Stephen Burroughs is infamous for his counterfeiting activities back in the 1790s and early 1800s. It was in the Eastern …
CHURCHES GALORE
Religious Heritage has grown BIG. The Bury Historical & Heritage Society used to organize an annual one-day open house of …
Riding high, looking great!
COOKSHIRE CHICKENS It’s hard to miss the Cookshire Fair this week, Thursday to Sunday. But alas, chickens will be missed. …
HMM. HEMP.
It was 1800 and hemp had a future in Eaton Township. And then it didn’t.These days I am reading the …
FOOTPRINTS
Footprints into Newport Township, the big historical book by Frederick Edmund Hurd based on his ancestors’ accounts, is the topic …
MUSIC, ART
CANTERBURY CONCERTCanterbury Concert: Paula Chiasson, Normand Breton, and Christian Nolet offer a concert at the Canterbury Centre on June 21st …
ONE BREATH
I’d personally like to invite you, dear reader, to the launch of my first book of haiku poetry, One More …
GREEN THUMBS UP!
To be honest, I don’t know a lot about gardening. What I do know dates back to another time and …
STOP FIRE!
SOPFEU! Oh – you mean Stop Fire!?Actually, SOPFEU means Société de protection des forêts contre le feu. We all need …
BOLDLY GO
Did you miss the eclipse? Were you stuck in the mud, and forgot to look up at the stars? Maybe …
STUFF
Our regional eco-centre is open again for the season, at 105 Maine Central, Bury. You can take an amazing array …
HAPPY 50th!
Just published―the Townships Sun’s 50th Anniversary Legacy Edition, a full 52 pages of stories and images reflecting on the life …
B=BOOKS
A book club in the boonies?I must confess I’ve never been part of a book club before, but as Colleen …
ARTS, EVEN
Into my email box every morning comes a little news digest of items of interest to persons of illicit language …
I AM XANIA
Wanted: Creative youth aged 11 to 29 who live in the Eastern Townships.Do you enjoy making art? Taking photos? Putting …
MR. & MRS. BULWER BULWER
Bulwer is in their blood, so to speak.We’re talking about Leigh and Peggy Grapes, the movers and shakers behind the …
SWISH, SWISH
When my father’s father died of pneumonia, the nurse tried in vain to wrest his teeth out of his mouth. …
Whoosh
Whoosh. Thud.Writing these words on December 13, destined to be read on January 3rd, I try to imagine myself on …
Thank You, Pierre!
A good journalist, like a good person, is one who can admit their mistakes. One who gives credit to others, …
Community
I have no easy remedy to offer for the grave ills that afflict the earth, almost all inflicted by humans …
DID YOU FORGET?
If you didn’t make it to the recent conference on the military history of Bury, you can still have a …