Tobique Dam Bridge Closure
It’s enough to make a concerned citizen wonder if there’s a conspiracy afoot to destroy the Village of Perth-Andover. On February 27th representatives from the Department of Transport and Infrastructure met with Emergency Personnel and members of DNR and the Village Council to announce that the Tobique Dam Bridge...
February is heart month
While all of February is Heart Month, the week of February 7-14 is Congenital Heart Defects Week. As couples around the world celebrate their romances, the parents of children born with congenital heart defect celebrate their children’s survival and lives. Congenital heart defects are the Number One killer of...
We All Need Hotel Dieu
The Powers That Be have spoken again: Hotel Dieu in Perth-Andover is to lose more services and jobs. This turn of the screw could be seen coming down pike at us, but one can always hope. The Hospital Foundation and local citizens are fighting this blow to our community....
UFO Over Perth-Andover?
This intriguing picture was taken in 2006 by Tim and Nance McNally of Perth-Andover. The couple were taking photographs of the river above the village for a contest and did not see the anomaly until they looked at the pictures on their computer screen. Many governments around the...
New Brunswick Government Continues Denial with Pseudo Study
The New Brunswick government is commencing a study of ways to mitigate future flooding in Perth-Andover. Yet not surprisingly, they have decided to completely ignore key points in favor of promoting the “Act of God” scenario which completely absolves them of any accountability. In their recent press release, they...
GOODBYE FLINTSTONES, HELLO JETSONS!
The Carleton Victoria Community Inclusion Network held a focus group recently to address the issues of rural poverty and transportation in the province. If you live in rural New Brunswick, you are pretty much trapped if you do not own a car or have access to a ride to...
Community Garden in Perth-Andover!
The wheels are turning and the gears are beginning to mesh on the Perth-Andover Community Garden Project. The village of P-A has some funds available to help kick start this project, and we sure have plots of land to use for gardens within the village these days. But...
Cash Mobs
Many interesting and innovative ideas and movements are springing up all around the world to help boost local economies during these strange days upon the planet. Times are tough all over for small, independent business people as giant corporations wallow in their own greed and excess and smash small...
A New Vision for Perth-Andover and Hotel Dieu
“SPEM REDUXIT” is the motto of the Province of New Brunswick It means “HOPE was restored”. In this beautiful part of northwestern New Brunswick, following the disastrous flood of March 23- 25, 2012 in Perth-Andover, we need to have our “HOPE restored” ! The Hotel Dieu Hospital Defence Committee...
Rising from the Ashes
We’ve certainly had a tumultuous and devastating spring so far. But, we have a new team on the job in our Town Hall and hopes are high that we’ll see some real change and progress for Perth-Andover. Terry Ritchie reiterated to us that he stands for a New Way...