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Several years back, in 2011, Plaster Rock resident Nancy reed along with her friend Janice Beaudoin began experimenting with making hand crafted soaps just like our grandmothers (or great grandmothers, or great great depending on your age!) used to make.   Their hobby took off, and they have been...

Stephanie Kelley Recently, I’ve been on natural pro-biotic food odyssey, exploring and experimenting with lacto-fermented vegetables. I was therefore quite excited to learn about a fermented pro-biotic beverage I had never heard of called water kefir.   Both milk and water kefir are pro-biotic beverages made with kefir grains,...

Stephanie Kelley Don’t you just hate it when you lose stuff, especially favourite glove in the middle of winter? And, this time of year gloves seem to want to jump out of our pockets, fall out of our cars…or maybe there are inter-dimensional glove pixies playing with our minds...

Stephanie Kelley Jennifer and Jason thought they had a cat named Petey, but as it turned out, Petey had much bigger ideas….   Petey came to live with the couple in their apartment at Victoria Villa when he was a wee kitten during the summer of 2012. He quickly...

Stephanie Kelley & Big-n-Yellow The 1st Perth-Andover Sparks Unit meets at the Andover Elementary School every Tuesday night. The girls take up a number of causes, and their promise is : “I promise to share and be a friend.” They certainly did that and more with their recent challenge...

Stephanie Kelley If you missed the opportunity to join the Tomlinson Lake Hike to Freedom last fall, you can jump on board the Underground Railroad and participate in the Tomlinson Lake Snowshoe to Freedom celebration on March 8! Joe Gee has organized this signature event to honour our history...

Stephanie Kelley Family Fun Day at the 2014 Winter Carnival was glorious! The weather was beautiful…. Oh, it was a little cold, but the sun shone brightly and a great time was had by all. All that snow we’ve accumulated got put to very good use by being piled...

Stephanie Kelley Don’t you just love checking out the community bulletin boards at our local markets? You can find all kinds of local goods and services offered. During recent visits to my local grocers, I was intrigued by a colourful poster advertising hand loomed bracelets and key chains, complete...

Stephanie Kelley We are lucky to be blessed with three grocery stores in our village. Our old Co-Op was reborn as a Foodland in October of 2011. Managed by Greg Stone, the store is constantly working to make improvements and additions to goods and services. During a recent visit...

By Francine St. Amand As I learn more about the opportunities which are lounging around dormant until we awake them, I feel like pulling the blankets over my head and hiding until all this economic chaos passes.   You see, on the one hand, I want to stay firmly...