Yesterday and Today - July 2019
- August, 2019
A youthful exercise of exploring
By Tim Lambrinos
In 1957, a new housing community named Woodview Park was built on the east side of Weston Road. Farm land was bulldozed in order to build semi-detached houses that accommodated many new families. On this side of Weston Road, there were farm...
Insightful impressions from Emery’s new Poet Laureate
- July, 2017
By Sean Delaney
On June 6, Laurence Hutchman conducted a poetry reading session at the Carmine Stefano Community Centre. About 40 people attended for the 7 p.m. start time.
Hutchman has now written two books of poetry about Emery. The most recent, Two Maps of Emery, is presently printing a s...
Selected work By Laurence Hutchman
- September, 2016
The Day Orrie Trueman Climbed Emery Schoolhouse Tower
Charlie Grubbe and Aubrey Ella recall certain days:
the day teacher, Macdonald shook Castator
until the nails came out of his desk,
the day that Walter Lund dropped dead in a baseball game,
and the day Orrie Trueman climbed the scho...