County of Brant Councillors Wards 2 and 3 2018-2022: John Pearce, John Bell, Marc Laferriere, Steve Howes – photo courtesy of Marc Laferriere From Steve: I think you will be interested in this post about this past term of County of Brant Council, written by my wonderful colleague Marc Laferriere, Councillor for Ward 2 County […]
As you can see Mayor David Bailey and I had a bit of fun when we had the opportunity to tour Jason’s Wheelhouse recently. Operated by Janice Knill and her wonderful family, this not-for-profit, privately owned recreation facility for people with disabilities is an oasis of nature and enrichment found deep inside the industrial park […]
A remarkable peek into County of Brant history The County of Brant Heritage Advisory Committee had a great field trip today, as we were invited to tour the Capron Homestead on (where else?) Homestead Road in Paris. Robert Miss and his late wife have owned this property for 30 years and we loved seeing and […]
On Saturday afternoon (August 27, 2022) I was pleased to attend the official opening for Dawdy Park, located at 80 Hartley Avenue in Paris. This new park is named in honour of Wilton Dawdy, who was a very active member of the Paris Optimist Club. In addition to members of Mr. Dawdy’s family and the […]
With the Paris Fair and Labour Day Weekend rapidly approaching, this is a friendly reminder to everyone: Paris is a busy place! Downtown Paris and Grand River Street N are almost always busy, especially on weekends. The Fair is on this Labour Day Weekend September 1-5, which means the Fairgrounds and Grand River St N […]
One of the great musical talents of our Town is Robert Allan Banks. Two years ago (in 2020), during a much needed break from pandemic lockdown, Bobby played a Saturday afternoon gig at the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 29 in Paris and it was absolutely amazing! I am a member and a supporter of this […]
This was originally posted to Steve’s Facebook page August 6, 2021 This is the door handle of one of my favourite stores in beautiful Downtown Paris in the County of Brant. This year, John M Hall’s is celebrating their 130th Anniversary, (and the original Thomas Hall Linen business in that building goes back to at […]
This is a combination of two posts from Steve Howes on Facebook posted December 9, 2021 and December 9, 2015 Throwback Thursday…FB has reminded me that 6 years ago tonight, I sat in the audience at Council Chambers and watched Degrassi creator Linda Schuyler donate $1 Million to help save the Old Town Hall. In […]
This was originally posted to Steve’s Facebook page February 18, 2021 It’s Heritage Week in Ontario and I’m celebrating and staying warm in my vintage Penmans socks, that were made right here in Paris, over 50 years ago! While our Town now has million dollar homes and visitors who take selfies by the rivers, it […]
Ward 2, Paris, is now the home of the County of Brant’s latest ARU (Additional Residential Unit). This lovely dwelling in the rear yard of Avery Moore Kloss and Jason Kloss, is the culmination of an original desire to help increase modest dwelling availability in Paris and several months of navigating the municipal process, and […]
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