The mayor of Harbour Grace says he is more than proud of his town and takes exception to Harbour Grace, its residents and council members being berated on the Internet.

"It's insulting, the town doesn't deserve it and I don't appreciate it," says Don Coombs referring to the Facebook social networking site "Speak loud and let your voice be heard in Harbour Grace."

These four local skaters brought home medals from the Skate Newfoundland and Labrador Provincial Championship held last month in Gander. From left: Natalie Keeping, Kathryn Petten, Jenna Efford and Rachel Petten

	Martha Gregory

Every Spring for the past 40 years the hills around Carbonear have come alive with the sound of music.

This year the Kiwanis Club of Carbonear is holding its 40th Music Festival.

The 2,200 young musicians and vocalists from Trinity, Conception and Placentia Bays who will be in Carbonear later this week and next for the event are among the tens of thousands of young people who have taken to the festival stage over the past four decades.

Two memories that will remain etched into my mind forever are that terrible black Friday, Nov 22, 1963 in Dallas, Texas when President John F. Kennedy was killed by a sniper's bullet, and where I was Sunday, Feb. 28, 2010 when Sidney Crosby's goal at 7.40 into sudden-death overtime gave Canada hockey gold over the U.S.A. by a winning score of 3-2 at the Vancouver winter Olympics.

Nearly 50 years ago Lee Harvey Oswald left the world a terrible and tragic memory. In start contrast, this year, Sidney Crosby affectionately known as Sid the Kid left Canadians with a golden memory that will last forever.

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For Canadian hockey fans the want that had been in our hearts since our defeat in Torino, Italy began intensifying with the announcement of the men's Olympic team back in December.

Canada's sixth place standing following the preliminary round was a minor irritant to our national hockey pride. What we anticipated initially and needed, for its vindication, was a finals match up and thrashing of the Russians. Unexpectedly, however, that game came in a quarterfinal match up.

Dear editor,

There are comments being made by young and old, past and present residents of Harbour Grace.

I personally think the youth of Harbour Grace should really have a say and get involved with their town. The cleanliness, social activities, businesses and overall feeling of being a resident of this small but once mighty town has taken a huge downfall.

There were always places for us to go as teenagers. We had the old Arcade, the Loins Den dances, Curling Club dances, and The Warehouse. There used to be street dances, but Carbonear held them. They were always a blast!

	FIRST AWARD - Gerald Smith of Dildo stands in the entrance of a wall mural of Dildo Island in the Di... »

Dildo Island and well-known fiddler Kelly Russell are the recipients of the province's first ever historic commemorations designations.

The awards, announced Last Wednesday, March 3 at The Rooms in St. John's, are meant to recognize distinctive aspects of the province's history, culture and heritage.