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Steve Howes Councillor for Ward 2 County of Brant

Steve Howes Councillor for Ward 2 County of Brant

Tag: Heritage

Celebrating 50 Years of the Paris Museum & Historical Society

September 12, 2022
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| Arts and Culture, County of Brant, Events, Facebook Post, Heritage, News
Background image shows group of people in late 1800s or early 1900s in festive attire. The message says Come Celebrate! 50th Anniversary of The Paris Museum and Historical Society "An Afternoon in the Park" Invitation to and afternoon at the Lion's Park Pavilion Sunday September 18 from 1 to 4 PM. Live Music by Two of a Kind, face painting, speakers, artifacts, interact with local historians in period costume. Draws for free family memberships. Bring your own chair! Rain location Syl Apps Community Centre question: info@theparismuseum.com

It was a wonderful day on Sunday September 18, 2022 at Lions Park in Paris celebrating this milestone anniversary for The Paris Museum & Historical Society! We all love and value the small town charm of our community and one of the ways to maintain that quality is to share the unique stories of the […]

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The Capron Homestead in Paris

September 3, 2022
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| Arts and Culture, County of Brant, Facebook Post, Heritage, LoveLocalBrant

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 […]

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McCombs Ice Cream Wagon – A Piece of Local History

August 22, 2022
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This was originally posted to Steve’s Facebook page August 20, 2021 Note: The 2022 Paris Fair runs September 1-5. Talk about Throwback Thursday! The last time I was this close to this horse drawn ice cream wagon was 50 years ago, with a quarter in my hand, getting a vanilla cone! Yes, in the “good […]

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Learning from a Heritage Sign in St. Catharines

August 22, 2022
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| Facebook Post, Heritage, Tourism

This was originally posted to Steve’s Facebook page June 4, 2021 Here is an example (from St Catharines) of Heritage Markers that are being used for self guided walking tours of a community not too far away from us. This idea for signage is something that the County of Brant Heritage Advisory Committee has been […]

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Protection and Celebration of Our Heritage Features

August 21, 2022
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This post is the fourth in Steve’s series about his Priorities. I’ve been a member of our local Heritage Advisory Committee since before I became Councillor and I currently sit as the Chair of that committee.  We have done a lot to promote the wonderful Heritage characteristics of our community – lots of posters and […]

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Old Town Hall Throwback

August 19, 2022
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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 […]

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Junction Memories…1948

August 18, 2022
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I love pictures of Paris from “back in the day”. Our former neighbour Ginny Henderson-Martin sent me this picture this week, courtesy of her sister Bev. The writing on the back says, 1948, Jim McIntyre, Bob Howes, Mike Mountain. My Dad figures it was taken in front of the house he lived in on the […]

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Unique Way to Celebrate Our Local Heritage

August 18, 2022
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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 […]

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Future Home of the County of Brant Library in Paris

May 13, 2022
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sketch of Bawcutt Centre building by Steve Howes in sketchbook on top of wood surface

The sketch above shows the future home of our new Paris Library! I’ll think of this sketch as the “Before” picture! The “Upper Town” as some remember this area being called, is going to be a great location for our new Library! Several years ago Linda Schuyler, creator of Degrassi, graciously donated $1 Million dollars […]

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