Profile of Bill Bowman

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• No delays expected for Carbonear long-term care...
  Editor's note: the following article was first published in the Sept. 18, 2012 edition of The Compass. Construction on the ...
• Hope never dies
  After 32 years, the annual Terry Fox Run in Harbour Grace is showing no signs of running out of steam. While runs have also taken place at other ...
• "Salt of the earth"
  A man who loved the land and sea, especially being on the water, and was described by all who knew him as the "salt of the earth" was laid to ...
• 'Motorcycles are everywhere'
  High but ominous dark clouds and low-lying fog threatened to put the breaks on the Relic Riders' tenth annual Show 'n Shine Saturday, July 28. ...
• Freak accident claims 62-year old man
  A 62-year-old man was pronounced dead at the scene of a freak accident in South River Wednesday, Aug. 8. When Trinity Conception District RCMP ...
• Carbon monoxide poisoning sends four to Carbonear...
  Carbon monoxide poisoning sent four people to the Carbonear General Hospital for treatment Monday, Aug. 6. Const. Tracy Coish of Avalon East ...
• Medal recipient praises queen as 'a wonderful...
  A graceful and gracious lady, who was fond of presenting the Duke of Edinburg with bottles of Newfoundland Screech, has received the Queen's ...
• Suspect in custody after attempted armed robbery in...
  A 32-year-old Carbonear man was taken into custody Thursday morning, Aug. 2, while Trinity Conception District RCMP continue their investigation ...
• Absent without authorization
  rinity Conception District RCMP located a fugitive from justice, July 31 and returned him to the St. John’s Community Corrections Centre. Const. ...
• Those demeaning, insufferable, Screech-ins
  Do visitors to Scotland get Scotched in? Are visitors to Ireland welcomed to the auld sod by being invited to drink a pint of Guinness while ...
• Puck passed to province
  The Town of Harbour Grace has written the minister of municipal affairs asking him to approve its preference for a primary consultant on the ...
• Lesson in history and heritage
  If there is anything as painfully slow as those proverbial wheels of government, it must be the process of ridding a town of its eyesores. Just ...
• Teens treated for minor injuries
  A female and a male youth were released from the Carbonear General Hospital Wednesday night after being treated for minor injuries sustained in a ...
• Safe and sound
  Two men are safe and sound after their two-seater jet ski began taking on water near Harbour Grace Island in Conception Bay. Const. David ...
• Demolition order upheld
  An end may be in sight in a two-year battle between the owner of The Surprise Bag Company and the Town of Carbonear, which wants to rid the town ...
• Schools tighten up security systems
  Gone are the days when anyone can waltz into any school building any time of the day and roam the corridors unannounced. Now if you go up to a ...
• Just read their lips
  What started out as part of the local entertainment at the annual Dildo Days celebrations in July of 2010 has blossomed into a two-year run of ...
• Owner agrees to move derelict crane in Carbonear
  The owner of a crane that has dominated the landscape at the south entrance to Carbonear on Veterans Memorial Highway for years has finally ...
• Different strokes for swimmer
  Alison Somers is best known for her prowess in the pool, as an award-winning member of the Poseidon Swim Team. But it was the stroke of a pen ...
• Cramped quarters
  Pressed for space, the Town of Carbonear is going after public and private money to extend the Conception Bay Regional Community Centre. ...
• Close to 25,000 years of service
  Eastern Health has recognized 34 of its longest serving employees in the Trinity, Conception, Placentia bay areas for their years of service and ...
• Small fire at Ridley Hall
  Harbour Grace Volunteer Fire Brigade Chief Verge told The Compass firefighters extinguished a small blaze discovered in a back room of the ...
• Carbonear Collegiate sweeps drama awards
  Carbonear Collegiate swept more than half the awards at the Western Regional Drama Festival held in Carbonear earlier this month. The Carbonear ...
• 50 years of faithful service
  While nine pastors were providing spiritual guidance to members of the congregation of the Pentecostal Tabernacle in Port de Grave, Vern Petten ...
• Divine intervention
  Divine intervention. That's what a Heart's Delight-Islington father credits most for the survival of his five-year-old daughter last week after ...
• Health care system lacking vision, says New Harbour...
  A family physician whose patients have been affected by the loss of obstetrics/gynecology services at the Carbonear General Hospital says it's ...
• Child survives outdoor ordeal in Heart’s Delight...
  A six-year-old girl from Heart’s Delight is lucky to be alive after an ordeal in that Trinity Bay town Feb. 14. “The child wandered away from a ...
• Businessman predicts better days ahead for...
  Carbonear's Water Street may have seen better days, but Frank Butt believes its best days may be yet to come. The entrepreneur who operates a gas ...
• No local constituency office for Johnson
  Trinity-Bay de Verde MHA Charlene Johnson does not maintain a constituency office in her district. She is among 22 provincial MHAs who have opted ...
• Taxes going up in Victoria
  After holding the line on tax rates for as long as they could, members of the Victoria town council had to bite the bullet this year and hike ...