Month: September 2016

Seniors in Whitchurch-Stouffville have received financial support to conduct facility renovations to get their project off the ground, announced MP Jane Philpott, Member of Parliament for Markham-Stouffville. Wesley United Church received $25,000 for their project, funded through the New Horizons for Seniors Program (NHSP). The project helps seniors in Whitchurch-Stouffville to more easily access the music program at the church. The Government of Canada is providing approximately $35 million in New Horizons for Seniors Program. Eligible organizations can receive up to $25,000 in NHSP funding for community-based projects that are led or inspired by seniors. Since 2004, the NHSP...

6139 Main St. house has monumental history The iconic house at 6139 Main St. is one with a storied past dating back more than 140 years. Noted in official records as sitting at Lot 4, Plan 321, the house was built in 1873 as a manse for the community’s new Baptist minister, Rev. J.B. Moore. The unique upper window of the house was old before the house was built and likely came from a former church, according to oral history. This building eventually became the home of Ludwig C. Wideman in Dec. 1880, who purchased it from Moore.  Wideman...

There were smiles-a-plenty as local community members rolled up their sleeves recently as part of a 5-week building blitz at 6554 Main St. in Stouffville that will soon be a home for the Sosin Family – Craig, wife Keiko and children Audrey (7) and Blue (4). Habitat for Humanity, a non-profit group that works with community, faith groups and corporate partners – in this case Stouffville United Church and Geranium Corporation specializes in providing affordable ownership for families like the Sosin’s who wouldn’t qualify for a traditional mortgage. This is the first such endeavour in the Stouffville area. But...