Profile of Kevin Higgins

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Kevin Higgins is the editor at The Beacon.

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• Coffee with…The Honourable Jacqueline Jenkins
  What’s your full name, and were you named after anyone? Jacqueline Jenkins. I don’t have a middle name. I was the youngest of eight children, so ...
• Continuing to improve
  GIAA board chairman Fred Moffitt had the opportunity to take stock on how well the authority did in meeting these goals at last Wednesday’s ...
• From Glenwood to Africa
  In the past two decades, professional childcare has become a growing, and much needed, service in the province, allowing mothers and fathers the ...
• Royal visit
  Jerry Smith, a past director with Lions Club International from Wauseon, Ohio, was a guest of the local club as it hosted the annual Lion N4 ...
• No need to adjust
  However, there's no need for Canadians to be overly concerned that the country will be gaining or losing any territory to its closest neighbour — ...
• Waiting game
  Some people are saying it was a hard-hitting budget, especially to the public servants, Old Age Security and fisheries policy. Others briefly ...
• Recognition time
  Over the past five years, the winners of the Joe and Clarice Goodyear Business Achievement Award range from a farm to a land development company ...
• Change of Venue
  It's been a puzzling discussion for everyone - councillors included - as to why Gander's housing market is comparable, or even higher in some ...
• Root for breakfast
  "The Rooting for Health event is a special initiative to help school children recognize the relationship between farming, food and health," said ...
• Speed demons
  If you don't know the actual address, you can try Youtube, Google, Dogpile, or Yahoo to open yourself to a world of entertainment, ...
• Helping our own
  However, what if you could do this and save a life in the process? That's what the Kittiwake Snowmobile Club has been doing for the past ...
• Change of Venue
  However, before one starts unpacking the boxes of shorts, tank tops and flip flops, remember this is Newfoundland and Labrador, and it's a ...
• By a hair
  As an executive board member of the Thomas Howe Demonstration Forest, Mr. Blackmore, who is a retired employee of the Department of Forestry, has ...
• Up to speed
  Are you intrigued with the person across from you? Is a short- or long-term partnership a possibility? If the answer to either of these questions ...
• Let's make a park
  And now, a group of current and former residents of Gander are embarking on a journey to do the same in Sgt. Gander's, as well as other military ...
• Ready to go
  The AGM was an opportunity for the chamber to welcome the new and say good-bye to the old, as it publicly acknowledged the newest members of its ...
• No surprise here
  It just didn't know precisely by how much. That was until the 2011 census numbers were released by Statistics Canada last Wednesday. To no one's ...
• Collis coming home
  However, Appleton native Aaron Collis, 21, said he's looking forward to the experience - even though it won't be with his regular bandmates. Mr. ...
• Change of Venue
  Up until now, there hasn't been a whole lot of opportunity for snowmobilers to get out and enjoy a comfortable day on the trails. For that ...
• Full festival
  Yes, if it's snowmobiling, music, ice sculptures, moose burgers, bingo, cards, skating, a chilly dip into the Gander River, or food - lots of ...
• Final note?
  However, it may soon come to end as the annual Kiwanis Music Festival may be reaching its final note, according to the group's executive. "We're ...
• Change of Venue
  Adrenaline takes over, and not all thoughts are completely clear and thought out. For snowmobile owners, frustration must be bursting through ...
• Dump no more
  However, if this is one of your regular weekly, monthly or yearly routines, it's about to come to an end. The last official day for the Gander ...
• Cleaning up garbage garble
  Gander councillor Rob Anstey, who chairs the Town's municipal works and services committee, said he knows there's some concern out there, but the ...
• Final note?
  However, it may soon come to end as the annual Kiwanis Music Festival may be reaching its final note, according to the group's executive. "We're ...
• Police identify deceased Trinity man
  Fifty-eight-year-old Winston Hunt of Trinity, Bonavista Bay has been identified by RCMP as the man found dead in a home at 11:30 ...
• Autopsy complete on body found in Trinity
  Staff Sgt. Randy Freeborn said the autopsy of the deceased, which was performed today in St. John’s, has been completed, and no results or ...
• Completion a key for 2012
  In the upcoming year, Mr. Collins said his priority is to ensure these projects are completed. "We got a lot of approvals last year, such as the ...
• Rural attacks coming
  That's the warning Liberal MP Scott Simms has for Canadians, especially those in his riding of Bonavista-Gander-Grand Falls-Windsor, heading into ...
• Taxes stay pat in Glenwood, Appleton
  In Glenwood, the budget was probably one of the first passed, not only in the Central region, but also in the province, as residents heard there ...