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Barbara Dean-Simmons
editor@thepacket.ca
All articles of Barbara Dean-Simmons
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Back in the Loop
Trinity — The future of the deteriorating Trinity Loop Park is looking brighter. Owner Francis Kelly, who lives in St. John’s, said he’s ... -
Clarenville entrepreneur honoured posthumously
It would have been enough to make some people throw in the towel. Just a year shy of his 40th birthday, Ralph Mercer was enjoying modest ... -
Heavy rains causing worry
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Ballooning Clarenville economy hitting housing market
Clarenville - It's an issue that has challenged many towns and cities across Canada. Up until the early 1990s, says Sheilagh Malone, outreach ... -
Flu fears mean changes for business
Clarenville - "I've never been so happy to be a teleworker," says Susan Hollett, who operates a consulting firm from her home in Shoal Harbour. ... -
Tonnes of shrimp going overseas; local plants shut down
Port Union - While hundreds of workers around the province are winding up the summer season without enough weeks on the job to qualify for ... -
Dismal season
Clarenville - They were small, and they were late. And some were wondering if the main caplin stock would even show up inshore. The fishery ... -
NLRC proposal asks creditors for time
Clarenville - The future of a proposed refinery for Placentia Bay is in the hands of its creditors. In a "community stakeholder update" issued ... -
Seeking investors
Clarenville - It's a matter of finding the money. And that's something that may be a little more challenging, given the turmoil in stock markets ... -
A trip Back in time
New Bonaventure - It wasn't a great day for making fish, but it was fine for chinking a shed with fistfuls of moss. The "Random Passage" site ... -
For the love of animals
Anne Marie Brown doesn't count the number of hours she spends working at the animal shelter, tending to, caring for and finding homes for ... -
The Old Man and The Sea
He vows this is his last year lobster fishing. But 90-year-old Charles Brinston has said that before, according to his son Hedley. And this year, ...





