The Our Town - Clarenville Blog by Paul Tilley

2018 marked the thirteenth year of Clarenville's free outdoor concert series, Arts Under the Stars.  The 2018 season got underway on July 5th with the amazingly talented Kellie  Loder, and was followed by some great shows from established and up-and-coming artists.   Check out these selections by clicking on the photo... Aug. 16 - Brad Tulk Aug. 9 - Dave Panting & Greg Simm   Aug. 2 - Rick Fines and Morgan Davis July 26 - Janet Cull July 19 - Celebrating Local Talent for Clarenville Day Kathleen Fillier & Andrew Best  Gerry Organ & Mackenzie Baird The Lazy Daisies (Kira Skinner & Grant Pelley)  July 12 - Jordon Harnum Video: https://photos.app.goo.gl/F7vKt5n5tTLE7GAq7 July 5 - Kellie Loder Video: https://photos.app.goo.gl/izVvZ746GhVAB9mM8 Arts Under the Stars is made possible because of the generous contr...

The Town of Clarenville has a lot to offer and unfortunately, not everybody knows that. Clarenville also has the geographic advantage of being the "gateway" to the Bonavista peninsula - one of the largest tourism destinations in the province. Over the course of 2018, I've been putting together a series of short videos about Clarenville's (and the region's ) "must see" places that I have entitled "In Our Backyard".  Each video has been shot with drone. If you have any suggested places, let me know ;) iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/1Ps7eOQHy8M" width="560"> iframe allow="autoplay; encrypted-media" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0"...

Here is a link to our collection of Drone Videos and Photos over Clarenville, NL Canada . This file is updated regularly.  CLICK THE PHOTO TO ACCESS ALBUM

R alph Lethbridge is not your typical 71 year old  Entrepreneur, Husband, Dad and Grandfather.   He's what we call in Newfoundland & Labrador - a "Character".   He is Boonie. Boonie Lethbridge is one of those characters that you will find throughout small town Canada.   Boonie (as he is affectionately known) has been the go-to person to buy real, local Christmas trees in the Clarenville area since 1984.   EVERYONE knows him and kids in particular love him because he bears a striking resemblance to Santa!! That's not the only resemblance - his heart is as big as Santa's too!   His trade-mark white beard is the reason, and very few people remember seeing him without it.  Over the past few years several prominent citizens of Clarenville have died from ALS, including Corwin Mills,  Dolores Balsom &  Pat Cole . T his fall after the death of Mr. Mill's,  Dolores' husband Alex and Boonie were chatting.  Boonie suggeste...

Clarenville’s Budget 2015 Chair of Finance, Councilor Heber Smith rose in Council’s December 16 th meeting as presented Clarenville’s proposed budget for 2015.    The balanced budget laid out plans for the projected collection and expenditure of $9,757,074 in 2015.  Budgets are easy in times of growth because as the tax base grows, so do tax revenues.  Such is not so much the case in Clarenville this year.  Growth has slowed and revenue growth has not been able to keep up with the demands of operating the town. Planned Investments in 2015 A further $1million in Road Improvement – in addition to the $700,000 spent in 2014 Road and water/sewer redevelopment of Adam’s Place, Blundon Drive, Warricks Road, Park/Viking Streets, and the east entrance to Clarenville on Memorial Drive      New firefighting and communications equipment for the Clarenville Fire Department   Increased honorariums for the volunteer fire department ...