Hedy Korbee, Author at Birch Cliff News

21 May 2019

Birch Cliff Public School, History, News

Remembering John Belcher

October 15, 2021
By Hedy Korbee
Birch Cliff Public School, history, John Belcher, teacher

By Hedy Korbee John Belcher, a beloved former Birch Cliff Public School teacher who influenced a generation of students, died on May 17 at the end of a courageous journey with cancer. He was 69. Belcher began...

10 Mar 2019

Condos, News, Real Estate

Community input on new condo design

October 15, 2021
By Hedy Korbee
condo, Core Development Group, The Manderley

By Hedy Korbee A public consultation meeting attended by approximately 50 Birch Cliff residents was held on Tuesday to discuss a revised proposal from Core Development Group for the mid-rise condominium planned for the northwest...

03 Feb 2019

Birch Cliff Public School, News, Traffic

Safety concerns raised at traffic meeting

October 15, 2021
By Hedy Korbee
Birch Cliff Public School, Councillor Gary Crawford, Kingston Rd. Warden, safety, traffic, Vision Zero

By Hedy Korbee Two Toronto police officers dedicated to traffic enforcement will be assigned to Scarborough’s 41 division sometime around April, according to Constable Thomas Cook, one of Birch Cliff’s neighbourhood police officers who said...

03 Feb 2019

News

Head-on crash at Kingston & Hunt Club

February 3, 2019
By Hedy Korbee
alcohol, head-on collision, hunt club, Kingston Road

Alcohol may have been a factor in a head-on collision that injured four people, one of them critically, on Kingston Rd west of Hunt Club just after 3 A.M. on Sunday morning. The crash, involving...

15 Dec 2018

News

The spirit of sharing at BBNC

June 14, 2022
By Hedy Korbee
Birchmount Bluffs Neighbourhood Centre, Doly Begum, poverty reduction campaign, Share365

There was no shortage of holiday spirit at Birchmount Community Centre on Wednesday as dozens of people gathered to pack boxes of personal hygiene and household cleaning products to help people in our community...

25 Nov 2018

Real Estate

Stacked townhomes on sale

October 15, 2021
By Hedy Korbee
Audrey Lew, Birchcliff Urban Towns, Core Development Group, Kingston Rd. and Birchcliff Ave., Milborne Real Estate

Business was brisk last weekend on opening day of the sales presentation centre for the new low-rise stacked townhomes development located on the southeast corner of Kingston Rd. and Birchcliff Ave. The development, called Birchcliff...

12 Nov 2018

Religion

Christmas Miracles celebration

November 12, 2018
By Hedy Korbee
Avis Favaro, Birchcliff Bluffs United Church, Bluffs Food Bank, Christmas, Lloyd Robertson

By Marian Martin Retired CTV News anchor Lloyd Robertson will be our special guest reader as Birchcliff Bluffs United Church presents its 20th annual Christmas fundraiser for the Bluffs Food Bank. During “Christmas Miracles: A...

11 Nov 2018

History, News

2019 historical calendars

November 11, 2018
By Hedy Korbee
calendars, Cliffside, Fallingbrook, hunt club, Ray Cochrane

Realtor Ray Cochrane's historical calendar is quickly becoming an annual favourite, and a must-have for history buffs living in the Scarborough Bluffs. The 2019 edition of Cochrane's popular calendar celebrates the rich histories of three...

04 Nov 2018

News, Sports

Community centre $7.9 million addition

November 4, 2018
By Hedy Korbee
basketball, Birchmount Community Centre, gymnasium

The new and improved Birchmount Community Centre had its grand re-opening last week with about 200 people on hand to check out the $7.9 million addition that includes a new double gymnasium. There was...

14 Oct 2018

Arts, News

Local author falls for London

October 15, 2021
By Hedy Korbee
author, Falling for London - A Cautionary Tale, Sean Mallen

Longtime Birch Cliff resident Sean Mallen has just published his first book. Falling for London - A Cautionary Tale is the memoir of his time as a foreign correspondent for Global News, focusing on the...