The Our Town - Clarenville Blog by Paul Tilley

Eat The Hill is a winter foodabration!  Eat the Hill will be Clarenville’s first Culinary Festival and is taking place on the weekend of February 9 and 10, 2013 at Clarenville's White Hills Resort as a kick off to our 25th winter carnival . This 2 day foodie weekend will bring local chefs together to create some mouth-watering culinary treats.  Here's what to expect: Saturday, February 9th During the Day Enjoy the slopes and trails on Saturday with a full day pass for White Hills, eastern Newfoundland’s premier winter destination! As your day of skiing or snowboarding winds down head into the town and enjoy some of Clarenville’s outstanding locally owned shops. 7 Chefs - 6 Courses ​Then get ready as the evening begins... your chefs have been working tirelessly to produce an amazing 6 course meal; each chef will create a course using local ingredients. Dinner will begin at 7:30, the bar will open 30 minutes prior.  Meet the Chefs HERE After the meal, t...

Ok, you may be new to Clarenville, or you may be away or you may just not be aware or you may just want to know...This post is for you - read on. There's a lot of great winter opportunities shaping up in our town this winter and we want you to be part of it.  Let me just speak of a few that I know of so far - in the order of when they are happening: WHITE HILLS opening this Coming weekend - Click to play information video CARIBOUS No lockout here! Clarenville's beloved hockey is on the ice this coming weekend.  Get your tickets at the Events Centre.    SNOWSHOEING Snowshoeing is gaining in popularity and some new trails that lead to some breathtaking destinations are being developed.  Just this morning I was involved in breaking a trail to Arron's Lookout.  Arron's Lookout is the bald hill that you can on the 90 degree turn see as you drive into White Hills.  This is a 4 km round trip from the Lee Churchill Chalet and it takes you throu...