Published in The BANAR September 2014 The FUNFAIR team would like to thank all of you who were involved and a part of the 2014 amazing Funfair. We had set a personal goal of raising $10,000, a few thousand more than our previous year. With
Published in The BANAR June 2014 By Barb Sweazey Our 14th annual Blackburn Spring Clean-up was a huge success this year. Held on the rain date, Sunday April 27, we had 160 Blackburn residents come and pitch in for the community event, along with about
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