Profile of Bill Bowman

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• 'Desperately needed'
  It’s a massive undertaking. Projected to cost $108 million — 10 times the $11 million the Carbonear General Hospital cost when it was built in ...
• Regaining the torch
  Those who were around for the 1992 Newfoundland and Labrador Summer Games will recall the exuberance that filled the air over The Carbonear ...
• Long wait pays off
  The Carbonear Volunteer Fire Department's long wait for a new aerial ladder fire truck ended Jan. 15 when a new Sutphen 100 tandem aerial ladder ...
• Perseverance pays
  Whenever volunteer fire departments need a new piece of emergency equipment, you have to hand it to them for tenacity and perseverance.Mayors, ...
• Contented in Heart's Content
  Laughter may be the best medicine. But, despite his good sense of humour, David Dawe realizes if laughter could cure all that ails you, the ...
• Getting schooled in Harbour Grace
  The chairman of the St. Francis school council believes the quality of education for primary and elementary students in Harbour Grace will suffer ...
• Elementary, my dear students
  After seven years of seeing students from Grades 6 to 9 bused to school in neighbouring Harbour Grace, some Carbonear parents say they can hardly ...
• School appeals for help
  Who would steal recyclables from a special needs class less than three weeks before Christmas?Danielle Doyle would like to know.The special ...
• Big weekend for CeeBees
  After a three-match losing streak to the Mount Pearl Blades, the Conception Bay North CeeBee Stars came roaring back Saturday night, Dec. 11 to ...
• Big shoes to fill
  Danny Williams is not the first premier in our province's history to leave his party in good shape to continue governing under new leadership.But ...
• Heading for greener pastures
  The Carbonear General Hospital is losing one of its two resident psychiatrists. After a year of practicing psychiatry in the Trinity Conception ...
• Reminiscing with Swain
  "In Carbonear, this is Ed Swain for NTV Neeewwwsss." It's likely you've heard this distinctive sign-off after a report on the evening news. But ...
• Fire protection costs, and pays
  Fire protection service is one of those anomalies like insurance. Everyone hopes they never have to use such services, but those who have them ...
• Fire fee dispute brewing
  Freshwater residents could lose their fire protection services if outstanding fees to the Town of Carbonear dating back over three years are not ...
• Paying the price
  The women who launched the class action lawsuit against Eastern Health for botched tests to determine treatment for breast cancer, began ...
• Not in our backyard
  Concerned citizens of Harbour Grace came away from a recent town council meeting feeling just as much in the dark about a proposed adult ...
• Location of addictions centre causing a stir
  Harbour Grace Mayor Don Coombs denies council is withholding information on the location of a proposed adult residential addictions treatment ...
• Up in arms
  Residents of Hoyles Road, an upscale neighbourhood in the northeast section of Carbonear, are up in arms.The condition of a vacant property smack ...
• Best of both worlds
  “One time I could go up Water Street and tell you who lived in every house,” says the mayor of Bay Roberts.“I can’t do that now,” Glenn ...
•  Government makes healthy investment in Carbonear area
  The provincial government is spending $3.8 million for new equipment, repairs and renovations for the Carbonear General Hospital, Interfaith Home ...
• Road with no name
  Every road must come to an end, even those with no names. But there seems to be no end in sight to the controversy over a nameless road, which ...
• Beneath the surface
  While the island has been the subject of research over the years, "I'm not aware of any other archaeological dig," says Ches Ash, who heads up ...
• Icing on the cake
  After two years of negotiations, Spaniard's Bay has inked a deal with a local developer to proceed with a major commercial development off ...
• Excited about 2010-11 senior hockey season
  When the temperature outside is hitting the high twenties and people are complaining about how "sticky" it is, ice hockey may be the last thing ...
• Car flips
  Five people made it to the Carbonear General Hospital perhaps a little quicker than they expected late last week. And not in the same vehicle ...
• New monument in Carbonear Memorial Park honours...
  Thirty-seven soldiers from Carbonear paid the supreme sacrifice during World Wars 1 and 2. To make sure they will never be forgotten for that ...
• Water, water everywhere...
  Residents of Whiteway were caught off guard early last week when an unexpected amount of rain poured down on the Trinity South town of 300, ...
• Muses & Minstrels
  Inside Carbonear's historic Rorke Stores, not only can you see and touch and feel history - you can even smell it in the oakum, which still ...
• Missing plane found in Labrador
  After being grounded for 36 hours by inclement weather, including freezing rain and snow, search crews in Labrador finally found the small plane ...
• Remarkable research project
  A senior lecturer in economic and social history at the University of Bristol, England will be in Carbonear later this month for a public ...