Published in The BANAR February 2014 by Lynn Sewell. Many of you in Blackburn are very familiar with the red and white Cancer Chase signs that start popping up in Blackburn in early September but perhaps you don’t know how this all started. Here is
Published in The BANAR November 2013 by Bill Horne On a glorious autumn day, October 20, some 214 eager runners and walkers did their part to chase cancer out of their lives and those of friends and family. The counting of proceeds is not quite
Published in The BANAR November 2013 by Mike Murphy, FUNFAIR Chair The FUNFAIR was an absolute smash this year. The hard work of your dedicated FUNFAIR team paid off! I had the pleasure of working with fantastic volunteers—some new and others with a long history
Published in The BANAR September 2013 by Wilbrod LeClerc The Blackburn Hamlet that we know today was first sold by the Crown to lumbermen around 1790. When the lumber disappeared, the land was sold to the first settlers in the early 1800’s. Most of these
Published in The BANAR June 2013 by Barb Sweazey The Blackburn Spring Clean-up was another great success this year. Held on Saturday, April 27th, more than 100 volunteers from the community showed up despite the cool and overcast day. Considering this was our rain date,
Published in The BANAR November 2012 by François Trépanier At the end of August, a piece of Blackburn Hamlet history, Wally’s “Fine Italian Cuisine”, closed its kitchen for good. The Elias brothers, Bob, Wally, Nehme and Sam, originally opened the Revoly restaurant in 1979 with
