Miramichi River Guide Call for Submissions

by: Kellie Underhill (February 9, 2012 at 2:29 am)

Calling all photographers and writers who love the Miramichi region! Mighty Community Group is now accepting submissions for their annual Miramichi River Guide to be distributed throughout the Miramichi this year for tourists and locals alike. If you have some fabulous photos of the area; a favourite local recipe; knowledge about local history; a favourite [Read More...]

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Miramichi Memories

by: Mary Mondoux (January 14, 2012 at 5:08 am)

Miramichi Memories by Mary Mondoux My mom and I often took the train to visit her parents Lee and Inez Buckley in Newcastle, NB. We would take the Rapido from Toronto to Montreal and make the run for the connection to the train to her home town. Most times the seats on our trains converted [Read More...]

Family, Featured Article, Giver Miramichi, Memoir

12th Day of Christmas: My Mountain School Christmas

by: Kellie Underhill (January 5, 2012 at 7:04 pm)

My Mountain School Christmas by Kellie Underhill This year my Christmas festivities started early in December when my mother, Pauline, sister, Sherry, and I went to the Kin Centre around the square in Newcastle, Miramichi to attend a special dinner theatre performance. A local theatre troupe, The Heritage Players, were staging their latest production called [Read More...]

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9th Day of Christmas: A Poem from Christopher Brown

by: Kellie Underhill (January 2, 2012 at 4:17 pm)

Merry Christmas So many people seem to have forgotten the true meaning of Christmas spirit so eager to spend; to receive and to give they lose sight of what’s important. While gifts and the sort are rather nice and It can be fun to get that special someone the gift that lights their eyes when [Read More...]

Arts, culture, Family, Fredericton, Giver Miramichi, Grand Falls, Moncton

7th Day of Christmas: Angel Robe

by: Mary Achee' (December 31, 2011 at 2:28 pm)

Angel Robe By Jacinta “Momma,” yelled five year old Sebrina, as she rushed through the door. “I’m gonna be an angel.” Then she giggled, “I mean an angel, in the Christmas play. Mrs. Kathy chose me. It is the specialist part in the whole play.” “Most special,” corrected her mother, Audrey. “Do you have to [Read More...]

Arts, Children, culture, Family, Fredericton, Giver Miramichi, Grand Falls, Jacinta, Moncton

3rd Day of Christmas: My Mr. Claus

by: Kellie Underhill (December 27, 2011 at 1:22 am)

My Mr. Claus by Kim Drisdelle As I search through my boxes to gather up Christmas ornaments, I slip back in time. I find myself thinking about the many sacrifices my parents, like many parents, make for their children during this ever so meaningful time of year. Over the years, Santa has become the human [Read More...]

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2nd Day of Christmas: Christmas Tuning

by: Kellie Underhill (December 26, 2011 at 1:32 am)

Christmas Tuning By Cindy Rule Last Christmas season, about a week or so before the big day, while my daughter Sorcha was eating dinner and I was washing dishes, we started talking about Christmas songs I’m not a big fan of.  The list is many and my reasons lengthy, but what it boils down to [Read More...]

Arts, Children, Cindy Rule, culture, Family, Fredericton, Giver Miramichi, Grand Falls, Moncton

Colouring Fun for Kids

by: Kellie Underhill (December 16, 2011 at 4:46 pm)

We’re full of the Christmas spirit this year at Bread ‘n Molasses and we thought we’d pass it on! So here’s a wonderful little holiday activity you can share with your kids. Click on the picture of the gingerbread house below to make it bigger, then print out as many copies of the drawing as [Read More...]

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Beauty and the Beast at the Capitol Theatre

by: Kellie Underhill (December 7, 2011 at 6:10 am)

The Capitol Theatre presents the young audience production of Beauty and the Beast by the DuffleBag Theatre Company, on Tuesday, December 27 at 7 p.m. The “Nearly World-Famous” DuffleBag Theatre brings the classic fairytale of Beauty and the Beast to life in their signature fun-filled and humorous fashion: using audience members as the stars! Beauty [Read More...]

Arts, Children, culture, Family, Moncton

The Adventures of Jimmy the Cat

by: Kathy Tapley-Milton (November 29, 2011 at 8:48 pm)

THE ADVENTURES OF JIMMY THE CAT by Katherine Tapley-Milton Kathy was looking for another cat, so she went to the Animal House at Mount Allison University and there she saw Jimmy. He was a lanky, orange tabby with a beautiful maple wood pattern on him. Before anyone knew it Jimmy jumped up on Kathy’s husband’s [Read More...]

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