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 …
Vies vécues, vies perdues : Conférence sur l’histoire militaire de Bury
Certains des quelque 100 participants à la Conférence sur l’histoire militaire dans le Manège militaire de Bury. Des histoires personnelles sur …
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 …
Lives Lived, Lives Lost : Bury’s Military History Conference
The Military History Conference was organized by the Bury Historical and Heritage Society, whose Board of Directors are Praxède Lévesque …
APPEARANCES
The title, Appar.être, is a play on the words “appearance” and “to be” in French. It’s an exhibit of luscious …
They Travelled, They Wrote
One is from the Townships, one is from Montreal. But at a tender age and in tumultuous times, both ventured …
YOUNG VOICES
Are you young? Do you enjoy taking photos? Creating artwork? Writing stories, poetry, or non-fiction? If so, a new Townships …
KING PINS
Personally, as someone of distinctly non-English extraction, I’ve never been into monarchs, except the butterfly variety. As an institution, that …