Atholville News

The Mgr. J.-A. Godbout/La Petite-Rochelle chapter of the Societe de l'Acadie du Nouveau-Brunswick intends to ask at least two local municipal councils to pass a bylaw requiring all new commercial signage to be bilingual.

Campbellton-Restigouche Centre MLA and Speaker of the Legislative Assembly Roy Boudreau, Business New Brunswick Minister Victor Boudreau and Michel Morin, owner of ABC Tires in Atholville, watch as a worker retreads a truck tire following an announcement Dec.

The annual Christmas telethon for the Restigouche County Volunteer Action Association is set to go this Sunday from the Restigouche Theatre in Campbellton.

While the City of Dieppe has already gone through first reading of a controversial bylaw that will require commercial establishments to post signs that are either bilingual or French-only, there are no such plans here for the time being.

The run will stop at City Hall at approximately 7:05 a.m. for a moment of silence in honour of the Boys in Red basketball team.

The mayors of municipalities in the Restigouche and Chaleur regions, where NB Power operates two thermal generating plants, say they need more information about the proposed sale of most of NB Power's assets to Hydro-Quebec. But eight mayors said in interviews they are worried about the impact the tentative energy deal would have on their ...

Campbellton mayor Bruce MacIntosh wants some action in the north. A meeting was held last week between MacIntosh and provincial representatives to discuss a northern action plan.

Village council held its regular monthly meeting on Oct. 14. All councillors and Mayor Randy Hunter were in attendance.

These shirts are the final product. The yarn from which they are made is made from the dissolving pulp produced at AV Cell.

The city of Campbellton hosted an economic symposium last week. Campbellton-Restigouche Center MLA and Speaker of the Legislative Assembly Roy Boudreau addressed the third edition of Rendez-vous Acadie-Quebec which was held on Sept.

Most of us North Shore residents who frequented drive-in theatres in the genre's heyday in the 1960s and 1970s did so in full knowledge that a fine second supper awaited them at the theatre canteen.

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Mayor Gerry Cormier has appointed four people to a planning committee to look at options for a new community centre in Nelson after the former building, the Byron Godin Civic Centre, was demolished due to being found structurally unsafe.

Geology student Kirsten Kennedy and paleontologists Drs. Susan Turner and Randall Miller were in the Campbellton area this week studying the rocks of the Campbellton Formation.

They may be retiring, but they were sure busy getting around to it. 1 of 2 Courtesy Roger and Helena Theriault This Canadian Tire store in a former bowling alley at 26 Duke St.

The Miramichi Police Force is mourning the loss of one of its bravest and best liked members.

A Campbellton tradition is at risk of being cancelled if a new organizer doesn't step forward soon.

Mina Raynor is the first resident of Manoir Marie Antoinette, Atholville, to reach the milestone of 100 year old, which she reached on July 1. She is the former owner of Smart Shoppe Ladies Wear in Campbellton.

Even though he had served federal time for drug trafficking, a Campbellton man was spared jail after pleading guilty to one count of possession of cocaine and one of failing to show up for a court appearance.

Statistics say that one in every three Canadians will be involved in a car accident and four returning to Campbellton from Bathurst were added to that list June 29.