Profile of Stephanie Stein

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• Lack of co-operation burns
  As it stands now, fire departments in Newfoundland and Labrador operate as separate entities, which has proven to be insufficient and ...
• Recycle for strays and Africa
  Beginning last September, Grade 7 students from St. Paul’s Intermediate in Gander began a recycling program, and to date have raised $1,000. The ...
• Fire department unmoved
  The last date that the Town was hoping to make for the move was the end of April, so what’s been the hold up? Getting subcontractors together was ...
• Coffee With...Darlene Crocker
  What were you doing before you started your business, Go Spa? I was working in a kitchen as a cook and then I went back to school three years ago ...
• Gander: A new pigeon stool
  As Mother Nature has her mood swings and sends pigeons awry, NAPA’s Charlie Martin said his pigeon problem has reached excremental proportions. ...
• Dollars and sense
  Aaron has been a newspaper carrier for The Beacon for about one year, and managed to save $1,900.00. With that money, he bought a ...
• Playtime
  “It’s very emotional hearing the kids working in the background. It really brings a community together,” said volunteer Shirley Hounsell of Hare ...
• Health Canada says no worries
  In the June 2 edition of, The Beacon, it was discussed how the release of radiation from the Fukushima plant in Japan could potentially be ...
• Where the streets have no name
  Under old development agreements, erecting street names was not a requirement, until recently. Contractors must now have the street sign up ...
• Berth of a marina
  “We hope to attract boaters from around Bonavista Bay, the rest of Newfoundland, and anywhere in the world. We’ll take them,” beamed Gill Stone, ...
• Road rage
  James Blackwood, director of municipal works and services, said roads are forecasted to last approximately 15 years. However, due to deficiencies ...
• The Ice Witch is popular with kids
  The Opera, La Sorciere de la Glace/The Ice Witch is the new sound being heard in Central Newfoundland. Mingling with the traditional music of the ...
• Gander becomes a doctor magnet
  The Beacon spoke with New York native Dr. Michael Zuckerman, and a Grand Falls-Windsor resident for almost three years, who was hired to remedy ...
• Towns are tapped out
  There are many communities without safe potable drinking water. Currently there are around 200 communities in Newfoundland and Labrador that are ...
• To test or not to test
  Many Canadians feel they are safe from the infiltration of radiation, but radiation monitors have shown that copious amounts of radiation from ...
• Children Speak Out
  A working group was formed after local media shined a bright light on parents suddenly being locked out. Parents have been fighting hard to ...
• Hours of work slashed
  The CPAA is the bargaining agent that represents over 8,000 employees of Canada Post who work in rural post offices. Its membership consists of ...
• Coffee With...Pamela Blackwood
  The Beacon: Where are you from? I’ve been with the RCMP for 22 years, so I’m not new. I’m originally from Halifax, and I have been posted in ...
• Clean fun
  Gander councillor Dave Blunden informed The Beacon that the Town is involved in a major clean-up program right now, which includes the splash ...
• URock
  A poignant statement made by 20-year-old Bridgette Abbott of Musgrave Harbour, who won a URock Volunteer Award at the CLB Armory in St. John’s ...
• A ‘New Hope’ for MS
  “I almost lost my family.” He sparkled when he revealed liberation therapy as a new hope, which can save lives. As a new man after receiving ...
• Send me a pretty picture
  She is talking to a “friend” named Ashley on a social networking site, who happens to be a 40-year-old male. She is just about to give him her ...
• An Austrian take on 9/11
  September 11, 2011, marks the 10th anniversary of an event in which close to 3,000 people in New York lost their lives. That day, some 39 ...
• Coffee With...Derek Webster and Dave Rowsell
  The Beacon: Freemasonry is rich in symbolism. Why the black and white square pattern on the floor? Derek: I’m not a historian. I really couldn’t ...
• Money ain’t for nothin’
  Donations to conventions or sports tournaments is a major point of discussion and contention amongst council members. Most stand united on the ...
• Repression leads to depression
  Bonnie Kyritsis was 17-years-old when she fell into a deep depression. She felt like an outcast, alone, and confused. Although many like Ms. ...
• Coffee With...Jamie Parsons
  Tell me about the Biggest Loser It started amongst family and friends. We are heavy set people. We decided to throw money into a pot and winner ...
• Parents locked out
  Gander Academy, which is a K-6 school, has re-designated waiting areas for parents from inside the school to outside the school. This sent ...
• MS under observation
  Liberation therapy, also referred to as chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency treatment (CCSVI), was pioneered by Italian surgeon Paolo ...
• Which way is Gander?
  Who or what controls the pace of life, or the perceptions, and attitudes we inhabit? Maybe we should stop and think about this for a second. In ...