Sheree Fitch delights students with favourite poems
There's A Mouse In My House. Toes In My Nose. There Were Monkeys In My Kitchen. Sleeping Dragons All Around. One More Step. If I Were The Moon. If You Could Wear My Sneakers.
2009 festival funding now available
Mike Allen, Member of Parliament for Tobique-Mactaquac, reminded local groups of the application deadlines for funding festival and community anniversaries taking place next year.
Going For Gold concert
The John Caldwell Senior Concert band held their Going For Gold concert for family members and music lovers on Sunday. The 36 band members, along with 17 chaperones, will leave for New York City early Thursday morning to participate in the Heritage Music Festival, competing against high school bands from all over Canada and the United States.
MADD urges students to consider dangers of drunk driving
It's a big screen that brings a big message. MADD or Mothers Against Drunk Driving were in the region last week using giant video screens to give maximum impact to their presentations to high school, middle school and elementary students.
Rambot will defend Tobique Valley's honour at Robots EAST
There's something secretive going on in the twilight hours at a local mill. Sparks flicker from welding torches, hammers bang and power tools hum as Rambot rises from his skeleton of metal pieces and comes to life.
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Covered Bridge opened - until heavy winds blow
Hartland’s covered bridge is open, but, if a stiff breeze blows down the river, motorists will once again be inconvenienced.
Creating Success | The Enemy at the Gate
Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point. ~C.S. Lewis
Grand Falls publishes its own tourism guide
Following months of preparation, the Town of Grand Falls' Economic Development, Tourism and Culture Department has launched its new 28-page tourism guide.Inside its pages, the guide features the history of Grand Falls and the falls and gorge which have made the town famous, as well as a list of restaurants and accommodations, a road map and a list of things for tourists to see and do while in town.
Gildard Lavoie, candidate for Grand Falls mayor
After two mandates as a Grand Falls Town Councillor, Gildard Lavoie now wants to serve his community as its next mayor. Lavoie is one of two candidates for the position in the upcoming May 12 municipal elections.
Phone scam warning issued
Grand Falls Town Police have issued a warning to residents pertaining to a 90# telephone number scam.
Perth-Andover library update
Reading Rainbow: All preschoolers interested in a weekly program that includes stories, songs, games, crafts and laughs are invited to the library on Fridays at 10:30 in the morning! Remember, an adult must accompany children. On May 2 we will be discussing plants.
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Locomotive pieces donated to local museum
Two pieces of what are believed to be parts of locomotive #508 which tumbled into the Saint John River on June 21, 1900 following the collapse of the CPR railway bridge in Grand Falls were recently donated to the Grand Falls Museum by Eric Ouellette, a professional engineer who has been spearheading the search to locate and recover the locomotive from the bottom of the riverbed.
Council doubles donation to Scottish festival
Perth-Andover Village Council agreed to double their cash contribution for the 2008 Gathering of the Scots festival to $2,000 at their April 14 meeting.
Spring bear-hunting season now open
Spring bear-hunting season opened in New Brunswick on Monday, April 21, and runs until Saturday, June 28. It is illegal for hunters to harvest female bears accompanied by one ormore cubs.
Plaster Rock library news
Story Hour is a program for preschool children ages 3 to kindergarten at the library.
Deal of the century
After nearly 25 years of negotiations, the Woodstock First Nation finally received financial compensation for lands lost over the past century.
SPCA pets of the week
Three frisky felines are the Pets of the Week at the Victoria County SPCA animal shelter in Arthurette. The little kittens are siblings but they are looking for good homes of their own.
P-A Trade Fair highlights local business
The temperature was high enough for everyone to be walking in shirtsleeves outside even though it was cool in the River Valley Civic Centre where many dozens of exhibitors were waiting to show off their products and services.
Growing in the seed business
It can be a hobby. It can be a form of survival. Or – as it is for one local businesswoman – organic farming can be a huge venture requiring hard work and dedication while providing to a long list of old and new clients.
Police rule out foul play
Police have completely ruled out foul play in the weekend death of a 40-year-old Woodstock man, but they are still awaiting reports to determine what happened to Alex Harding.
Sexual assault, breach of probation
A 17-year-old Tobique First Nation teenager was sentenced on April 15 to 80 days in jail as well as 40 days to be served in the community and supervised probation in the wake of his conviction on a sexual assault charge and a charge of committing a breach of his probation by failing to keep the peace and be of good behaviour.
SPCA pets of the week
Looking for a friend to share cozy evenings by the fire, afternoon naps on the sun porch or rainy afternoons curled up with a good book? Two refined felines at the Victoria County SPCA animal shelter in Arthurette are ready to provide that companionship.
Plaster Rock library news
The library will be closed Friday, April 25 for staff Professional Development Day.
Musical Festival classroom singers praised for performance, preparation
The shirts were pressed, the dresses smoothed and long hair tied back in neat ponytails. There was even a tie here and there. With a nervous smile, they climbed the steps of the risers and took their places. It was time.
Music festival stars shine at final concert
There were more than songs in the air at the Victoria County Music Festival's final concert held at Donald Fraser Memorial School on Friday, April 11. The gymnasium exploded with excitement as the Adagio Youth Singers were named senior stars while Pierre Sirois and Melanie Saucier shared junior star honours.
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