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By Brenda Goodine On a long cold night in winter, the Village of Perth-Andover, New Brunswick, a small community near the Appalachian Range snuggles in upon itself. Under a cover of wood smoke from “The Castle Inn”, quieted by huge snowbanks and the red rock fortress on either side...

Stephanie Kelley As any coach in any one of our community sports programs will tell you, it’s difficult to cover the many costs of managing and maintaining the teams. There are uniforms to purchase, entry fees for tournaments, travel costs, equipment…the list is endless! PAMs Varsity and JV Coach...

Stephanie Kelley “Story Book” was the theme of Family Literacy Night at Andover Elementary on the evening of January 23rd. Hundreds of people braved the cold to visit the school and enjoy a play and take in all the story book themed art, projects and posters that were on...

Stephanie Kelley Put on your long johns and big boots and come celebrate the 46th year of Winter Carnival in Perth-Andover! The carnival begins February 7th and runs through the 13th. Winter Carnival originated with a Carnival Queen Pageant that was brought to life by Karen Titus. The first...

Stephanie Kelley Perth-Andover resident Kate Williams is a lay minister and life-long student of God’s Word and the Bible. She has just published a book, “Diving Deep Into Faith”, that tells the story of her own spiritual journey as she came to truly and deeply have faith in God...

Stephanie Kelley Southern Victoria Minor Hockey got a welcome financial boost recently in the form of a generous $1,000 cheque from the Perth-Andover Scotiabank. Scotiabank is the bank of Canadian Hockey and as such donates hundreds of thousands of dollars annually to Minor Hockey programs in all communities throughout...

Jamie Sutherland Editor’s Note: On January 7 the tiny community of Wapske became ground zero for a terrifying conflagration as 16 cars of a CN Rail freight train derailed, 8 of which were loaded with crude oil and propane that exploded and caught on fire. Thankfully, there were no...

Great Art is for everyone!   Sistema is a free daily program that is bringing transformative social change to communities through music and orchestra. The program was begun in the barrios of Venezuela about 38 years ago to work with very poor and at risk children. 5 years ago,...

We post a number of public service announcements in the Blackfly, and we always include a little notice to tell folks about the times and dates of the TobiCrafters Quilting Bees. I didn’t know anything about the group….but I was curious so I contacted Beatrice Lockhart to find out...

Southern Victoria High School hosted the JV Valhalla Basketball Tournament on January 2nd and 3rd. The Woodstock Thunder Senior Exhibition Team took the Championship Banner, but the JV Vikings were thrilled to come away with the second place trophy after a valiantly played 3 game series.   A crowd...