Year: 2015
Five Tommie greats that included Miramichi’s own Father Scott, and a medal-winning men’s basketball team joined the St. Thomas University Sports Wall of Fame at a special ceremony on June 20th in Fredericton. “Gordie Wheaton, Callum MacPhee, Crystal Cernivz (MacFarlane), Bob Mabie, Father J. Arthur Scott and the men’s basketball team from 2003-04 represent the…
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George Routledge’s fly shop in Renous is legendary among local fishermen. More than just a shop, George always knows what the fishing is like in the area, thanks to his many friends, and fellow shop owners. When George left the army after 25 years, he moved over to the Miramichi and opened his fly shop.…
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The Miecon Ironmen had a 2-0 lead going into the bottom of the 7th inning but couldn’t close the deal as they suffered a 3-2 set back. Junior call up Nick Leggatt tossed 6.2 innings , giving up zero earned runs while striking out 4. In 13.2 innings this year, Leggatt has yet to give […]
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The parade in celebration of Tabusintac Old Home Week happened yesterday, Monday August 3rd, 2015. Everything from family reunion floats, antique cars, and local businesses to baton twirlers, horses and various organizations participated. A large crowd cheered on family and friends as they made their way along the main street of Tabusintac. Click to enlarge any of…
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All roads lead to Tabusintac this week as Old Home Week celebrations are now well under way and will continue throughout the week before concluding with the Farewell Dance on Saturday night, August 8th. Click here to get the full schedule of events. Yesterday a large crowd came out to the Tabusintac Wharf to watch the boat parade.…
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Lunenburg (2015, Vagrant Press) is a Canadian reprint of a UK novel previously released in 2000. It is a detective/mystery novel which originally begins in 1970 outside Lunenburg, but ends in Halifax in the year … Read more…
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Bay du Vin Summer Survival once again held their famous frog races yesterday, Saturday August 1st, in the rink. The frog races started when Summer Survival began 31 years ago and are still one of the biggest family events at the festival. This year over 100 frogs were registered. Congratulations to the top three winners of the frog race! Emma Pelletier…
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By S. Glidden Remnants of glass, pottery and metal from implements used in the daily lives of European settlers are still visible on local beaches today. These are historic period artifacts dating to the early 16th century when Europeans first settled this part of eastern Canada. In the following article, three historic period artifacts found…
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The Miecon Ironmen swept the Charlottetown Islanders 2-1 and 3-2 in a doubleheader on a very wet Saturday night. Jamie walls had 14 strikeouts in game one and Jimmy Russell drove home Darren hardy with the winning run in game 2. Kevin Bowes took the win.. Ironmen improve to 16-10 on the season. Next home […]
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The Middle Island Irish Heritage Festival is under way and will continue throughout the weekend with lots of fun activities for the whole family. To find out more details and what’s happening when, click here to read the story we published earlier this week.. Click to enlarge any of the photos below that we snapped when…
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Game play started last night, Friday July 31st, in the 39th Annual Miramichi Valley Baseball League (MVBL) Old-timers Tournament with the Chatham Head Tigers and the MVBL Stars hitting the field. Stands were full of appreciative fans who came to cheer on their team. Also part of the Friday evening activities were the Sonny Ramsay Memorial…
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Bill “Andy” Anderson, also known as the “VW Bug Guy” and “shutter bug” hobbyist invites you to his 4th Annual Exhibition and Sale of over 100 photographs at the New Jersey Community Hall (formerly one room school) off Route 11 in New Jersey, NB. The dates for this exhibition are Saturday August 1st through Saturday…
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The forecast is looking like cooler cloudy weather with rain possibilities for most of this NB Day long-weekend, but on the brighter side the holiday Monday is shaping up to be a beauty! Let’s keep our fingers crossed that Mother Nature gives us some sunshine and you and your family get out to enjoy at least some of the…
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