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 […]
Police made several arrests for shoplifting and heroin possession last month after stepping up patrols along the eastern part of Danforth Avenue. Called Project Borderline, the extra patrols involve not only police officers from 54 and 55 Division, but also licensing inspectors from the City of Toronto and agents with the Alcohol and Gaming Commission […]
Three years ago, it was an empty lot on the wrong side of the tracks. Today, it’s the Woodfield Community Rail Garden – a bustling place full of raised garden beds, fruit trees, perennials and special plants for butterflies. “I think everybody who walked this path to Monarch Park thought it would be a beautiful […]
Trees in Monarch Park got heaps of mulch and attention Oct. 19 when tree adopters mulched the park’s youngest trees for winter while those on a tree tour wowed at the fall colours. Stephanie Baptist, adopt-a-tree coordinator for the Friends of Monarch Park, said the 62 new trees in the park all have volunteers to […]
City of Toronto staff recently held two open houses (Jimmie Simpson Community Centre on June 13 and the Mennonite New Life Centre of Toronto June 16) to present residents with the progress of their investigation of basement flooding in Study Area 32 (Eastern Beaches Area). On hand were project staff who were available for one-on-one […]
