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The Notebook Launches A New Website: New & Improved & Expands Our News Coverage

Feb 8, 2020 | Arts & Culture

By Andrew Macdonald

Redesigning The Notebook website

As part of readership feedback, which I have been hearing as I began to meet with business leaders and politicos last fall, as part of a mission to see how to improve The Notebook, a constant theme I heard was to make the website more visually appealing.

And, so my talented Antigonish web development team began working towards a complete top to bottom redesign last December.

The fruits of that effort now result in what you see as a new 100% overhaul of the former website.

Exclusive: Coffee Shop Wars To Play Out On Gottingen & Almon Streets

Feb 1, 2020 | Business

There is word that commercial landlord Patrick Jabbour has done a leasing deal with an operator who plans to bring a coffee shop and deli to the corner of Gottingen & Almon streets.

Jabbour will rent out the former Subway shop in is building adjacent Stadacona.

I hope to talk to the café owner in an upcoming edition of The Notebook.

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