Category: Living Local

A visit with a local entrepreneur Joe’s Computer Repair

Joe Moore started up his computer repair business in Perth-Andover in 2006. He had been seeking ways to make money online and was continually getting viruses, errors and spyware in his own PC. As a result of the viruses, he found he was spending whatever money he made online...

THIS CRY

Man’s ability to think often renders him downright stupid   Two geologists were having a discussion. One geologist was more forward in his thinking, the other was rather narrow-minded, and therefore less wise than his colleague.   The geologists were discussing the tiny island we all live on. The...

SAVING OUR EARTH MOTHER

I remember, as a boy of five or six, going with my family to the Tobique River to spend Sunday afternoons swimming or picnicking. Our whole family; my mom, my dad, my brothers and sisters, and me. It was a happy time.   At that time, we could pick...

ARTS & CRAFTS CENTRE

The new Arts & Crafts Centre in Perth-Andover is getting in new , different and totally fantastic goodies every day. I stopped in recently and was amazed at the wealth and variety of creativity that is on display! The Centre is a true Art Gallery giving local artisans the...

Freestyle Fitness Inc

The newest business in Perth-Andover officially opened its doors to the public on December 10. CMC Freestyle Fitness Inc. is a beautiful new co-ed fitness facility, created to serve the village and surrounding area. Have you made a resolution for 2013 to improve your health and fitness? If so,...

WE’RE ALL DUNROAMIN’

Sometimes we get so tired of the reasons that people give for wanting to abandon a perfect little loving animal. A mature, caring personality would not stoop to such behaviour. A thinking person would not expect a pup to raise itself in the ways of humans, and expect that...

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...

We’re looking at Ty Gwyn Bed & Breakfast

The best thing about doing these little local business profiles we like to feature in the gazette is the opportunity it gives us to hang out and chat with local entrepreneurs. Even if we’ve been to some store or business a hundred times before, that doesn’t mean we actually...

WE’RE ALL DUNROAMIN’

Again, it is not just the DunRoamin’ group that advocates bringing pets indoors and making dogs part of the family instead of leaving them outside. Rather than re-invent the wheel, I would like to pass on these tips from the BC SPCA. They are very relevant here – a...

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...