Sent to us by one of our readers… Checking out at the store, the young cashier suggested to the much older woman, that she should bring her own grocery bags because plastic bags weren’t good for the environment.   The woman apologized and explained, “We didn’t have this ‘green...

I’ve read that Bobby Orr waited 35 years after his final NHL game to write a hockey book! So, that game was in 1978. You do the math! hockey changes – Cherry hasn’t. He’s still living in a corner (No pun intended!) back in the 70’s Boston/Orr era. Don...

Linda Nicholas Due to yet another challenging personal encounter this morning I got  thinking about the reason people will go to such frustrating lengths  to avoid admitting that they do not know something.  I have heard it said they are the three hardest words to say. Only once has...

A Laypersons Journey to Understanding We live in an interesting era. Over the last fifty years there has been a diminishment in the role of the traditional church in the lives of everyday people. By church, I simply refer to the very hierarchal, top down, organizational structure of many...

the old man in the hat Democracy is a tricky thing. Our particular version, even more so, as a representative democracy, carried out in the style of a parliamentary constitutional monarchy.   So…..We, The People, do not directly control the action. We elect others to act on our behalf....

From the editor… As I write this Easter Monday Morning, Fright Week has finally ended for the Village of Perth-Andover and we can at long last disengage the pause button and get on with our lives. While we were all living through the nail biting suspense of wondering if...

Andover Elementary students were thrilled to collect much needed funds to repair and improve their school playground from the big hearted efforts of the Perth-Andover branch of Scotiabank.   The bank’s staff recently pulled out their best recipes and got cooking in their own kitchens in order to host...

Lorna Demeria The old saying, “time flies when you’re having fun” must have been talking about fostering puppies. It’s hard to believe that all that time has passed and we have had some fun!   On February 24th, DunRoamin’ Stray and Rescue” had a call from a family. They...

You have a special place in my heart.  My father, Guilmond Beaulieu, grew up in your town. I have heard countless stories of many of you who were living in the community at the same time as him, and I loved hearing him re-tell these stories, as well as...

In my letter to the editor which appeared in the Victoria Star on March 19, I gave a breakdown of the three public events which had been held by the Glenn Group thus far since February 2013. These three public events were held to invite the public to be...