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

 ARCADIA - election 2022
 
On November 28, 2022, local elections were held by Elections New Brunswick as part of the local governance reform initiative.
Our current structure has 340 entities, including 104 local governments and 236 local service districts.
The new structure will have 77 local governments and 12 rural districts.
 
January 2023:
Derek Pleadwell - Mayor of Arcadia.(Governance and Public Works Committee)

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 4: Deputy Mayor Steven Sharpe - Cambridge (which includes Lower-Cambridge, Lower-Jemseg, Jemseg, Whites Cove (Buildings and Properties Committee and Bylaws Committee)
Ward 5: Sheila Black - Cambridge-Narrows (Finance Committee)
Ward 6: Paula Jo-Ann Gahan-Magee - Waterborough (Communications Committee)

Staff:  Alexis Treble
email:  This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. - phone 506 488 2581
 
 

  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

www.lifeatthelakesfestival.ca

 

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

www.victoriasquiltscanada.com

 

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