Richmond Hill resident is convicted in death of jogger
A local resident has been sentenced to five years in prison and given a 10-year driving prohibition following the death of a local jogger.
Category: Culture
How is Main Street coping?
Though the winter months were slow, Main Street businesses in Thornhill and Richmond Hill are on the upswing, say local shop owners.
It’s a small world
African meet up leads to street party
Community works to support family in need
Fundraisers have planned an event later this month in an effort to raise money to support a Thornhill family and their sick daughter.
Conservation board rules in favour of Dunlap activists
The Conservation Review Board has recommended to the Town of Richmond Hill that the majority of the David Dunlap Observatory be preserved as a heritage site.
Dunlap observatory to reopen
RICHMOND HILL’S David Dunlap Observatory is set to reopen this summer, after being closed since last August.
T.O.’s hot fall ticket
A star-crossed romance, soccer and Ireland’s ‘troubles’ set the scene for premiere of Ben Elton & Andrew Lloyd Webber’s latest masterpiece, The Boys in the Photograph
Town to draft bylaw to protect Dunlap site
Staff at the Town of Richmond Hill are busily reviewing the recommendations made by the Conservation Review Board in order to draft a report that will help determine the fate of the David Dunlap Observatory.
Thornhill swimmer youngest to cross Lake Ontario
Thornhill swimmer Jade Scognamillo recently became the youngest person to swim across Lake Ontario.
Residents protest golf course application
Residents who live beside a provincially-owned hydro field are collecting signatures in a petition that protests an application to build a driving range on the land.
Local Foundation adds first property to its roster
The Thornhill Heritage Foundation announced the acquisition of their first property on Aug. 18.
Documentary shows area family’s struggle
Three-year-old Jaiden Aschaiek is the subject of a new documentary, Jaiden’s Story: The Struggle for ABA Therapy in Ontario.