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Connecting Albert County

Building connections and fostering pride of place and culture
​in rural Albert County by publishing in print and online

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Spring has arrived and with it a publication full of articles for everyone!!!

​From Municipal Elections, Healthy Eating, COVID-19 Vaccines, Fundraisers and more.  There is sure to be something to perk your interest.
Open this month's April 2021 issue featuring articles on:
  • Municipal Elections: Meet the Candidates Part 1
  • The COVID-19 Vaccines are Here! What Should You Do?
  • ​Forest Dale Home Vaccinations
  • Spring into Wellness
  • Letter to the Editor: A Bumpy Road
  • Major Repairs to Sawmill Creek Covered Bridge
  • Older Adults’ Wellness During COVID-19
  • Horizon’s Albert County Community Health Centre & Hillsborough Satellite Office
  • News from Tansy Lane
  • Survey on Cancer Screening Programs
  • Mothers Day Pottery Throwdown and Sale
  • Fundraiser after Fire
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Connecting Albert County Guide to Healthy Eating:
  • Fruit and Vegetable Best Buys
  • Recipes:
    • Michelle’s Maple Caramelized Onions
    • Chocolate Peanut Butter Banana Smoothie
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In our March issue, you'll find the latest news about the Restoration of Harvey Hall and you can enjoy learning more about NB's Provincial Bird: the Black-capped Chickadee.

Readers, including the Hon. Mike Holland, share their views on Shepody Mountain, salt marsh carbon, the link between the Stieffs and Barack Obama, and more.

In our CAC Guide to Healthy Eating, you can read about "Salad, Outside the Box" with Recipes.

This March 2021 issue has many exciting articles... Jump in and check them out!!!
  • Historic Harvey Hall To Be Restored
  • Profile of the Black-capped Chickadee
  • Letter: Help Solve a Hillsborough Mystery
  • Letters to the Editor​
    • ​Hon. Mike Holland re. Protection of Shepody Mountain
    • Response to Shepody Mountain Article
    • Response to Salt Marsh Sequestration Article
  • Hillsborough Public Library - New Hours 

Connecting Albert County Guide to Healthy Eating:
  • Salad, Outside the Box
  • Recipes
    • Go-to Winter Salad with Easy Raspberry Vinaigrette
    • Balsamic Vinaigrette
    • Roasted Veggie Winter Salad 
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An exciting issue this month with topics on environment, exercise and healthy eating!!!
Articles to encourage exercise, recipes for healthy eating and more in this Feb 2021 edition: 

  • Protecting Our Wild Areas 
  • An Open Letter to Hon. Mike Holland
  • Seedy Saturday
  • Timber Harvest on Shepody Mountain
  • Go Nuts: Growing Exotic Crops in Albert County
  • Fundy Biosphere's Winter Activity Checklist
  • Tips on Preventing Falls During Winter Hikes
  • Hillsborough Public Library - Curbside Pickup
And the start of our Connecting Albert County Guide to Healthy Eating: 
  • The Joy of Food
  • And the Beet Goes On
  • Recipe: Beet Falafels
  • Recipe: Dilly Beet Soup
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In our first issue of 2021, we welcome the new year with articles on how to enjoy the month of January.
Topics for everybody in this Jan 2021 issue:

