Community & Fundraising
This New Year don’t make flimsy resolutions that you will soon forget. Instead, take the time to make some solid goals for your future. Below is a bit of helpful information found in Jim Rohn’s videos on Goal Setting and a point by point plan to help you set your own goals and design your own life plan. Goal Setting…
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by Allyson Kenning This story was originally published on www.breadnmolasses.com in December 2012. Lo and behold, it’s that time of year again – Christmas! And it’s once again time to dig out favourite old recipes that make the kitchen smell of the season and our mouths water with anticipation. In Bread n’ Molasses magazine’s previous print incarnation,…
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by Sara Princiotta The annual childhood stress started shortly after Remembrance Day, when we went to the Christmas party my dad’s Union threw for all the employees’ kids. There was a magic show put on by a local amateur magician, unlimited free doughnuts and pop, and then a few hundred kids would chase each other…
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by Annabel Sheila Sheila grinned at Max’s struggle with the stitches required to turn the heel on the woollen socks he was knitting for his daughters. No matter how many times she showed him how to do it, he always managed to get stuck in the same spot. Any minute now he’d drop his knitting…
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by Judy Bowman For many, many years the Grinch stole my Christmas right out from under my nose. It was insidious, so quiet and sneaky, that only recently with episodes of flashes of silver joy and moments of deep blue peace, did I realize it had been missing. Had I called the police to report…
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WANT TO GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY? BE A VOLUNTEER FOR MEALS ON WHEELS You will be helping people unable to prepare their food get access to a hot nutritious meal. Plus, you will be putting a smile on their faces! • Delivering meals at client’s home • Deliveries in Miramichi city limits • Delivery…
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With an unexpected printing delay now behind us, your 2018 MSA calendar is finally in the mail and expected to arrive in time for the holidays. Featuring 12 great images from this past year’s Photo Contest, ea…
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by Les McLaughlin In July, 1981 MacRae Insurance Services was born when the husband and wife team of Brian and Faye MacRae purchased the former H.L. Dunphy Insurance Brokerage from Harold Dunphy. The young couple started the new business in their private home in Blackville with just one insurance company represented. The business grew out…
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If there is any one person who shatters the stereotype of the elderly, it is Ella Curtis, born Ella Rosalie Mountain, of Gray Rapids, New Brunswick. At 94, a veteran of World War 2, she says, “I am not just going to sit around waiting to die. I’ll be doing something every day.” One such…
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The Christmas issue of Giv’er Miramichi magazine has hit the streets! You should have received it in your mailbox and noticed it on the shelves at local retailers, accommodations and restaurants. Did you know you can read Giv’er magazine online? If you are not in the mailing area, you can view a copy of the magazine online and flip…
Read MoreUsing sunrises and sunsets, researchers are finally grasping where Atlantic puffins spend much of their lives.
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SENSITIVE SANTA Is coming to visit Autism Resources Miramichi December 9th and 10th, 1-4pm Sensitive Santa offers children and families a chance to meet and have a photo taken with Santa, without the hustle and bustle and sensory overload this occasion can often be for children with Autism. The lights will be low, the music…
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by Jamie Alexander It’s the most wonderful time of the year. The lights go up, the decorations are hung and the house becomes a “home for the holidays”. Every year my heart is saddened with the amount of “disposable décor” that seems to flood the market place. Looking at my family’s Christmas decorating, it was…
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