April 2016 Archive
Aurora Sports Hall of Fame Photo Essay Winners Announcement
The winners of the Aurora Sport Hal of Fame’s (ASHoF) 2015-2016 Photo Essay Contest have been chosen. This year’s contest was organized by ASHoF’s Education Committee, whose goal is to inspire students of all ages to be physically literate through educational activities connected to Aurora’s rich sports heritage and to the inductees of the ASHoF.
Report on attracting hotel due back in June: treasurer
A report on what the Region of York will do to help communities like Aurora attract a new hotel development is expected to hit the Regional table in June and Aurora Treasurer Dan Elliott says he hopes Aurora “will be pleased with the outcome.”
Give Back Award winners logged nearly 9,000 volunteer hours
As an elementary school student, Melika Parsamanesh noticed one of her friends was having a particularly difficult time in life. She needed help in school and Melika took it upon herself to tutor her. Her friend was grateful and she flourished but it planted the seed in Melika that giving back was her way forward in life.
Studio Tour King promises to be biggest ever
By Grazyna Tonkiel Studio Tour King Committee Chair The excitement is building. King Township’s celebration of visual art is going to be a true extravaganza ...
York Region Police Male Chorus celebrates 25 years in community
Over a quarter century ago, they raised their voices to bring policing down to the community level and, last week, the York Regional Police Male Chorus celebrated 25 years of bringing the community together one song at a time.
“Amateur curators” chart unexplored part of Aurora’s past
Portions of it have lain undisturbed for over 40 years, while other portions have lain forgotten for much longer. For some Aurorans, it is a place in distant memory, a place of poignant but increasingly distant memories, its precise location lost to the sands of time.
Aurora teens looking to Jumpstart local sports through charity sale
With dozens upon dozens of sports programs offered in York Region, sports are a way of life for a lot of kids in the Aurora community. It’s where they meet their friends, and it’s where Alexandria Connolly met her friends, too.
BROCK’S BANTER: Taking it to the People
By Brock Weir After an enticing early arrival and a disappointing snatch-back from Mother Nature, it seems spring has finally truly arrived. This past weekend, ...
INSIDE AURORA: Home Show Burning Questions
By Scott Johnston It’s an annual tradition to visit the Aurora Chamber Home Show, which I did again this year. As I wandered the aisles ...
POLITICS AS USUAL: Trump on the Beach
By Alison Collins-Mrakas I am writing this column from a small cottage on the beach in the Bahamas; a short little getaway with a close ...
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