• Sit down for a spell

  March 30, 2013 - 9 h 30

  I have settled back into my office after my family vacation to Florida. It was a great vacation with sun, fun and lots of food. The weather was great and the pool was even better. I learned a few things on my vacation about people and how...

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• Change Islands/Fogo Island/Lewisporte Community Connections

  March 29, 2013 - 9 h 27

  Community Connections Sheila brushed by kicking the ice back into the shore and blocking ferry service again last week. This was something not unexpected given the ice hadn’t truly moved along, the floes just off the shore waiting for the...

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• The View From Fogo Island “The Ides of March”

  March 28, 2013 - 9 h 25

  By Benson Hewitt I am writing this piece on March 15, known the world over as the “Ides of March”, and I was wondering if there might have been some interesting events that happened on this particular date with reference to Fogo Island. There...

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• Making the connection

  March 13, 2013 - 14 h 46

  Some people might take for granted the availability of broadband access. If you were to talk to someone in Toronto or even St. John’s, they would almost think you were joking to say that there are still people who connect to the Internet via a...

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• Letters to the Editor

  March 13, 2013 - 14 h 43

  Letters to the Editor from the Pilot March 13 edition

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• The View From Fogo Island

  March 13, 2013 - 14 h 37

  Ar dheis De goraibh a anam. — Gaelic for “May his soul be at God’s right hand” More than one visitor to our island has commented on the beauty and balance of proportion of “Our Lady of the Snows”, Roman Catholic Church, in the...

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• The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world

  March 8, 2013 - 11 h 25

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• The View From Fogo Island “Walking in a Winter Wonderland”

  March 6, 2013 - 13 h 40

  I am writing this on Feb. 19, and I don’t believe I might have ever said this now, or ever before, “It was a perfect winter day”, but it was, indeed. It was about 9 o’clock (AM, of course), and as I looked out of our living room window,...

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• Sit down for a spell

  March 4, 2013 - 14 h 22

  This is the type of editorial column that you will either love or hate. If you love it feel free to let me know, if you hate it feel free to let me know. Newfoundland is built on seasonal employment. Our summers keep thousands of people employed...

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• Water woes in Fogo

  February 27, 2013 - 10 h 12

  “Water, water everywhere Nor any drop to drink” — Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834)   Dear Editor, Coleridge’s words in his poem Rime of the Ancient Mariner written nearly 200 years ago are still very relevant today here...

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Other news

• February 24, 2013 Change Islands/Fogo Island/Lewisporte Community Connections
• February 20, 2013 The View From Fogo Island Father Longergan’s Obituary, Fogo, concluded
• February 19, 2013 Recommendations for the future of the fishery
• February 18, 2013 Peace of mind
• February 13, 2013 Something to consider
• February 10, 2013 “This is your life”
• February 6, 2013 The View From Fogo Island James Patrick Howley visits Fogo, 1886
• February 3, 2013 When the lights go out
• January 30, 2013 The View From Fogo Island
• January 26, 2013 “Exam”ining the options
• January 25, 2013 Questioning points from Simms article
• January 23, 2013 The View From Fogo Island
• January 23, 2013 “Exam”ining the options
• January 20, 2013 Sit down for a spell
• January 16, 2013 The pair of mittens