April showers and more snow

Welcome!

Yesterday afternoon I dropped off 4,200 copies of the first-ever/April 2025 edition of The North Shore Nuggets to the Post Office in Tatamagouche. These will be delivered from Pugwash (well, Port Howe actually) to Wentworth to Earltown, and River John. I have to say, I felt much like many of the performers on stage last night at Finding Nemo Kids, very excited, which is better than mildly terrified … just keep swimming! My apologies to anyone who was missed, this is a work in progress, but I would rather make some mistakes than not get started at all :)

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A Few Nuggets … ICYMI

• The Wentworth Learning Centre made an exciting announcement last week - their childcare centre is expanding! They are adding two infant classrooms, each with 10 spaces, and a junior-preschool with 21 spaces - all in an entirely new building located behind the current centre. This expansion will increase the total number of spaces to 111 from its current 70. The new building is expected to open at the end of 2025, with fundraising to begin soon to contribute towards the Learning Centre’s $270k portion of the total $2.7mil project costs. What an amazing resource to have in our area! Congrats to all involved.

• Lots of passion on display at the sweetest drive-through in Tatamagouche – the 1st Tatamagouche Girl Guides were selling cookies at Tatamagouche Home Hardware on a pretty cold morning. Over 130 boxes were sold in two hours. If you missed out, I am told that there are more to be had – please contact Erin Pope, Holly Cunningham or Brittany Frenette for your fix.

• 1st Tatamagouche Cubs completed an Introduction to Orienteering in the village. In groups of 3-4, the Cubs used compasses and maps to navigate through the course that had been laid out by the Scouters. What an amazing skill to be developing, well done all!

• Saturday was also the start of the 2025 season for the Butter Trail parkrun - solo runners, walkers and families gathered for the scenic 5k route. Everyone is welcome and there is no cost to participate, just register for a free parkrun ID before you first come along – visit https://www.parkrun.ca/ and select ‘Butter Trail’ as your home run.

• Grade 12 students and their families have begun fundraising for Prom and Safe Grad activities. In Tatamagouche, this will include a bottle drive in May, or you can drop them off at the depot and mention “Prom”.

Call for submissions

Members’ Show: "These are a few of My Favourite Things" May 23 - June 17

2025 marks the 44th year that the Northumberland Arts Council and Fraser Art Gallery has been actively promoting and presenting art in Tatamagouche.

An opportunity to showcase what gives you joy, feeds your soul or delights your eyes.

For more information, visit The Fraser’s website or email [email protected]

Live Music

Mark your calendars!

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In closing, I wanted to recognize a life well-lived by Janet Reid. Our condolences to her family.

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