Mayor’s Message Winter 2021

Hi everyone! It’s such a great pleasure to bring you my first Mayor’s Message. I would like to say a sincere thank you for the opportunity to serve in this position for the next four years. I would also like to recognize all the candidates who put their name forward in the recent municipal election and congratulate the successful candidates in forming the new council. I look forward to working with our staff & new council for a very productive 4 years.

There are so many good things happening in our town right now. Lots of infrastructure projects just finishing up, ongoing, or about to get started. Our three schools are up and running for another school year, including our brand new Bay Roberts Primary – what a wonderful addition to our town! The Bay Roberts real estate market is very busy and we send out a very warm welcome to everyone new to our town. Our council and staff will continue to work hard to improve and build on what our town has to offer. Many thanks to all our volunteers who contribute so much throughout the year.

In the upcoming weeks, we will put our focus on the Holiday season and in the town of Bay Roberts, that’s usually a very busy time. Numerous events are being held for our residents, along with bringing thousands of people to our town. According to our Festival of Lights schedule (inside this gazette), there will be lots of fun things to do and places to go. Some good news this year is that we are bringing back our traditional Santa Claus parade, which some have claimed to be one of the best in the province. A sincere hope that we can all take in some of the happenings during our festival and bring back some normalcy to our celebrations. 

As we all know the past number of months have been challenging to us all in one way or another and as we move forward into another new year, let’s all hope for better days and weeks ahead. On behalf of Roxanne, Ashley, Samantha, Bruno, Sandy, and myself, we sincerely wish you the very best this Christmas season and a very happy and healthy new year!

Mayor Walter Yetman walteryetman@bayroberts.com