  • Women of the Wilderness (WOW)
  • Youth Drug Intervention Program
  • Pantry Challenge with Roasted Beet Hummus Recipe
  • Winter Tourism Challenges
  • New Year's Social Media Clean-up
  • Tele-Drive Volunteers
  • Zoomers On the Go Fitness
  • Talk to Your Kids About Money
  • Letters from the Forest Dale Foundation, Albert County Chamber of Commerce, The Old Church Farmers Market
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Winter is coming soon and people across Albert County are preparing for the holidays. 
Open our Dec 2020 issue to read about: ​
  • Christmas in the Country 2020. It's Happening!
  • ​Annual Hillsborough Christmas Market
  • Albert County Winter Carnival Donation
  • Foods of the Fundy Valley Food Forest
  • Blue carbon: the climate change solution you’ve probably never heard of
  • WOW Calendars
  • Best Practices to make your live stream event a success
  • Albert County Historical Society presents Lifetime Membership to Beulah Morrissey
  • ​Updates from The Old Church Farmers' Market, Hillsborough Christmas Market, Foods of the Fundy Valley and the Hillsborough Public Library
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Fall is upon us, winter is quickly approaching.  Check out our articles for info on health, community, history and more...
Check out our November 2020 issue, which features articles on the following:
  • Captains Galore: Captain Catherine Lacombe, Commanding Officer of CCGS Captain Molly Kool Visits the Albert County Museum
  • Albert County Gardening on Facebook
  • The Search for Lewis Steeves
  • How to Support your Health Through Nutrition
  • Gaming Masks in the COVID-19 Era
  • Reasons to Talk to a Social Worker
  • How to Build Community with Buy Nothing Canada
  • Nature Corner and
  • Updates from Forest Dale Home, The Old Church Farmers' Market, Hillsborough Christmas Market and the Hillsborough Public Library
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It’s Autumn!   The harvest is in (or almost!), the days are shorter and we’re putting our gardens to bed for the winter. Many of us now have time to enjoy the fall colours, and to think about our health and well-being. 


In the October 2020 issue of Connecting Albert County,  you will find articles on:
  • Myths of Self Care
  • Update on Flu Shots
  • Help for Victims of Domestic Violence
  • Autumn Dragonflies
  • A Trip on the Wilfred C in 1905
  • Walking for Wellness
  • Potatoes- History and Recipes
  • News from Albert County 175, the Hillsborough Public Library (now offering curbside delivery!) and The Old Church Farmers' Market
  • Rural Albert County's Community Calendar


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As we approach the end of summer, we have stories and recipes to share with you.
Featuring:
  • Recipes for pickles and relish (check for them under Food, Farming & Fishing)
  • News about the fossil discovery at Cape Enrage
  • A profile of Oliver Hofer and his bakery in Hillsborough
  • 15th Anniversary of Riverside Consolidated School
  • Ten years of Foods of the Fundy Valley
  • From spudnik to sticky bun - the story behind Alma's Sticky Buns
  • Updates from the Old Church Farmers' Market in Hillsborough, Teledrive, the Albert County Community Health Centre, Albert County 175 and the Hillsborough Public Library
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We have a treat for you in the August issue of Connecting Albert County: three issues in one!

Check out our:
~ short and sweet August 2020 news and events
~ 4 pages on the upcoming Rising Tides, Trails and Tunes - August 8th-16th
~ Exploring Our Trails - a slightly revised version of our trail issue released in June
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Summer is here! As we approach Canada Day, we have much to celebrate, albeit in small groups with lots of physical distancing! We live in a beautiful, safe place full of gorgeous wide open spaces where it's relatively easy and comfortable for most of us to weather the COVID-19 restrictions.
Check out our latest issue to find out about how life is returning to normal and how people in Albert County are helping their neighbours at this time.
Open our July 2020 issue to read about: 
  • The Elgin Country Kitchen and General Store - an exciting new venture in the beautiful community of Elgin;
  • The magical moths you might spot on our long summer evenings (with gorgeous photos!);
  • An update from the Albert County Community Health Centre;
  • A new program to bring prepared meals to seniors who can't cook for themselves;
  • An introduction to The Old Church Farmers' Market in Hillsborough;
  • The winners of the Albert County Chamber of Commerce Awards;
  • A letter from several businesses of Alma welcoming visitors to the village;
  • Updates from Albert County 175, the Albert County Museum, the Hillsborough Public Library, the annual quilt show (cancelled, sadly), Fundy National Park and more.

