Archive for May 2012
Blackville School Students Recall The Past
Students in Allan Carter’s Writing 110 class at Blackville School recently took part in a local history project in collaboration with Memories of Blackville. Sixteen students were involved in the “Recalling the Past” assignment. Students were given the option to write a biography about an elderly member of their family or someone in the community;…
Read MoreFormer Village Doctor Launches New Book
Dr. William O’Flaherty draws on thousands of patient encounters, both human and animal, for his new book Tomcats and House Calls: Memoir of a Country Doctor. O’Flaherty’s 24 stories about living and doctoring in rural Newfoundland and New Brunswick are filled with humour and poignancy – insight gained from 40+ years of facing life, death,…
Read MoreBlackville mayor knows about challenges, having won his battle with throat cancer
Hal Muck, the newly acclaimed mayor of Blackville, has plans for his village, even though as of last year, he couldn’t picture himself in the position of mayor. “I had indicated…I wasn’t even going to put my name in,” said Muck in an interview, noting his thoughts were preoccupied with a diagnosis of throat cancer.…
Read MoreBlackville Elects New Village Council
The polls have closed and the residents of Blackville have elected a new village council. Hal Muck has been appointed Mayor by acclamation. The elected councilors are Matthew Sturgeon, with a total of 393 votes; Christopher Hennessy, with 390 votes; and the re-elected Cindy Ross, with a total of 302 votes. Congratulations to the new…
Read MoreATV Club Celebrates Trail Opening
From MLA Jake Stewart: Today, May 12, represents a significant accomplishment for so many people. Upwards of 85 ATVs lined up in the Blackville Municipal Park this morning to witness the NB Trail (Former Rail Line) become a joint-use trail in which ATV owners would be granted official access for 3 seasons and 8 months…
Read MoreLocal Doctor Brings Aid to Haiti
Tiffany Keenan hadn’t even reached her teen years when her piano teacher Margery MacRae saw in her the making of a humanitarian. “She always said ‘Tiffany, I think you are going to be a missionary some day’ because I always liked [to dream of] travelling and it’s funny because I had never travelled as a…
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