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By Rev. Bill Randall August 10, 1990 Contrary to the situation elsewhere in New Brunswick, the number of tourists visiting McAdam this summer has in creased substantially. While most other areas at mid-season are recording a reduction of approximately 10% over last year, the total number of visitors stop ping in the Village has increased … Read more

By Rev. Bill Randall August 3, 1990 The Annual Harvey Fair Days due soon coming up. Most of the events will be centralized in the Agrena Complex. Even if it rains the horse-hauling will be watched by the avid spectators under the shelter of a roof. Coming to Harvey in 1954, I soon became involved … Read more

By Rev. Bill Randall April 13, 1990 I write frequently about structures that once were, or may still be, significant to the History of Harvey. Today’s story is about a structure that was: Harvey Regional High School. My first stop ever in Harvey was at this building. One of my “moon-lighting” adventures was promoting magazine … Read more

By Rev. Bill Randall April 6, 1990 I have written about structures that were a part of the history of the Harvey area and now only remnants of them remain to remind us of our past. This week I would like to talk about a building that is going to go! The office and warehouse … Read more

By Rev. Bill Randall November 22, 1989 Want to look at other monuments? If so, there is one on Ted Embleton’s lawn at Upper York Mills. It has no fancy brass plate on it but is one of the first stones used in a grist mill there. The other is the dam built in 1865. … Read more

By Rev. Bill Randall November 29, 1989 Making a pastoral visit to the Littles in Little Settlement in 1954 wouldn’t have been a whole lot different than a visit there in 1889. The same gentle unchanged atmosphere was there. Lizzie met me at the door with her friendly greeting, and over her shoulder said to … Read more

By Rev. Bill Randall November 29, 1989 The facility known as “Park and Fly” where you can leave your automobile and take a Shuttle Bus to the Airport. There was something like that in Harvey in the late 1890’s, only I call it “Park and Pray”. Bobby Dorcas (1886 – 1964), told me of the … Read more

By Rev. Bill Randall October 25, 1989 Coburn’s Corner in Harvey, where the formaldehyde truck recently overturned, was very near the site of the first death in Harvey, probably in late summer of 1837. Alexander Hay received Lot 13 West in the “draw”, and his two young sons John and Andrew came to that lot … Read more