On the eve of planting season, the future of the Fairmount Park Farmers’ Market is in question once again. The community-run market offers seasonal local produce and products, kids activities, and live music Wednesdays throughout the summer and early fall at Fairmount Park on Gerrard Street and Beaton Avenue. A year ago, a lack of […]
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Pop-up farmers’ markets planned for the East End
At several points during the winter, organizers of the Fairmount Park Farmers’ Market were not sure if the market would be a go this year. That’s because the growing outfit needed more volunteers but was not hearing much back when it put out the call. Adding to the worries are planned upgrades to the park […]
Fairmount Park set for a refresh
Planned improvements to Fairmount Park were revealed late last month at a community meeting hosted by the City of Toronto at the Fairmount Park Community Centre. As part of the city’s ongoing state of good repair maintenance budget and capital work schedule, the park will see several improvements made over the next few years. Councillor […]
Letters to the Editor for Nov. 4, 2014
Negative campaign ads not fit for community newspapers I was born and raised in the beaches and have been reading Beach Metro for nearly my full 23 years. When I opened the latest issue (October 21st) and saw the attack ad against Mary Margaret McMahon I did a double take – I thought I had […]