Saint-Louis-de-Kent News

Saint-Louis-de-Kent Mayor Louis Arsenault couldn't hold in his joy yesterday morning as it was announced that the Villa Maria nursing home in his community would be replaced with a new 73-bed, state-of-the-art facility.

It's the battle of the books with Grade 12 students from Metro Moncton and St-Louis-de-Kent taking on the role of literary critic in a prologue to the 2010 Frye Festival.

With the province's population of seniors expected to double over the next two decades, the provincial government took steps yesterday to ease the strain on New Brunswick's aging nursing homes and on the province's hospitals.

Loch Lomond Villa, Saint John - 54 new beds for total of 250; Nashwaak Villa, Stanley - No new beds; Villa des Jardins, Edmundston to be combined with Foyer Saint Joseph de St.

It's nothing new for tinkering bureaucracies and vote-hungry politicians to move government services around in rural regions.

Can anyone tell me one thing? Why is it the government is changing all this stuff for the H1N1 vaccination shot all the time? I have been keeping up-to-date with all the clinics, and now the one I was going to go to, doesn't do adults .

Congratulations are due the Scheele family of Saint-Louis-de-Kent, who on a provincial variation on the theme of selling refrigerators to the Inuit intend, with any luck at all, to export 40,000 bags of New Brunswick seed potatoes this year to South America.

It is hard to measure the pride this community feels toward its place as the birthplace of the Acadian flag during this 125th anniversary of its creation.

All the talk about the possibility of a new commuter bus service between Bouctouche and Moncton jogged some old memories in the mind of Paul LeBlanc.

RICHIBUCTO, N.B. a ' For the second time in two months a car crash has claimed the lives of four male teenagers in New Brunswick.

This community's pride in the Acadian flag, and its designer Monseigneur Marcel-Francois Richard, has been growing for 125 years.

The Dieppe Market has an art gallery open to the public every Saturday morning from 7 a.m.-1:30 p.m. The paintings on exhibit are from local artists: Roch Bourque, George Cormier, Lise Gagne and Brigitte LeBouthillier.

Weighed down by everything from camping gear to groceries, Juanita Tremblay hopped on her bicycle on Wednesday and fought to keep her balance.

A caravan of Acadians will arrive at its destination in Neguac today after a two-week trek that began in Annapolis-Royal and moved along the coasts of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.

The sixth annual Surf-ivor challenge held its final vote Saturday, with Lyne Hebert being the last remaining competitor.

Miscouche In 1884, priest Marcel-Francois Richard came to Miscouche with a new flag that would become the most prominent symbol of the Acadian people.

The popular Wednesday Shows return to stage in Dieppe this week. 1 of 2 PHOTO CONTRIBUTED All-female French-Acadian band Gadelle will be performing July 8 at Place 1604 as part of Dieppes Wednesday Shows Louise Arsenault, Caroline Bernard, Samantha Gallant, Helene Bergeron.

La Galerie Leon-Leger de l'Eglise historique de Barachois, Grand-Barachois is holding an exhibit by artist Leontine Cormier entitled Surface et Profondeur from July 5-25. Opening hours are 10 a.m.-5 p.m. every day.

The communities of Rexton, Richibucto and Saint-Louis-de-Kent is holding its second Banner Festival of New Brunswick created by local artists of all age.

The communities of Richibucto, Rexton, and Saint-Louis-de-Kent wear their art on their sleeve -- and their telephone poles.