The Spring 2008 Hotel Dieu Dinner and Auction was held Saturday, April 19, at the Perth-Andover Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 36 and featured a meal prepared by Carol Andersen and crew followed by many dozens of items going under the auctioneers' gavels and in a silent auction and raffle.

The people of Northern Carleton have a reputation of providing support in times of need, and local residents are once again reaching out and demonstrating their expected generosity.

Luc M. Levesque, a long time resident of Grand Falls, has registered as a South Ward candidate in the upcoming May 12 municipal election. Nine candidates are in the running for the Ward's four available seats.

Traditional sheriff’s vans are being replaced with more fuel-efficient cars equipped with police packages. The vehicles are part of the provincial government’s Green Vehicle Policy, and its commitment in the New Brunswick Climate Change Action Plan to leadby example.

The New Brunswick Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (NBSPCA) has a groundbreaking resource directory to add to its collection of animal welfare tools.

Verne Savage, who is seeking reelection as one of the North Ward’s four councillors in the May 12 municipal elections, expects to attend the May 1 public meeting hosted by the New Brunswick Police Association to address the issue pertaining to the future of the Town Police Force.

The cost to a person who is caught littering is steep, but a littered fast-food cup almost cost a Jacksontown skunk his life.

Energy Minister Jack Keir is supportive of the program, and praised the initiative.

A Canterbury woman who was convicted of criminal negligence causing the death of her two-year-old daughter won't be released from prison pending her appeal.

Twenty-one-year-old Tobique First Nation resident Evan Paul, who threatened to shoot police officers and their families during a March 27 incident, was sentenced to five and a half months in provincial jail when he appeared for sentencing before Grand Falls provincial court judge Jacques Desjardins on Tuesday, April 22.Paul sat in the prisoner's bench and stared ahead while Crown prosecutor Charles Couturier detailed the events which led to charges being laid against the young man by the RCMP following the March 27th incident at Tobique First Nation.During an earlier court appearance, Paul pleaded guilty to assaulting RCMP Constable Stéphane Robichaud on March 27; uttering a threat to Cst.

Those who were looking for a great combination of interesting projects and those that explained many things that hadn't been explained before would have found them at the April 23 Perth-Andover Middle School Science Fair.