Culture & Community

GALA-VANT Fundraiser

By dsjadmin / August 26, 2015

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

By News Releases / August 24, 2015

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

By Uptown Saint John Inc / August 20, 2015

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

By dsjadmin / August 19, 2015

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

By Giv'er Saint John / August 18, 2015

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

By Uptown Saint John Inc / August 16, 2015

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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This Weekend Uptown

By Uptown Saint John Inc / August 14, 2015

Here’s what’s happening in Uptown Saint John this weekend!

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Uptown Mugs #33 – Kylee Douglas, Sagrati’s

By Uptown Saint John Inc / August 13, 2015

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!

By Uptown Saint John Inc / August 11, 2015

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

By News Releases / August 7, 2015

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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10 Things you can Eat in Saint John that aren’t Dulse

By dsjadmin / August 7, 2015

It’s not that we hate dulse. In fact, we think it’s really awesome. But there are many other scrumptious (and more filling) delicacies in Saint John that you can brag to your friends back home about.

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Uptown Mugs #32 – Chris Grannan

By Uptown Saint John Inc / August 6, 2015

Certainly one the most familiar faces in Uptown Saint John is that of Chris Grannan. The leader of Grannan Hospitality Group (owners of iconic uptown restaurants Grannan’s Seafood and Church Street Steakhouse), Chris can often be spotted on the streets bouncing between his establishments on any given night …

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