Doaktown News

Budget day often comes with both good news and bad news. On Tuesday, Finance Minister Greg Byrne delivered a budget that includes a lot of sensible spending, but it's spending nonetheless, and that's the part that makes us dread the inevitable future payback.

From left, 2010 Olympic Torch Relay bearers Nadine Stewart, Malcolm Bowes and Cassie Kervin hold up their torches at the end of the five-person relay in Doaktown on Friday.

McNamee Come Home to the River 2009 committee presented cheques to a number of groups.

Organizers of the Miramichi leg of the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics Torch Relay yesterday announced some minor changes for tomorrow's festivities.

A single-vehicle accident on the Trans-Canada highway near Riviere-Verte has led to the arrest of a 23-year-old Nova Scotia man.

The third fire in less than a month in the Doaktown area destroyed a vacant home Friday evening.

Dwayne Storey is halfway towards mission accomplished. "We're going to set it up for about 1,200 capacity,'' the promoter said in looking ahead to a seven-bout professional boxing card that will be held on Nov.

The local legion was filled to capacity as area residents gathered to honour veterans during a memorial service Wednesday.

A fire early Monday morning destroyed a business located at 9494 Route 8 in Blissfield near Doaktown.

An early morning blaze destroyed a home at 199 Main St. in Doaktown on Monday. Michele Gilks photo An early morning fire destroyed a home at 199 Main St.

New Brunswick got its first blast of wintry weather this week resulting in the first snow day for some schoolchildren as well as causing one serious car crash and a loss of power for some.

Thursday night's freezing temperatures, snow and rain led to power outages, school cancellations and poor driving conditions in central New Brunswick.

Author and photographer Nicholas Guitard brought his images of New Brunswick waterfalls to the Dalhousie Centennial Library on Oct.

For many people in New Brunswick or those visiting the province, the community of New Bandon is just another dot on map, a small drive through area on Route 8 between Fredericton and Miramichi.

A year after a water main breach left many Doaktown residents high and dry, new funds have been announced to make sure it doesn't happen again.

In a few months, the halls of the Central New Brunswick Academy will be swarming with school children.

This past Saturday night's fights at the CEPS Universite de Moncton building provided nonstop action from the opening bell and had the approximately 1,900 fans standing and cheering from start to finish.

The children of Lillian Storey invite you to help them celebrate their mother's 80th birthday on Saturday the United Church Hall in Doaktown from 3 - 6 p.m. A roast turkey supper will be served at the Central New Brunswick Woodmen's Museum in Boiestown on Saturday at 5 p.m. The cost is $10 for adults and $5 for youth under the age of 12.

The Damocles Fencing Club of Fredericton will open the doors at its full time fencing facility at 55 Whiting Road in the Wilsey Industrial Park this Saturday, Sept.

"You might not want to sit down just yet," says Christopher, our 18-year-old guide, as I plop myself down in my tube.