Did you miss an issue?  Check our archives for all our past issues and sign up for future issues.
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Connecting Albert County: Exploring Our Trails is made possible with the generous support of Friends of Fundy; the Fundy ULTRA Community Trail Micro-Grant; NB Tourism, Heritage and Culture-Sports; and our loyal advertisers and supporters, particularly the Bennett and Albert County Health Care (BACH) Foundation.

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We share ideas of what to do during this challenging time of lockdown and quarantine... from search for Lady Beetles in your garden to playing a Viking board game to spending time in the kitchen with recipes both new and old.
Check out our May 2020 issue of Connecting Albert County. 
Read about the following:

~What we love about rural Albert County
~History of Alma
~Pantry re-organization
~Mindfulness            
~A Viking board game
~Recipes for Bulgogi, spring onion salad, jiffy rolls and oatmeal brown bread    
~A past pandemic
~Online courses & concerts     
~Searching for spring Lady Beetles
~Nominees for ACCoC Business Excellence Awards
~News from Curryville Outreach Centre and the Hillsborough Farmers Market and a request for history of Hillsborough Public Library


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 Click here for the April 2020 issue:
Featuring:

Albert County Community Health Centre services during the pandemic;
a spring poem;
tips on supporting mental
health;
news about protected forests;
how to talk to
kids about money;
the Holmstrom's return home;

Tele-Drive trips and CCRC calendar project;
recollections
of community radios and covered bridges.

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Check out the March issue of Connecting Albert County.
  • Discover how creating art can provide peace, solace and healing.
  • Appreciate the wonders of Albert County in the winter by snowshoe, fatbike, skis or foot.
  • Journey into the past with stories of growing up in Goshen and building rinks the old-fashioned way.
  • Find ideas for healthy eating and news about upcoming maple adventures.
  • Learn the many benefits of volunteering with Urban/Rural Rides.
  • Get the latest news about the Fundy Curling Club, Albert Career Development Centre, Caledonia Activity Place, "Tracks to Trail," Albert County 175, the Hillsborough Public Library and more. 
  • Check out what's happening in rural Albert County by visiting our calendar.​​
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It's February 2020 in rural Albert County! Check out our latest issue for the following stories:
  • Protecting Shepody Mountain: Success!
  • Highlights of Albert County 175
  • Joining the Farmers’ Market
  • Upcoming Seedy Saturday & Garden Expo
  • Hopewell Rocks in Pictures
  • History of the Turtle Creek Trestle
  • Winter Survival Tips from Animal Experts
  • STEM Award for Caledonia High
  • News from Friends of Fundy, Fundy Curling Club, Sistema Hillsborough, Hillsborough Library, Albert County League of Gamers, FFV Community Kitchen and More
  • Announcing the Upcoming CAC Trail issue
  • Events in rural Albert County
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Welcome to 2020 in Albert County! 
Check out our publication to discover more about : 
~ Celebrating the 175th Anniversary of Albert County
~ What's happening now to protect Shepody Mountain and how you can get involved
~ What to do if you are getting unwanted bundles of flyers
~ Memories of past school days from slates to outhouses to flower calendars
~ How to take on the Pantry Challenge
~ Tales of cutting ice blocks for ice boxes
~ Identifying trees of the Acadian Forest
~ Twelve birds - images and information on each
~ News from the Fundy Curling Club
~ Community events starting on New Year's Eve!
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It's time for making home-made gifts, preparing for winter, feasting on lobster and celebrating the holidays. In the December 2019 issue  you'll read about:
  • Memories of Christmas Past
  • DIY Christmas Presents
  • Lobster Recipes​
  • 100th Anniversary of Remembrance Day
  • Old Fashioned Christmas, Christmas in the Country and the CCRC Christmas Market
  • Community Calendar
  • News from the Hillsborough Rink,
  • Fundy Curling Club, 
  • Riverside Consolidated School Derby
  • Albert County Christmas Aid Boxes, Buy Nothing Facebook Group and Deepening Community in Riverside-Albert

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