was connected to the well-being...
From Village Auntie To Vigil Auntie
In September 2012, something called the Vigil Aunties emerged in Perth-Andover. Being the person who gave birth to this idea, I thought it was time to introduce myself. I am aware that people have mixed feelings and possibly alot of discomfort with the idea of the Vigil Aunties. This...
How About an Old Fashioned Christmas this Year?
Wouldn’t it be nice to get really excited again about the “Most Wonderful Time of the Year”? I hear so many people say they really don’t enjoy Christmas because it’s so stressful. This is a darn shame. This has unfortunately been slowly happening to me over the last...
Here is an Idea…
Christmas Gifting Birth of a New Tradition As the holidays approach, the giant Asian factories are kicking into high gear to provide Canadians with monstrous piles of cheaply produced goods – merchandise that has been produced at the expense of Canadian labour. This year will be different. This year...
Baptist Church Rebuilds on Higher Ground
Perth-Andover lost a century landmark when the Perth-Andover Baptist Church was torn down on August 22, 2012. It was not an elegant building but it had stood solidly for more than a hundred years as a testament to the grace of God and the fortitude of the small congregation....