Local gardeners gear up for 100th anniversary Garden Tour by putting on the personal touch

June 24, 2018 · 0 Comments

You can tell a lot about a person by the objects they surround themselves with. Sometimes they are cherished mementos of their own past, or maybe a generational heirloom to show where their forebears have been and where their descendants are going.

Historical Society supports bid for designated business core

The Aurora Historical Society renewed its mandate as heritage advocate last week, throwing its weight behind a bid by the Town’s Heritage Advisory Committee (HAC) to designate 15 of Aurora’s historic downtown storefronts under the Ontario Heritage Act.

Plans for new fire station at Bayview and St. John’s move forward

A new fire station on the north end of Town, strategically located to better response times in both Aurora and Newmarket, cleared a significant hurdle last week.

Aurora’s trails are yours to discover Sunday — and every day

By Brock Weir There’s a way you can get to where you need to go in Aurora by avoiding just about all forms of traffic, ...

Baseball, soccer to split Hallmark lands

The soccer community wanted two soccer fields to meet their growing needs, the baseball community wanted two diamonds to address the same issue, but will a compromise reached Tuesday over the future use of Aurora’s Hallmark lands make everyone happy?

Property owner could appeal designation of Aurora’s historic business core

Over the last few years, Benny Soscia has been buying up buildings in what is seen by many to be Aurora’s historic downtown business core – but now that Council has begun the process of designating six of his buildings under the Ontario Heritage Act, he could move to appeal the decision.

Ontario Votes 2018: “We have returned Ontario to the people,” says Elliott

Voters have returned Ontario to the people. This was the message delivered by Newmarket-Aurora’s MPP-elect Christine Elliott to a jubilant group of supporters at her Newmarket campaign office as the numbers rolled in on Thursday night.

Ontario Votes 2018: “Canada will allow every single one of us to live the dream,” says Parsa

The first Member of Provincial Parliament for the newly-created Ontario riding of Aurora-Oak Ridges-Richmond Hill will be Progressive Conservative Michael Parsa.

ONTARIO VOTES 2018: “I’m not going anywhere,” says defeated Ballard, predicting “a very interesting next few years”

Chris Ballard is predicting “a very interesting next few years” for Newmarket-Aurora as he looks to life away from Queen’s Park.

Aurora students raise thousands in Relay for Life triple

Like beacons through the night, the yellow shirts of survivors led the way for hundreds of students under cloudy skies on Friday morning as they walked in solidarity to make a difference.

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