Elks Dinner and Silent Auction Fund Raiser
The Perth Elks Club hosted a terrific dinner on March 15th. This annual event, which includes a meal and a silent auction, is to raise funds to support the summer camp for the hearing impaired at Magaguadavic Lake. Each summer during the first full week of August the...
Workshop at the Negotkuk Wellness Center
Every Tuesday night the Negotkuk Wellness Center has been hosting workshops sponsored by the Negotkuk Language Initiative. The workshops have been on all manner of topics. On March 4th Doreen Sappier gave a workshop teaching participants how to craft their own hand made chemical free lotions and soaps using...
Tomlinson Lake Snowshoe Adventure
The first annual Tomlinson Lake Snowshoe to Freedom Event on March 8 made for a fun-filled, if chilly, outdoor adventure for everyone who attended. One hundred and fifty people of all ages braved the brisk wind to share in the day’s festivities. This is more than double the crowd...
Creating Community Connectors Workshop
The Carleton-Victoria Community Inclusion Network hosted a Community Conversation Workshop at the Perth-Andover Baptist Church on the evening of February 26, 2014. Seventeen people from a wide variety of fields and backgrounds attended this workshop. They came from Upper Kent, Plaster Rock, Perth-Andover, Kilburn and Bath. With the...
Perth-Andover Scotiabank Bakes for a Cause!
Stephanie Kelley The Perth-Andover Scotiabank crew stepped up to the plate to help raise funds for the Andover Elementary Playground. A fence was needed, as well as some upgrades and repairs to some of the equipment. The school receive funding for the work, but must pay for the...
SPCA News
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 Tobicrafters Finish the Star Quilt
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...
Growing Community with a Community Garden
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...
Water Woes in the Village
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...
More Great Small Local Businesses!
There were many wonderful craft items on display at the Visitor’s Centre in Plaster Rock during World Pond Hockey! Albert Beaulieu makes hand turned burl bowls that are both beautiful and useful. Albert also makes the hand turned trophy cups that are awarded each year to the winning...