What's Happening?
Community Groups and Contacts
Note, check with contacts before going to any of the activities listed here.
Your BEST SOURCE of Community Events is the Jemseg Lions Club Community Newsletter.
Pick up a copy at the Library - or check their Facebook page.
Also, see the Cambridge-Narrows Caring Connections page on Facebook.
If you want changes made to this page, leave a message at the Library 488-3971 for M. Erb
Our current structure has 340 entities, including 104 local governments and 236 local service districts.
Ward 1: Tammy Gordon - Upper Gagetown (Public Safety Committee)
Ward 2: Paul Mennier - Gagetown (Economic Expansion Committee)
Ward 3: Elizabeth (Liz) Watson - Hampstead (Community Development Committee)
Ward 6: Paula Jo-Ann Gahan-Magee - Waterborough (Communications Committee)
Staff: Alexis Treble
Urban Rural Rides
Looking for safe, convenient and affordable transportation?
Register for free today 506-999-2102
This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Cambridge-Narrows Regional Library - Brenda Dunsmore 488-3418
check our Facebook page and 'library events' page for more information about:
Book Club - 3rd Wednesday of each month 1:30 to 3:30
Coffee and Cards - Starting October 3, 2024 - Thursdays 1:30 to 3:30
Writers' Club - Starting September 19 - 3rd Thursday each month from 6:30 to 8 p.m.
Life at the Lakes
Ines v. Waldow, Director of Communications, 488-2681 - see Facebook
Cambridge-Narrows Community Caring Connections - see Facebook
Cambridge-Narrows Volunteer Fire Department (every Monday 7-9 pm)
contacts: Paul Beale 262-4130; David Craft 238-1388
Flames - auxiliary to Fire Dept. (1st Tuesday 7:00) - Jewel Beale 262-4140
Cambridge-Narrows Community School
Coordinator-volunteers - Marcy Malloy 488-3519
school news and updates: www.cns.nbed.ca
Akerley Area Quilt Guild (2nd & 4th Wednesdays 900-3:30)
Starting September 11, 2024 at C-N Municipal Building
Learn/teach how to make quilts. Creation of charity quilts for "Victoria's Quilts" and "Quilts of Valour"
contact: Donna Richard - This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Victoria's Quilts (2nd Wednesday 9:30-12 noon)
contact: Brenda Dunsmore 488-3418
FunDay Monday (sewing/crafts) (Monday 9:30-4)
Starting September 9, 2024 - Mondays from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m at C-N Municipal Building
Bring your own quilting, knitting and any other craft activity. Work on your craft while enjoying conversation with friends.
September to May, contact: Bernice Belyea This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Recreation - Yoga @ C-N Municipal Bldg.
contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or 801-0991
Starting September 12, 2024 - Thursdays 10 to 11 a.m. at C-N Municipal Building
Gentle flow Yoga with chair assist if needed. For beginner to experienced.
Recreation
Line Dancing
Starting September 10 - Tuesdays - 2 classes in a.m.
Beginners 9:30 to 10:15 a.m.
Advanced 10:30 to 11:15 a.m.
at C-N Municipal Building
Dancers, facing the same direction, are led through a series of choreographed steps to music. Contact Sharlene Jones at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
and Fridays Group Fit Exercise 10 to 11:15 a.m. @ C-N Municipal Bldg.
Starting September 13 - Fridays from 10 to 11 a.m. at C-N Municipal Bldg
A combination of cardio, strength training and stretching for Older Adults
Contact: Teresa Hatto: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
$5/lesson; pre-register with: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Pickleball Starting September 9, 2024 - Mon, Wed and Fri from 7-9 p.m.
at C-N Community School, 2158 Lakeview Road
A paddle sport combining elements of tennis, badminton and ping pong
Contact: Adel Chehade at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
all ages and all experience levels welcome
equipment and instruction provided. FREE
Jemseg Lions Club (1st and 3rd Thursday 7:30 pm)
Carolyn Hetherington 362-2930
www.facebook.com/jemseglionsclub
Square Dance Class
Starting September 17, 2024 - Tuesdays 7:30 to 9:30 p.m.
at the Cambridge-Narrows Municipal Building
Contact: Terry Hebert: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Choregraphed dance movements in a round, directed by a caller
Slo-Poke ATV Club - Rob Otis 333-2830 cell / 485-0818 home
meets every 2 months
Queens County Heritage 488-2483
Anthony Flower House Museum
closes during the winter season
2270 Lower Cambridge Rd. (across from the C-N Municipal Bldg.)
This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Cambridge-Narrows Music Circle
Ongoing Fridays from 7-9 p.m. at C-N Municipal Bldg.
Local musicians, beginner to professional, share their music. All types of music and instruments. Acoustic only
Contact Mary Torcat: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Mill Cove Nursing Home
volunteers - Kelly Chambers 488-3033, ext. 246
Mill Cove Foundation (1st Tuesday) Carol McLean 260-2039
Care N' Share Inc. - starting February 24, 2022
at Cambridge-Narrows Municipal Building
(Thursdays 10 to 12 noon)
Phone 339-6726 or Debora Kantor 488-2845 - see Facebook page
see Facebook pages for:
Cambridge-Narrows Wellness Group
Cambridge-Narrows Classified Sales and More
Grand-Washademoak-Jemseg Community Events Calendar
Family and Friends of C-NCS
Washademoak Lake
Cambridge-Narrows and Surrounding Area
Cambridge-Narrows Sports and Recreation
Cambridge-Narrows Volunteer Fire Dept.
Jemseg Lions Club
Cambridge-Narrows Caring Connections
Tops (Wednesdays 6:30 pm)
Anna Sharpe 474-3470; Carl Ledin 229-6800
Women's Institutes:
Lower Jemseg (1st Monday) Sharron Adams 488-9107
Waterborough (1st Monday) Marlene Moss 1-506-434-1394
Codys (1st Tuesday) Ellen Malloy 362-2135
Churches - refer to the Jemseg Newsletter
Lucette and Caroline from Dieppe toured the community early 2021.
Here are their videos - Thanks and come back again!
Part 1: https://youtu.be/xM8rorLgXUI and Part 2: https://youtu.be/nqr60455y2g.
Note: If you want to see changes made to this list
of community events and contacts,
please leave a message at the Library/488-3971
HOW TO BUILD A COMMUNITY
Turn off your TV/computer/all screens
Leave your house
Know your neighbours
Look up when you are walking (not at your device)
Greet people
Plant flowers
Use your library
Play together at the community outdoor skating rink
Buy from local merchants
Share what you have
Help a lost dog
Take children to the park
Garden together
Support neighborhood schools
Fix it even if you didn't break it
Have pot lucks
Honour elders
Pick up litter
Read stories aloud - to children, seniors and everyone in between
Join a service club
Talk to the mail carrier
Listen to the birds
Put up a swing
Help carry something heavy
Barter for your goods
Start a tradition
Ask a question
Hire young people for odd jobs
Share what you’ve learned
Bake extra and share
Ask for help when you need it
Start a book club
Sing together
Share your skills
Walk together/exercise together
Be a good listener (get off your device)
Listen before you react to anger
Mediate a conflict
Seek to understand
Just be kind
Get out and VOTE! - a privilege and a duty
Learn from new and uncomfortable angles
Know that no one is silent though many are not heard. Work to change this.
Learn about your local history - put names & dates on the back of old photos
Become a volunteer in your community