Culture & Community
The Kennebacasis Valley Quilting Guild’s 35th Annual Show and Sale
The Kennebacasis Valley Quilting Guild’s 35th Annual Show and Sale happens September 16th to 19th at the Island View Lions Club, 9 Market Street, in Quispamsis. Should you have questions or concerns feel free to contact Louise McShane at aurea130@live.ca
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Uptown Mugs #35 – Gilliane Nadeau, Uncorked Tours
Gilliane Nadeau has been with Uncorked Tours since its inception in January 2013, and is the driving force behind a revolution of food and drink culture in the Uptown core. Uncorked offers New Brunswick summer winery tours, river cruises and both public and private tastings year round, and caters to the wine connoisseur and food aficionado alike. Their Uptown Saint John walking tours can be booked daily, and offer a taste of local cuisine combined with Port City history.
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GALA-VANT Fundraiser
This fall, join Third Space Gallery for a black tie fundraiser like no other. Two auctions: one live and stacked with local and regional favourites, a second, shrouded in mystery. Support Saint John’s not-for-profit home for contemporary art and discover a new side to our city at GALA-VANT.
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Fire Hydrant Flushing
The City of Saint John is proceeding with a program of fire hydrant flushing to clean the water distribution pipes in Saint John. Over the next few weeks flushing will be performed between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m.
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Uptown Mugs #34 – Amy Allen
Uptown Saint John is very lucky to have Amy Allen working for us as our marketing intern for her Business Administration work practicum with NBCC. Amy not only has valuable advanced skills and experience in this field, but brings with her enthusiasm and personality plus. From St. Martins, Amy is a country girl, but definitely with city appeal. She is married to her high school sweetheart Rick, and is mom to two beautiful girls. She balances family and school/work with impressive ease.
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Barbour’s General Store Grand Reopening this Weekend
Barbour’s General Store Grand Reopening happens this Saturday August 22nd! The historic icon located at the foot of King Street at Market Slip on the waterfront in the city’s uptown was recently acquired by Gilliane Nadeau’s Uncorked Tours. On the New Brunswick Day holiday August 3rd, a group of Saint Johners who care about tourism and hospitality donated their time to help clean, sort and store the artifacts at the General Store in preparation for opening a Saint John experience hub for visitors and locals.
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Princess of Acadia
Gary Smith shared this photo on our Facebook Page last week. “Here is a photo I took last week on my walk, of the old Princess of Acadia. She was taken out of service and replaced with the other ferry,” Gary said. We love receiving photos and story submissions from people! You can submit your photos to…
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Indulge your Crafty Side at Craftology
Jane and Sue welcome you to stop by their new gift shop at 177 Prince William Street. Craftology is our newest co-op boutique uptown, showcasing a plethora of hand-made goodness from local artists. Find clothing, accessories, unique jewelry, paintings, candy, candles, and various other
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Uptown Mugs #33 – Kylee Douglas, Sagrati’s
Some of the best lunchtime offerings uptown, especially if you are looking for casual and quality, are at the Saint John City Market. Sagrati’s is one of the most delicious of the food merchants. Specializing in gourmet wraps, baguettes, salads, gluten free products & catering, Sagrati’s feeds you well with quality ingredients, good, hearty amounts and friendly service. Kylee Douglas is the brains, brawn and beauty behind Sagrati’s and we truly appreciate what she brings to our uptown.
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Park Place Exciting for Uptown!
An adaptive re-use project of the Canterbury Car Park is the newest city contribution led by Historica Development. The above rendering is Acre Architects proposed vision for the new ‘Park Place.’ Park Place will be the future home to Picaroons, Real Food Connections Buckland Merrifield Gallery and apartments.
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Maintenance Saint Patrick Street Pedway Next Week
Citizens are advised that there will be planned maintenance on the Saint Patrick Street pedway escalators during the week of August 10, 2015.
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