Members of the local chapter of the Red Hat Society were among the distinguished guests at Whitchurch-Stouffville Museum’s superb Victorian Tea on Nov. 27. Sumptuous treats included Prince Consort’s Cucumber sandwiches, plum pudding with hard sauce and lavendar cookies. Her Majesty Queen Victoria would doubtless have been highly amused. […]
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Whitchurch-Highlands hit the airwaves
By Jim Priebe
The students at Whitchurch-Highlands Public School are launching The Howl Hour on WhiStle Radio.
Under the direction of teachers Ms Rankel-Ellis and Ms Foran, and with the energizing support of school council chair Ms Amelard, grade 7 and 8 students and members of the radio club are producing an hour long weekly show, The […]
It’s beginning to sound annoyingly like Christmas
by Kate Gilderdale
As I peruse the grocery store in search of sustenance, accompanied by the 420th rendition of Rocking Around the Christmas Tree, I ponder the ghastly effect of alleged music on our everyday lives, especially during the so-called holiday season.
Step out to Starlight Cinema
The Film Circuit at the Lebovic Centre for Arts and Entertainment-19 on the Park continues its monthly series on Jan. 13 at 7 p.m. with Every Little Step, an audience favourite at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival.
A fiery celebration
The Olympic torch is travelling from Greece through Canada en route to the 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver, and on Dec. 17 it passes through downtown Stouffville.
The flame was ignited at the site of the ancient Olympics, where 11 women in the role of priestesses performed a ceremony in which the flame was kindled by […]
Rear-view Mirror
Apostrophe Angst
by Maurice Smith
What has me perplexed these days is not the state of the economy or the doom and gloom in the auto industry, but a historical fact for which I do not have an answer; the apostrophe s question.
Cooking for Christmas
It’s a funny thing, but the older I get the more I like the Spirit of Christmas Past. As the lines went in Dickens’s A Christmas Carol:
Spirit: “I am the spirit of Christmas past”.
Scrooge: “Long past?”
Spirit: “Your past.”
New Beginnings
by Kinjal Dagli-Shah
Lately, there has been more than one new beginning for the Ruzicka family. There have been two - the birth of twins, Gabriel and Magdalena. Add three-year-old Samuel, the twins’ older brother, to the mix, and Carolyn and Michal Ruzicka are a busy couple.
Musselman’s Lake group wins award
This fall the Musselman’s Lake Technical Working Group (TWG) received a water conservation award for completion of the Musselman’s Lake Sub watershed Assessment and Stewardship Opportunities Report.
Music Mania Casting Call
A golden moment
At Stouffville United Church on Jan. 6, 2010 at 7:30 p.m., Music Mania will hold casting calls for its 50th anniversary show, which takes place April 29, 30 and May 1.
Holiday treats @ your library
By Carolyn Nordheimer James
The staff at Whitchurch-Stouffville Public Library has suggestions for books and DVDs to enjoy during the holiday season.
For fans of historical fiction, Gabrielle recommends Sacred Hearts by Sarah Dunant, an interesting glimpse inside an Italian convent in the 1500’s.
Studio Tour organizers thank community
To the Editor:
We wish to thank all the people who helped to make the 9th annual Whitchurch-Stouffville Studio Tour such a tremendous success.
We especially want to thank all those who came to the participating artists’ studios. Everyone was so encouraging and supportive. They truly seemed to enjoy the tour. We continue to have such wonderful […]
Hidden in Plain Sight: Living Homeless in York Region
By Maura Broadhurst
The Latcham Gallery’s upcoming exhibition, Hidden in Plain Sight: Living Homeless in York Region, opens Jan. 9 and runs until Feb. 13.
Beautiful loser
By Jill McWhinnie
When a departing staff member of Ringwood’s Town and Country Animal Hospital asked Dr. Brian Laing to take in Frisky, on of her farm cats, the good doctor did so with some trepidation.
The most wonderful gift of all
When Frank May started having trouble with his eyesight in early November, he initially thought he’d wait until his January checkup with his optometrist, Dr. Sanjay Khurana, to investigate the problem.
Previous Stories
- Ladies in Red
- Whitchurch-Highlands hit the airwaves
- It’s beginning to sound annoyingly like Christmas
- Step out to Starlight Cinema
- A fiery celebration
- Rear-view Mirror
- Cooking for Christmas
- New Beginnings
- Musselman’s Lake group wins award
- Music Mania Casting Call
- Holiday treats @ your library
- Studio Tour organizers thank community
- Hidden in Plain Sight: Living Homeless in York Region
- Beautiful loser
- Coming of Age
- Doors Open seeks new venues
- A soft touch
