FRONT PORCH PERSPECTIVE

June 5, 2013 · 0 Comments

Welcoming Arms & Society of St. Vincent de Paul By Stephen Somerville Judging by some rudimentary statistics and scant anecdotal evidence, it seems that most ...

SENIOR SCAPE: We have a winner!

By Jim L. Abram Our very own ASA member and all-round nice person, Jan Freedman entered the Baking and Preserving portion of the Homecraft Division ...

POLITICS AS USUAL: Accountability and…

Accountability and Transparency By Alison Collins-Mrakas As I was unable to attend the May 28th Council meeting in person, I intended to watch it on ...

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The unbearable whiteness of painting By Tom Mrakas This week, I was asked a question that I have been asked a number of times when ...

First Responders celebrations had added poignancy

As people from York Region converged on Newmarket’s Ray Twinney Complex Saturday for the first annual iRun & Rock in honour of area first responders and those living with PTSD, events of the previous day added poignancy to what was otherwise due to be a celebration.

Aurora Filmmakers win big at Multimedia Film Festival

Local filmmakers walked the red carpet at Newmarket on Wednesday evening for the York Region Multimedia Film Festival where, once again, Aurora’s Alex Broughton took top honours, collecting multiple trophies for his film Kazu and Azul.

Conservation and new museum top priorities with $100k investment

Items in the historic Aurora Collection won a $100,000 reprieve last week as Council vote to invest $100,000 to look at ways to conserve and manage the artefacts and further ways to develop a museum.

New body checking rules spur polarizing reactions

For years, body checking has been introduced to players at the peewee level in the Ontario Minor Hockey Association. But that was swiftly changed at a recent Hockey Canada general meeting, where the decision was made...

SAC students smash expectations in spring festivities

St. Andrew’s students smashed their expectations last week in their efforts to help local kids in need. The students put their heads together to form the third annual Highland Spring Smash...

Team of the Week nominees show big hearts in Aurora

Aurora’s U9 Girls are not ones to shy away from a challenge. The Stingers A soccer team, comprised of local girls of the age of 9, have increasingly become familiar faces...

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