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Aurora 1945-1965 An Ontario Town at a Time of Great Change, Milner

Aurora 1945-1965 An Ontario Town at a Time of Great Change, Milner

Apr 18, 2012
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Aurora continues to change day by day. Continues to grow. We will never be a small town on the map and we will never be a population of four thousand of people. Read More »
Meeting The Auroran’s New Employee, Newspaper At Your Door

Meeting The Auroran’s New Employee, Newspaper At Your Door

Apr 9, 2012
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Few changes in our town last week. The George W. Browning house was demolished – that was one and I am sure we will be reading about it in our local newspaper, The Auroran, this week. Read More »
Beyond And Under, Still No Grocery Store For Seniors, St. Andrew’s Plaza

Beyond And Under, Still No Grocery Store For Seniors, St. Andrew’s Plaza

When I was checking out library books I noticed framed article right at the exit, just beside the security gates. I packed my books and went to check it out. The article was titled ‘Aurora Public LibraryRead More »
Beehives, You Will Not Find Them ON Town Facilities

Beehives, You Will Not Find Them ON Town Facilities

Mar 4, 2012
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I had to giggle. It was proposed and then defeated back in January. From the environmental perspective I think that was a very interesting proposal, that is to implement an initiative to place beehives on the roofs of municipal facilities. Read More »
Something Is Missing In The Aurora Cultural Centre

Something Is Missing In The Aurora Cultural Centre

Once I looked at the walls of the Aurora Cultural Centre and thought – what were these diagonal scratch marks on the wall? As a matter of fact on the both sides. Read More »
Wildlife Park In Aurora, Yes, Yes, We Must Have One

Wildlife Park In Aurora, Yes, Yes, We Must Have One

I was behind with my newspaper reading this week. It was last night that I finally took the Thursday The Banner/The Era roll of papers from February 2nd and started to look through. Read More »
Ron Wallace Retired, May Be From The Auroran Only, Or Not

Ron Wallace Retired, May Be From The Auroran Only, Or Not

I am not sure who retired first, Bonnie Tiffin from Oak Ridges or Ron Wallace? We all know who Ron Wallace is and those who read The Auroran definitely will know Bonnie Tiffin. Read More »
Rotary Park, Some New Improvements, Looking Great So Far

Rotary Park, Some New Improvements, Looking Great So Far

Oct 18, 2011
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Look out for the Rotary Park new look on the Gurnett Street. Back in May 2011 I took some pictures of the park, but I never got to take the side on the Gurnett Street. Read More »
THE AURORAN Newspaper Youngest Reader

THE AURORAN Newspaper Youngest Reader

Apr 7, 2011
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The inspiration to write this post today came from reading Christopher Watt’s latest post, Weekly Inspiration : the little engine that could. My post has nothing to do with little engines, but is relates to how wonderful the little minds are. Sitting side by side, Read More »
Town of Aurora Museum Future Locations Proposed

Town of Aurora Museum Future Locations Proposed

Apr 6, 2011
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For 13 years I was planning to visit our museum in Aurora. Well surprise surprise – we don’t have one anymore. I guess that’s what happens if you plan your trip for too long – there will be no trip, as for now there is not trip to the museum. Read More »