A Laypersons Journey to Understanding by “Un Recipiente Vacío” Welcome to a commentary on issues and thoughts on faith, belief and religious understanding from a non- professional perspective. Opinions expressed are my own and may reflect your understanding of religious thought or may be totally off the wall. The...

Big Tig here, .   The other day I was trying to teach Angie to count.  It seems this is going to be a long term goal, for both of us.  Angie says it’s my method, I am pretty sure it’s my student.  This is how it goes…. When...

By: D.C. Butterfield   I once knew a feller who wore “stamper boots” and kept a street-fighters “scrapbook” whose favorite saying was, “You got that happy right big guy!” One time up at camp he sagely remarked that, “The bear sausage was barely grizzled and grizzly!” ‘Pon my soul!...

From the editor…. Stephanie Kelley Everything in our universe is conscious, the air around us, the soil under our feet and all the cells in our bodies. We carry on dialogs with ourselves and the world around us all the time, in fact.   We think or give voice...

The SPCA Pond Hockey Fundraising Event was a great success, generating much needed money to support the cause of our homeless pets….and rewarding 3 lucky winners with great prizes!   There were two raffle draws for a cool $100 based on numbers drawn on squares picked that were super-imposed...

the old man in the hat Fiscal responsibility. Living within our means. Right sizing. Building for the next generation.   All good sentiments. Catch phrases of our Torrid Government.   I am not sure what the department of highways has done. I do not know whether they are in...

Early in January I visited with the Tobicrafters at one the bi-weekly quilting bees they hold at the Anglican Church in Andover. (See story here)   The ladies were just beginning to put together a new quilt, with a top in a beautiful star pattern in white and shades...

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...

Many village residents woke up on Wednesday morning to discover that they had no water…a cap had come off the water main next to the Stedman’s Building on Perth Main Street. Water was pouring out of the ground and running across the street over the break. An emergency crew...

The Perth-Andover Business Connection is a local business support group begun that was organized in 2012. We now have some 35 local business members, and are looking for new members to bring new voices and ideas to our local business dialog.   A meeting and wine and cheese social...