Amanda Persico

Sep 5, 2023 | yorkregion.com | Amanda Persico

Everyone knows someone who knows someone who is looking for a family doctor accepting new patients. “It’s the first thing you see in Facebook groups every morning — does anybody know a doctor,” Jackson’s Point resident Steve Jacobson said. Jacobson is the chairperson of the revived Health Georgina, a not-for-profit volunteer organization dedicated to ensuring that Georgina residents have access to medical professionals.

Aug 25, 2023 | yorkregion.com | Amanda Persico

Birds of a feather flock together. Each night, Georgina resident Henry Radder opens a trap door from his backyard loft and his prized pigeons spread their wings and take to the sky. By the end of a typical race season — mid-spring to early-fall — his trained birds would have flown between 350 and 400 kilometres in less than a dozen timed races. “Pigeons are not poultry,” said Radder, who breeds, raises and races pigeons as a hobby sport.

Aug 22, 2023 | yorkregion.com | Amanda Persico

Jackson’s Point is where the land meets the lake, all connected by rail both on land and in the water. The heritage-rich parcel of land stretches from Lake Drive East into Lake Simcoe at Malone Wharf and encompasses both Bonnie and Lorne parks. “We always took it for granted. It was just here,” said Paul Brady, a Jackson’s Point resident. This history-dense parcel of land was almost lost in a land-swap deal back in 2017 that would have seen a condo development near the shores of the Lake.

Aug 15, 2023 | yorkregion.com | Amanda Persico

Georgina is working to create a vision that’s exciting and inviting for its vast waterfront. And, of course, the water is the star of the show. Recently, The Planning Partnership — consultant hired to complete the town’s waterfront park master plan — presented the second phase of the three-part master plan. The first phase of the master plan created a vision for the town’s larger destination beach parks.

Aug 14, 2023 | yorkregion.com | Amanda Persico

One resident’s desire to build a better community starts with stocking the fridge. Since last fall, Keswick resident Ashley Mutch has been working to start a community fridge program in Keswick. “As a society, we need to look out for one another,” said Mutch. “We need to take care of each other without judging. You really don’t know what someone is going through.” Through her job in the social services sector, she knows many in the community are hungry and go without food.