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St. John's flag to fly over Mount Pearl ...
… but only for a week.
Relax, Mount Pearl folk, you’re not about to swallowed up by the amalgamation-hungry bigger city to the east. Instead, your mayor came out on the wrong side of a bet.
St. John’s Mayor Dennis O’Keefe couldn’t help but boast at Monday evening’s meeting that he won a small bet over a senior men’s baseball game with Randy Simms, the mayor of neighbouring Mount Pearl.
St. John’s was playing Mount Pearl in that match, and you can guess which politician bet on which team.
The winner of the bet got the privilege of having his city’s flag fly outside the neighbouring city hall.
As well, O’Keefe revealed, Simms will have to wear a St. John’s baseball jersey to his next council meeting.
Friendly chatter aside, we in the newsroom won’t be surprised if the A-word is revived again, or conflicts of opinion about important issues (remember that crosstown extension?) become obvious in the weeks and months ahead.
Tags: Mount Pearl, St. John's, politics, sports
Mount Pearl's new statue
Mount Pearl has some new public art, right in Centennial Square, and it involves the theme of water - a key municipal issue, when you get down to it.
Source is the title of a statue by Luben Boykov, and it features a mother and daughter facing each other, with cupped hands, while water runs through them.
Mayor Randy Simms and others joined Boykov Thursday for the unveiling. The statue is a focal part of the redevelopment of Centennial Park, in the city’s hope of revitalizing the area and drawing more people toward it.
