Stouffville residents Nicholas (Malfoy) and Benjamin Murray (Mad-Eye Moody) won first and second place respectively for the best Harry Potter costumes at the July 14 screening of Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince at the Roxy Theatre in Uxbridge.
Archive for August 2009
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Always look on the bright side of life
“Anthony Eden’s father once hurled a barometer out of the window into the pouring rain, yelling, ‘See for yourself, you bloody thing.’” Jilly Cooper
Terry Fox to hit million dollar milestone
By Sandy Schell Kennedy
This year, the Stouffville Terry Fox Run will hit the one million dollar milestone. In 2008 our community ranked fifth out of 250 sites, raising over $93,000 for cancer research.
Summer Movies on the Park
Nineteen on the Park, in partnership with the Toronto International Film Festival Film Circuit, is showing two great movies on Aug. 12, with ticket prices to match.
First up at 7 p.m. is Young @ Heart, a sweet, funny and moving documentary about 24 senior citizens from Massachusetts, average age 81, who are members of a […]
Starlight Cinema will shine this fall
This fall, the Lebovic Centre for Arts and Entertainment – Nineteen on the park will host its first Film Circuit series, beginning Sept. 9.
Inspired by nature
Places, like people, change. Musselman’s Lake, which was once a cottage sanctuary, has become a year-round home for many looking for escape from the hectic pace of urban communities.
Vivian Village
by Maurice Smith
Since its earliest days, the hub of community life revolved around an area with Main Street at its core, and in the late 1800s the then Village of Stouffville was as lively as it is today.
Surviving SPAM
I bought a can of SPAM the other day at our local grocery store. (They like you to spell it with all capitals.) The clerk tells me it is just flying off the shelves.
Dog days of summer
by Robin Steckley
Mild mannered Clark Kent entered a phone booth and come out as Superman, confident in his amazing strength and courage.
Museum Car Show features Lamborghini Countache
By Renée Wilson
Stouffville’s 36th annual Antique & Classic Car Show takes place Sunday Aug. 9 (with a rain date of Aug. 16) from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Whitchurch-Stouffville Museum and adjacent Vandorf Park.
Marvellous Moonlight Madness
On Aug. 20, local merchants invite residents to celebrate Moonlight Madness by visiting downtown stores between 7 and 10 p.m. for some great summer bargains.
Local musicians, including Kavan Cleary, will provide entertainment in the gazebo and at Studio Lab. Youngsters can enjoy the free bouncing castle and face painting, with pony rides in the Care […]
It’s all in the timing
By Catherine Sword
They say all the stories have been written.
The challenge for writers is in how to write the story and Audrey Niffenegger has written a very creative novel. Don’t be afraid of this recommendation. I know there are some people who connect me with science fiction and other weird stuff, but this is […]
Hats off to a wonderful community
Anyone who has ever organized or hosted an event understands how important the smallest detail can be and how meaningful every helping hand. To thank all that recently gave their support to our Mad Hatter’s Tea Party is an overwhelming task, but there are some that must be mentioned.
From Europe, with Love
by Pam Mandich
I am writing this column from my pensione (small Italian hotel) in Florence.
It is a lovely and typical hotel, taking up the second floor of a many-centuries-old building, which has no elevator and still requires actual keys to lock your room.
Previous Stories
- Potter fans dress for success
- Always look on the bright side of life
- Terry Fox to hit million dollar milestone
- Summer Movies on the Park
- Starlight Cinema will shine this fall
- Inspired by nature
- Vivian Village
- Surviving SPAM
- Dog days of summer
- Museum Car Show features Lamborghini Countache
- Marvellous Moonlight Madness
- It’s all in the timing
- Hats off to a wonderful community
- August at the Latcham Gallery
- August at the Latcham Gallery
- August at the Latcham Gallery
- Lawn Bowling excellent sport for visually impaired
- Fundraiser is right on the ball
- Waste not, want not
- Dragon Watching has arrived in Stouffville
- Summertime and the living is chilly
