Ferryland Come Home Year a roaring good time

Ferryland’s population just about doubled last month.

“We had a registration process, and we had 572 people registered, and I’d say out of about the 572 of those, I’d say definitely, 300, 350 were definitely come home,” explained Helen Clowe, chair of the Ferryland Come Home Year Committee.

A 2016 Statistics Canada census put the community’s population at 416.

People came from all across Canada, from Halifax to Ontario, Alberta to British Colombia, while still others came up from Boston, New York, Florida, and South Dakota.

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Posted on August 21, 2019 by Craig Westcott.

Southern Charm

McGlamory is the 2019 Georgia Watermelon Queen, and was on tour in the province to promote, naturally, watermelons.

The annual tour is part of the Georgia Watermelon Association’s promotional effort to increase sales of the summer time treat.

Since being crowned Queen in February, McGlamory has travelled through Georgia, the rest of the United States, Toronto and Newfoundland and Labrador.

She was at Alderwood estates in Witless Bay last Wednesday, July 31.

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Posted on August 21, 2019 by Craig Westcott.

Calvert’s Jackie Sullivan releases new album

For the first time in 17 years, this Calvert musician is readying herself for her next full-length project.

Jackie Sullivan has, for as long as she can remember, been playing music and performing. She called it a passion, and her deep love of music is evident when she speaks about her career in the industry and what it does for her.

Sullivan can date her first gig back to 1994 at the Ship Pub in St. John’s. Seven-years later, in 2002, she found herself on a provincial tour through an emerging artist program with MusicNL. However, that year holds a bit more significance for Sullivan thanks to the release of her first album, Out of the Rain.

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Posted on August 8, 2019 by Craig Westcott.

Hard work pays off for Kielly’s Cove group

The Cod Moratorium began in 1992 and it resulted in the biggest lay off, by some accounts, in Canadian history. The premises at Kielly's Cove were deserted and no upkeep was performed on the wharf or boat shed for many years.

It was in late 2011 that Gerry Tobin approached the Gaskiers -Point LaHaye Community Council about finding some money and possibly taking on a project to do some necessary repairs to the boatshed and wharf.

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Posted on August 8, 2019 by Craig Westcott.

A trip of a lifetime

Kay Aylward is no stranger to being on the water.

From growing up near the water in Witless Bay, to rowing in the Royal St. John’s Regatta as an adult, dragon boating seemed a natural next step.

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Posted on August 8, 2019 by Craig Westcott.

Bringing back the Paddy McCarthy story

The story of Paddy McCarthy will be hitting the stage at MerryMeeeting Arts and Crafts in Renews.

The Life of Paddy Iron McCarthy, adapted by Randy Crane from the popular play of the same name, based upon the true story of Paddy’s life recorded in It's Like a Dream to Me: Paddy Iron McCarthy of Renews Relives His First Hundred Years by Bertha Thorne, is a one man play performed by Crane.

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Posted on June 27, 2019 by Craig Westcott.

Getting used to life off camera

Topsail girl and Spaniard’s Bay boy keep the romance going as Big Brother’s lights fade to black

Despite spending more than a month with no outside communication, two Big Brother houseguests say they are more than willing to do it all over again.

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Posted on June 12, 2019 by Craig Westcott.

‘Them days’

You can take the boy out of the bay, but you can’t take the bay out of the boy.

A fairly common expression in Newfoundland, and one which Chris Morry felt fit his late father Thomas Graham Morry perfectly.

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Posted on June 12, 2019 by Craig Westcott.

'Honey bees, whales, and puffins, oh my'

The City of St. John’s hosted their annual Tourism Awards presentation at City Hall Tuesday, May 14, recognizing individuals and businesses that they say contribute to the tourism sector in the province.

The winner of the Discovery Award is a familiar business in the Goulds that introduced a new twist last season.

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Posted on June 12, 2019 by Craig Westcott.

Towns sign East Coast Trail agreement

Communities along the east coast are showing their continued support for the East Coast Trail, which is celebrating 25 years this summer.

Petty Harbour—Maddox Cove and Bay Bulls both signed memorandums with the East Coast Trail Association (ECTA) in March. For Petty Harbour—Maddox Cove it was the second time and for Bay Bulls the first. Both agreed to work together to preserve, enhance, and protect the trail.

The agreements allow the ECTA to participate in municipal budget consultations and submit funding requests.

Both councils and the ETCA commit to a review of the terms after the election of a new council.

The recent signings bring the total number of communities with active memorandums to ten.

Petty Harbour first signed on in May 2015, one of the first communities to do so. Two trails, the Cape Spear Path and Motion Path, run through the community.

Bay Bulls is the first Southern Shore community to sign a memorandum with the ECTA. The town is home to two ECTA-maintained trails, Spout Path and Mickleens Path.

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Posted on May 29, 2019 by Craig Westcott.

Top hands in the hardware trade

A local Home Hardware store was a finalist in a national competition.

Dan and Kim McDonald, operators of McDonald’s Home Hardware, have been serving the Goulds and area for 27 years.

Their store is a staple of the Goulds’ Main Road.

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Posted on May 29, 2019 by Craig Westcott.