“Hey man…what’s happening?”
The Old Man in the Hat Gomer Pyle, a 1960’s television sitcom character, favourite opening line was “Surprise, Surprise, Surprise”. Well, NB Liquor has recently reported that profits are down. That’s too bad. Maybe we are finally listening to the folks at the Department of Health and are living...
Local Family Creates Crafts Together Cellar Dweller Crafts
Doug and Sheila McKinley, along with their son Logan and daughter Cheyanne, operate Cellar Dweller Crafts out of their home in Rowena. Doug makes a wide variety of wood crafts, shelves and wooden ornaments and takes custom orders. Sheila, who is the Art Instructor at Southern Victoria High School,...
Hilery Hargrove Opens New Law Office in Plaster Rock
Barrister Hilery Hargrove has opened a law office in the Village of Plaster Rock. With his main office still located in Bristol, he will be open for practice two days a week in Plaster Rock. Hilery’s mother Polly Giberson was born in Weaver. She grew up on the...
A Little Slice of History
The grand old Stewart Furniture & Appliance Store survived the disastrous 2012 flood only to be utterly destroyed by fire a few weeks ago. The Village of Perth-Andover lost yet another fine old building and another irreplaceable bit of her living history. The business itself had had...
The great dictator… a vintage film for our times
In 1940 Charlie Chaplin made one of the very best anti-war movies ever filmed. Chaplin wrote, directed, produced, composed and starred in “The Great Dictator.” When this flick was released in 1940, the USA was still formally at peace with Nazi Germany. The film caused quite a...
Housekeeping Tales & The Servant Problem
I love Jane Austen’s novels, and find re-reading them to be the literary equivalent of eating comfort food. It’s always just such a delight to visit Regency England with Jane, and meet the people of her world as she describes them so perfectly, with all their human foibles laid...
From the Editor…
I recently watched the terrific documentary ‘Garbage Warrior’ which chronicles both the achievements and battles of renegade architect Michael Reynolds. He began experimenting with building self contained homes made from recycled materials in the 1970s in New Mexico. He, and his team of fellow innovators, began building deep-green, low...
Love’s Smile
Love’s Smile Love can be a song You sing to let you in It can lead you into romance It can lead you into sin, Love can be clear ecstasy If you always put it first The sweetest, fullest taste of wine That quenches nature’s thirst, Love can be...
Jamie Sutherland
To the Editor I am very concerned about genetically modified foods and I love the articles you publish in your paper. I started buying the paper for that reason and have grown to love it. I get so excited when the new issue comes out every couple of weeks....
WE’RE ALL DUNROAMIN’
OPERATION DESERT DOGS In January 2013, the Animal Rescue Corps (ARC) was called to assist with a case of animal hoarding in Palm Springs, California. The report suggested that a man was living in a small home with 20 – 30 dogs who were not being cared for. Once...