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Reel Beach: It: Chapter Two, Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, and The Handmaid’s Tale putting the ‘horror’ into Toronto productions

August 24, 2019

By BERNIE FLETCHER What scares you? Horror films are popular these days, but zombies and monsters and demon clowns don’t do much for me. What is really frightening is the oppressive society of a dystopian future in the TV series The Handmaid’s Tale from the 1985 novel by Margaret Atwood. Fans of the horror genre […]

Historian Gene Domagala to host Heritage Walk featuring The Ashbridge Estate

August 24, 2019

Local historian Gene Domagala is set to lead a pair of upcoming historical walks. On Saturday, Aug. 24, he leads The Ashbridge Estate Walk. The walk will feature highlights of the Ashbridge Estate, one of the oldest residences in the Beach; a hidden church that was built by the Ashbridges; the Maple Leaf Cottage, inspiration […]

Danforth Avenue transformed between Woodbine and Woodmount for 8 80 Streets pop up

August 23, 2019

By ALAN SHACKLETON As finishing touches were being put on the streetscape along Danforth Avenue for the 8 80 Streets Danforth pedestrian safety pop up installation this morning, which reduces the street to one lane each way for traffic between Woodbine and Woodmount avenues on Aug. 23 and 24, most people seemed happy with the […]

Editor of Your Ward News sentenced to one year in jail for promoting hatred

August 23, 2019

The editor of Your Ward News has been sentenced to one-year in jail for promoting hatred against women and members of the Jewish community. James Sears, 55, was handed the sentence on Thursday, Aug. 22, by Ontario Court Judge Richard Blouin. Sears and the paper’s publisher, LeRoy St. Germaine, had been found guilty in January […]

My Perfect Day in the East End: Community fun, great eats and gardens galore

August 23, 2019

By CONNIE VITELLO HARDING I have lived in the east end for almost 20 years, including a couple of years on the Danforth, seven years in Leslieville and a decade in the Beach. I love the Beach for its proximity to the city and pleasures of lakeside living but also the small-town feel and close-knit […]

School supply donations for kids in need being accepted by Grant A.M.E Church on Gerrard Street East

August 22, 2019

Local residents can help make back to school easier for children in need by dropping off school supplies this Friday, Aug. 23 at the Grant A.M.E. (African Methodist Episcopal) Church on Gerrard Street East. The church will be distributing school bags to youngsters who are in need on Sunday, Aug.25, and donations of school supplies […]

Cannabis retail store licence awarded in government lottery to site of iconic Beach store Randall’s Stationery

August 22, 2019

Iconic Beach area store Randall’s Stationery could end up as a cannabis retail store. September will mark the end of an era in the Beach as the store building has been sold and the family that has been running Randall’s Stationery since 2003 will no longer be operating it. And to make the change in […]

Beach baseball player Jakob MacLeod set to start scholarship at Ave Maria University in Florida

August 22, 2019

By RICARDO VIGLIANO When winter comes, and snow covers the ground, Beach resident and Malvern Collegiate Institute graduate Jakob MacLeod won’t be bothered at all. He will be miles away living his dream of college baseball at Ave Maria University in Florida. MacLeod couldn’t be happier with starting the program on scholarship in September. The […]

On The Wild Side: Gray treefrogs rarely seen but often heard

August 22, 2019

By ANN BROKELMAN Here’s a quick story about a little animal we often hear, but rarely see. One day, while I was looking for shorebirds and herons, I saw a beautiful plant, who’s name I couldn’t tell you for the life of me, which caught my attention and brought me over to it for a […]

Movie Nights In The Park to screen First Man at Kew Gardens

August 21, 2019

The Beach Village’s BIA’s summer Movie Nights In The Park series continues tonight (Wednesday, Aug. 21) with a screening of First Man. The screening takes place in Kew Gardens, 2075 Queen St. E., and is slated to start at dusk, approximately 8 p.m. First Man tells the story of American astronaut Neil Armstrong, who was […]

Little Magic Sam performs, Left Field Brewery to be featured at Danforth Rocks on Wednesday, Aug. 21

August 20, 2019

The Danforth Rocks Summer Music Series at Stephenson Park continues this Wednesday, Aug. 21, evening with a performance by Little Magic Sam. In its third year, Danforth Rocks is presented by the Danforth Village BIA and features live music, food and drink, and local merchants coming together for a community celebration in Stephenson Park, 61 […]

Phin Park and The Pocket neighbourhood tree tour and shrub giveaway slated

August 20, 2019

Community members are invited to take part in Guided Tree Tour and Shrub Giveaway in Phin Park on the evening of Wednesday, Aug. 21. Young people aspiring towards careers in forestry and arboriculture will be leading the tree tour through The Pocket neighbourhood, followed by the shrub giveaway at Phin Park. The Pocket is bounded […]