In 1925, the Presbyterian Church in Charlo became St. Paul’s United Church and was part of New Mills Pastoral Charge. St. Paul’s United Church closed in 2007.

St. Paul's Presbyterian Church of Fredericton, New Brunswick was incorporated in 1832 to serve the growing number of Presbyterians in the community. Construction of the building began about 1828 and was completed in 1830. In 1843, the Disruption in the Church of Scotland was felt among St. Paul's congregation when the Free Kirkers left the church, remaining separated until 1874. In 1886 a new church building was constructed on the corner of George and York streets to serve the enlarged congregation. During the debate over church union in the 1920s, most of the members of St. Paul's congregation voted to join the new United Church of Canada. Some members of St. Paul's, however, desired to remain within the Presbyterian Church and formed St. Andrews Presbyterian Church, building a new church on Charlotte Street.

The St. Stephen Area Chamber of Commerce is an association of business people affiliated with the provincial, regional, and national chambers of commerce who aim to improve the business community within the St. Stephen area. Currently, over 150 business and business people in the St. Stephen area are members of this association. The St. Stephen Area Chamber of Commerce offers its members networking opportunities in the form of special events hosted by the association, and local training opportunities in areas such as marketing, social media, and finance. The St. Stephen Area Chamber of Commerce will also partner with other local institutions such as Future St. Stephen and the St. Stephen Business Improvement Area (BIA) to spearhead initiatives to improve the local business environment.

The Town of St. Stephen Fire Department was established in 1873 as the Wellington Hose Company and remained under this name until the middle of the 1950’s.

The Fire Department has an automatic aid agreement with the Calais Fire Department of Calais, Maine USA.

St. Stephen Fire Department operates a dispatch centre for 15 other fire departments in the Charlotte County Area. The St Stephen Fire Department has a unique feature that two volunteers and one full time firefighter are in the fire station each night. It operates with Three Fire Engines. One Rescue unit, Five Full time Fire Fighters and twenty four Volunteers.

In 1910, Thomas Berry, the Roman Catholic bishop of the Diocese of Chatham in Northumberland County, New Brunswick, invited the Basilian Fathers, of Toronto, to take charge of a school in Chatham (now part of Miramichi) to be called St. Thomas College. The college was to provide education for boys at the secondary and junior college levels. In 1910-1911, there were 34 boarders and 55 day pupils. The Basilian Fathers remained in charge until 1923, when the college was placed under the direct control of the Diocese.

In 1934, the college became a degree granting institution, and, in 1960, changed its name to St. Thomas University. In 1961, high school courses were eliminated. In 1962, the Royal Commission on Higher Education in New Brunswick recommended that St. Thomas University enter a federation agreement with the University of New Brunswick (UNB) and move to Fredericton to share facilities of the UNB campus. The new premises, in Fredericton, opened in 1964.

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Hannah Stairs and Lynn Stairs lived in Douglas, N.B. Hannah’s parents were Gideon Stairs (1879-1971) and Maude Quigg (1886-1970). Hannah had two siblings named Dottie Pauline (b. 1908) and Hallie Abraham (b. 1910). Hallie married Ida Kelley (1911-1996) and was the last owner of the Stairs house which was used as a laundry building at Kings Landing. Her grandparents were Botsford Stairs (d. 1933) and Lydia Ann Nason. Botsford had three siblings named George Dobson (b. 1891), Lila (b. 1894), and Stanley O. (b. 1896). Maude Quigg was the daughter of Hannah Morgan Nason (1855-1919) and John William (b. 1876), Robert Edward (b. 1880), Harry James (b. 1885), Margaret Jane (b. 1888), and Laurel Hazel (b. 1897).

Israel Stairs (1842-1912) married Amelia Cronkhite. They had at least two children: Sarah Elizabeth (b. 1876) and Ferdinand Havelock (b. 1868). Ferdinand married Sarah Jane (1873-1953) and Sarah Elizabeth married Ernest Samuel Sharp in 1895. Sarah and Ernest had at least two children: Gordon Hubert and Vera Myrtle

Ruth Lynette Hill was born on 28 June 1922 in Women’s Hospital in Montreal, Quebec. She was the daughter of Alfred Hodson Hill (1886-1976) and Nellie Gertrude (Crane) Hill (1887-1955). She grew up in St-Lambert, Quebec where she attended local schools. She subsequently attended McGill University where she received her BA (Honours in Sociology) in 1942. She then entered the McGill Law School and received a BCL in 1945. She was the only woman and gold medalist in her class in the first year women could practice law in Quebec. She accepted a position with Montreal firm Phelan, Fleet, Robertson and Abbott. She was admitted to the Bar of Montreal in 1945.She married George Stanley in 1946 and they had 3 children: Della, Marietta and Laurie. She served as the First Lady of New Brunswick during her husband’s term as the Lieutenant Governor (23 December 1981 to 20 August 1987). She was the first woman to chair a hospital board in New Brunswick and also the first female member of the Fredericton Garrison Club. She was instrumental in ensuring the present Sackville Memorial Hospital was built and has remained an up-to-date facility. Dr. Stanley was an Honorary President of the New Brunswick Mental Health Association, Honorary President of the Board of the New Brunswick Museum, President of the Sackville Art Association, and an Honorary Life Member of the New Brunswick Craft Council. She was awarded honorary degrees by Mount Allison University and St. Thomas University. In 2010 she became a member of the Order of New Brunswick. She died in Sackville, New Brunswick on 15 February 2017.