David Godley of Long Branch has prepared the following photos and text for his August 2016 August Update Addendum. Four categories of photos – click on the photos to enlarge them; click again to enlarge them further The four categories, into which the photos have been organized, are: (1) Good Development for Long Branch: Six photos are in this […]
I am pleased to share with you the following message from Jem Cain: This event is organized by a Mom in our community as a Thank You to support Sick Kids Hospital. The line up of talent is amazing! Tickets are $40 Purchase tickets: Singer Songwriter Tell All in support of SickKids Donations: Donations: Singer Songwriter […]
By way of an update, I now have the required information regarding the question: “Where can one get a Stop the Lot Splitting – Preserve the Character of Long Branch lawn sign?” If anybody would like a sign, please contact me and I will let you know who will be able to provide you one. […]
The following message is from David Godley of Long Branch: Summer Greetings form Long Branch New applications 11 Walnut, Variances. Scheduled Sept. 1, 2016 Committee of Adjustment (COA) 5 Ramsgate, Severance and variance for soldier houses (3 storey soldier houses 0.35 to 0.69 density) [Note from Jaan Pill: Soldier house is a local expression for a very […]
I would like to follow up on a recent post at the Long Branch Neighbourhood Watch Facebook group. At the above-noted Facebook group, I have described instances where plants at the back, front, and sides of a house on the west side of Long Branch Avenue – between Dominion Road and Muskoka Avenue – have been […]
The Watershed Checkup website outlines the Benefits of Health Watersheds. The opening paragraphs read: Our natural ecosystems are made up of forests, wetlands, water sources, plants and animals, and provide multiple goods and services that contribute to a healthy economy, environment and people. Every day, we rely on ecosystem goods and services – they connect us […]
A previous post is entitled: Archeologists dig in south Mississauga before QEW Credit River Bridge twinning – May 13, 2016 Mississauga News article The Comments conversation at the above-noted post reads: Wally Russell: Thank you for this article. This was our Family home, built by my Father,John Russell around 1948-1949. Jaan Pill: That’s a beautiful house. […]
A new comment has been added to the post entitled: Cartierville School in Montreal. The comment – which I’m featuring as a separate post, by way of bringing attention to it, is from Frances Ipsen (nee Oppenheimer) and reads: Hello everyone Gosh I have fond memories of Cartierville School.. Teachers that I remember asise from […]
A July 28, 2016 London Review of Books article by John Lanchester is entitled: “Bexit Blues.” The opening paragraphs read: The ‘Overton window’ is a term from political science meaning the acceptable range of political thought in a culture at a given moment. It was the creation of Joseph Overton, a think-tank intellectual based in Michigan, […]