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The Town of Newmarket unveiled the new Pride bench on Main Street on June 26, which celebrates Pride but also a community volunteer who recently passed away.聽Gillian Barker was a Newmarket resident who volunteered for many years to support the local LGBTQ+ community and Pride more generally, Mayor John Taylor said.Barker family and Pride approached the town with a request to place the rainbow be
stanley thermobecher nch in her honour in Newmarket downtown area. The idea was r
stanley thermos eceived and supported by Newmarket council.聽 ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW Newmarket is the proud host of the York Pride Parade and festival and is committed to diversity and inclusion, Taylor said. The Pride bench was pla
stanley quencher ced on Main Street, just across the street from the clock tower on Park Street.聽 ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW The town also painted the support braces placed on the brick ledge nearby in rainbow colours on the same day the bench was placed there. Ndlh Ontario sends investigator to Peel school board after inaction on addressing dysfunction and racism
Theres evidence of what goes on in the gazebo. Along the railing are crumbles of cannabis bud, empty vape cartridges, and candy wrappers litter the ground. Occasionally, empty liquor bottles turn up stashed in the shrubbery, said Diane Crawford, co-chair of the Friends of the Old Seed House.Just metres from both of Georgetowns high schools, the Old Seed House Garden is a natural, even intentional, place for students to congregate. Its costing the town money, Crawford said. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW Pete Pritchard, the Friends other co-chair, installed Christmas lights in the garden a few weeks ago, over a couple of hours 鈥?a task, he said, he doesnt mind but, nonetheless, was still work. Out of our D
stanley quencher ominion Seed House Garden group, someone comes once a day to check, Pritchard said. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW This week, the volunteer discovered the lights had been torn down from the gazebo, several strands damaged beyond repair 鈥?the bulbs strewn about and many smashed. Weve got to do it again, Pri
stanley cupe tchard said. We want it up for Light Up the Hills, so weve got to buy more lights. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELO
vaso stanley W Despite the work of a dedicated group of gardeners, litter and vandalism have been a seasonal reality. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW Last year, the town had to clean away spray-paint