‘Come-from-aways’ breathing new life into Hillsborough, N.B.
“I feel like that’s what ties me to everywhere, the people…and just the life I’ve created for myself, it feels like home here,” she said.Longtime Hillsborough resident Peter Frederic Jubb is thrilled to see all the changes, including the opening of The Gateway Market, Hillsborough’s sole grocery store that had it’s soft opening on Sunday.
Byron Gourley, who owns the store with his husband Charles LeBlanc, said he was blown away by the community support. “We had a line up starting at 7 AM and we only opened at 9. So people were all excited to come through that door and be the first one,” he said on Tuesday.Despite the fact that he and LeBlanc are still waiting for some equipment to come in, Gourley said business has been steady and he’s hopeful the local support will continue.
“It’s absolutely fantastic! The village deserves it, you know, especially with this new store opening…it’s new life blood,” Jubb said. Jubb initially immigrated to Hillsborough from the UK in 1979 to work in the gypsum plant until it closed in 1981. He then moved to Nova Scotia for work for a few years before attempting to open a bakery in Hillsborough in the early 1980s.Still, the community left such an impression on him he and his family moved back in 2002. He’s hoping to see more growth at a slow sustainable pace.© 2022 Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc.
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