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By Francine St.Amand Most people would agree that being in a natural setting is relaxing and refreshing. The effect that nature has on our minds has been the subject of psychology research for a least a century and more intensely in the last few decades. This brain/nature connection is...

Stephanie Kelley Last Friday I stopped in at Nissen’s Market to pick up a few items and found that a couple of long distance bikers had stopped into Nissen’s for a snack and break from the road. One of the bikers told me they were biking across the country,...

Stephanie Kelley The Larlee Creek Hullabaloo and the Village of Perth-Andover worked together to host a fabulous evening of free music featuring some of our most talented local young musicians. The concert had to be moved from its originally scheduled date and so took place on a perfect summer...

Stephanie Kelley Sixteen students at Tobique First Nation have just successfully completed the 12 week heavy equipment training course that was brought to the community by High Velocity College, a heavy equipment training school based in Alberta. The company was started seven years ago and now offers training courses...

Stephanie Kelley The Trailer Park in Perth-Andover is now home to a number of stray and homeless cats. This cat colony, which some people estimate to consist of 30 to 50 cats, has now reached critical mass and council finally addressed the issue at their last meeting. The cat...

Stephanie Kelley Dean Butterfield had been promising to take me on a nature hike to see the where the Frobisher’s Louseworts grow. These plants are endangered, and rare… in fact, they have only ever been found growing in one location, and that is near the river outside of Aroostook....

Stephanie Kelley Last year, Francine St Amand and her son Luke had such a blast at the 2013 Larlee Creek Hullabaloo that they wanted to find a way to introduce the fabulousness of this music festival to more local people. Some people grumble about the price of tickets, even...

Stephanie Kelley So who was Tappan Adney? I got the invitation to attend the book launch of the second volume of Tappan Adney’s Travel Journals at the library. I promptly ordered a copy of Volume One through the library to learn more and quickly discovered that Edwin Tappan Adney...

Stephanie Kelley Bikers from all over Canada and throughout the US converged on the area over the weekend of July 18 & 19, 2014 as the Annual Carleton County Toy Run delivered toys and donations to Hotel Dieu in Perth-Andover. Before the bikers made their visit to the hospital...

Stephanie Kelley The microbrew beer industry has exploded in popularity over the past five years. Craft beer sales have gone from 3 percent of total beer sales in North America to 12 percent, a growth of 400 percent over those five years. The craft beer industry got off to...