Summer Solstice Bonfire
Francine St Amand and the Vigil Aunties held a Summer Solstice gathering and bonfire to celebrate the new season on the evening of June 21st. The weather was beautiful, the conversation entertaining, the fire crackled merrily and the bugs kept away so it was a perfect night to...
Perth-Andover Business Connection Kick-Off
Last fall local Perth business people created the Perth-Andover Business Connection in order to promote local mall businesses and to bring awareness to the need for us all to think local in order for our communities to thrive. The official kick-off was held on Saturday, June 28th with local...
Bikers for a Cause… Ride for a Dream
Four young men from Toronto are biking from Toronto to St Johns, Newfoundland this month to raise public awareness. They are on a mission to End Violence Against Women, One Province at a Time. They stopped in for lunch at the 878 Bistro in Perth-Andover on a rain...
THE PERTH-ANDOVER COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS INITIATIVE
COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS is an idea that is going to become more familiar to people in Perth-Andover and Surrounding Area over the next year. Over the winter, Francine St.Amand made an offer to the Village Council to organize a series of monthly 2-hr workshops/information sessions – covering topics that have...
Social Enterprise Workshop
In order for our villages to thrive and to revitalize our small town business communities the Social Enterprise Business Model offers the best of all worlds. Social Enterprises are businesses whose primary purpose is the common good as it provides jobs for workers and needed services and goods to...
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...
Chocolate is my bestest friend
The Castle Inn in Perth-Andover hosted their first Annual Chocolate Cake contest on the evening of March 1st. The event was a smashing success! Over 40 people showed up to sample the delicious cakes entered in the contest. Folks were so enthusiastic that the Castle plans to make this...
Baptist Church Rebuilds on Higher Ground
Perth-Andover lost a century landmark when the Perth-Andover Baptist Church was torn down on August 22, 2012. It was not an elegant building but it had stood solidly for more than a hundred years as a testament to the grace of God and the fortitude of the small congregation....
High School Outdoor Pursuits Course
The Outdoor Pursuits course is a hands-on course offered by the Southern Victoria High School in Perth-Andover with a classroom component. It is designed to introduce or reconnect students with things and activities that happen outside of a computer screen, television or a handheld device. The main units...
Shimmer & Shine…It’s All About the Feet!
If our eyes are the windows to our soul, our feet are the mirrors of our health. We tend to take our feet for granted, until they act up on us. And those poor pups at the end of our legs sure work hard over the course of our...