It’s Time Again! Gathering of the Scots
Rod MacIntosh 2014 will mark the 13th consecutive year of the Gathering of the Scots Festival in Perth-Andover, NB. Born from a single concept in 2002, “The Gathering” has grown every year to become Perth-Andover’s largest festival of the summer and one of the fastest growing cultural celebrations in...
Women’s Day Was For Everyone!
Stephanie Kelley The Second Annual Women’s Day took place at the River Valley Civic Centre on April 26, a glorious spring day. Over 40 booths were set up to display an array of a wide spectrum of goods and services available in the River Valley. It was also a...
Flood Watch 2014
Happy Easter to All! And Perth-Andover has so far received the very best Easter present of all…. No flood. We dodged the bullet for another year, but what about the years to come? Beleaguered village residents have lived through what seems like the longest and most suspenseful horror...
Crime Wave in the Village
There has been an unusually high amount of break-ins, robberies and home thefts recently in the area. A number of homes, garages and sheds have been robbed, sometimes while the owners were home. Residents in Tobique Narrows have been targeted recently. One resident was robbed as he and...
Perth-Andover Floodland Repurposing Plans Unveiled at Meeting
There was a distinct lack of enthusiasm in the air at the recent unveiling of the pictures created by the Glenn Group for possible flood land re-purposing in the village. Front and centre were large images of a nine hole golf course proposed for Andover which stimulated a...
Paul Harris Rotary Award Ceremony
The Royal Canadian Legion hosted a lovely dinner and award ceremony on Friday night to recognize the community work and contributions of Rod MacIntosh and Mike Allen. They were recipients of the Paul Harris Award, the Rotary Club’s highest honour. Pat Perry, a Rotary member and multiple Paul...
Perth Elks Support SV Skate Club
This year marks the 20th anniversary of the Southern Victoria Skate Club, a non-profit organization which is dedicated to promoting safe skating with the town’s youth. Monday, March 17th marked the last practice for the season for the club. The Perth Elks Club had pledged to donate $350 to...
Workshop at the Negotkuk Wellness Center
Every Tuesday night the Negotkuk Wellness Center has been hosting workshops sponsored by the Negotkuk Language Initiative. The workshops have been on all manner of topics. On March 4th Doreen Sappier gave a workshop teaching participants how to craft their own hand made chemical free lotions and soaps using...
Tomlinson Lake Snowshoe Adventure
The first annual Tomlinson Lake Snowshoe to Freedom Event on March 8 made for a fun-filled, if chilly, outdoor adventure for everyone who attended. One hundred and fifty people of all ages braved the brisk wind to share in the day’s festivities. This is more than double the crowd...
Growing Community with a Community Garden
There’s still snow on the ground up to our eyeballs and higher…but it’s time to start planning our community garden for 2014! Clifford and Sylvia Crawford have generously donated the use of their property just off Legion Street in Andover, behind the Wesleyan Church. During 2013, 8 people...