The Beaches Chess Club was formed in 1915. The initial name, Kew Beach Chess Club, was likely rejected by the players who lived near Balmy Beach. The founders were members of the Toronto Chess Club. Hector H. De Mers was elected the club’s Publication Agent. He was a manager, inventor, and later publisher of The […]
Beach-based chess master Robert Morrison says he’s done something no other Canadian player of the game has. “I do have one particular distinction—it’s not a great distinction—but I am the only Canadian ever to play Kasparov in a one-on-one tournament,” he said. The game between Morrison and Garry Kasparov, the former world chess champion many […]
The True Davidson Meals on Wheels program needs volunteers to help provide mid-day meals to residents in the Beaches and East Toronto area. Deliveries are made between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. Sunday to Friday. For information on this and many other volunteer opportunities, visit their website at www.neighbourhoodlink.org This Thursday, March 9 at 7 […]
Many of us remember the Beaches Library before the addition was built in 2005. The west side of the building was often filled with strollers, bikes and people playing chess on the permanent outdoor tables. Special thanks to Ann Patterson who provided this great photograph. Do you have an old photo you’d like to share? […]
Used skates, snow pants, and CSA-approved hockey helmets are all welcome at Bowmore Road public school, where staff and volunteers are organizing school skating activities for next winter. Drop off items in the bins outside the school office at 80 Bowmore Rd. ● Beacher Helen Hatzis has been recognized by Governor General David Johnston for […]
Sporting a bright green T-shirt marked ‘mmm good!,’ councillor Mary Margaret-McMahon calls out as her bicycle bumps over cracked and potholed pavement by Main Street Library. “You see how bad the road is? I bumped up the road resurfacing on Main,” she says. “We’d heard complaints, but it was also because we bike there.” Before […]
The recently revived Beach and East Toronto Historical Society just held its first annual general meeting in eight years. Originally formed in 1975, the group served the historical interests of the area for more than 30 years, but since 2006 lacked the participation to keep the society active. In 2013 the community showed renewed interest […]
A packed room at the Beaches library provided ample evidence that the time has come for the rejuvenation of the Beach and East Toronto Historical Society (BETHS). About 60 history buffs met on Oct. 29 for a slide show and talk by historian and Beach Metro News history columnist Gene Domagala, who offered up a […]
“If a tree falls in the forest and nobody is there to hear it, does it still make a sound?” My friend was, of course, being facetious. Whenever I see a well-aged, previously majestic and indestructible-looking giant broken and defeated, I find it a sad sight indeed. Fallen trees leave gaps in our daily lives […]
Three long-time Beaches library staff have retired. Maureen McPhee, Rita Connolly and Gwen Sims all called it a day at the end of March, taking with them more than 50 years of work at the branch. As fate would have it, the three spent their final weeks on strike, settling just in time for the […]
