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• Poor tactic for improving students
  Dear Editor: President Obama is promoting "performance pay" in American education for teachers who get their students scores up on standardized ...
• Anthem lyrics should change
  Dear Editor: This July 1, many Canadians will be celebrating Canada Day from coast to coast, in big cities and small hamlets and no doubt the ...
• Fire hall and truck unveiled
• Final year for junior high at school
  Grade 7 students at St. Anne's Academy who were on the Honour Roll included Shawn Bruce, Madison Cahill, Cassandra Cheeseman, Elizabeth Dollmont, ...
• New website up and running
  The new website for the Placentia Area Historical Society (PAHS) is now available to peruse on the Internet. For anyone interested in history ...
• Not so lonely lambs
• Increases on top of increases
  Dear Editor: Predictably, the labour unions, spearheaded by the public sector unions, are all in favour of increasing payroll taxes on small ...
• Minimum wage increased to $10
  Effective July 1, 2010, the provincial minimum wage will increase by 50 cents to $10.00 per hour. This is the final step of the province's 2007 ...
• Pretty as a picture
• Women arrested
  Two women were charged with possession of a stolen vehicle in Dunville June 17 afternoon after police were tipped off by a resident about a ...
• Bailouts and boondoggles
  Dear Editor: If a person from a large corporation (let's use Kruger) and a person from the Heart and Stroke Foundation came to your door at the ...
• NL and France enter drivers licence reciprocity...
  Residents of the Republic of France, including St. Pierre and Miquelon, who come to Newfoundland and Labrador to live, study or work will now ...
• Provincial population up, according to Statistics...
  Newfoundland and Labrador's population has gone up for the seventh consecutive three-month period. According to latest estimates from ...
• Grease up and go
  Next Friday, students throughout the region will trade in their books for two months of kicking, throwing, hitting, and free play, under what ...
• Know harm is done
  Dear Editor: As the sun rises in the sky every morning, like others, I rustle out of bed. We all follow various routines and rituals, and for ...
• Museum seeking volunteers
  Volunteers are needed at various times throughout the summer at O'Reilly House. The Placentia Area Historical Society (PAHS) is seeking ...
• Busy weekend for RCMP
  The Placentia/Whitbourne District of the RCMP was busy during the weekend of June 12-13 as they responded to a total of 28 calls for service. ...
• Cadets Caring for Canada
• Philippines man charged with smuggling child...
  A man from the Philippines was arrested last Wednesday from the vessel Surfer Rosa at Come By Chance and charged with smuggling child ...
• Women arrested
• Wharf work continues
• Deep water, shallow mind
  Dear Editor: What kind of Premier stands in the House of Assembly and threatens the people of Newfoundland and Labrador with cuts to social ...
• Honing their skills
  A group of young rowers were out on the water last week and will be for the weeks coming up to the annual Placentia Regatta, which this year ...
• Dunville softball field to receive upgrades
• Equipment stolen from ballfield
  A break in occurred at the canteen in the Dunville ballfield sometime between the hours of 3 p.m. Monday afternoon and late Tuesday morning. A ...
• Prisoner pensions an issue
  Dear Editor: The case for removing pensions from convicted serial killers is a strong one. If the state is already housing them free, they ...
• Philippines man charged with smuggling child...
  A man from the Philippines was arrested this afternoon from the vessel Surfer Rosa at Come By Chance and charged with smuggling child ...
• What's Happening in SPORTS
  What's happening in Sports - Volunteer coaches needed Volunteer coaches are needed for minor sports in the Placentia area. Anyone interested in ...
• Taking a gamble
  It's too late. The genie escaped the bottle a long time ago. Gambling is a fact of society - not just in this province but across Canada. ...
• Repairing and strengthening