Bailey Moreton

2 weeks ago | newmarkettoday.ca | Bailey Moreton

Sitting around the table filled with coffee mugs, and plates filled with eggs, toast and home fries, a group of eight Aurora friends meets for breakfast. Every Friday at 7:30 a.m., Stew McLaren, Steve Beaumont, Vern Cunningham, Bob Kerr, Damir Vrancic, Sean Herbinson, Brian North and Arthur Diamond meet at Bunchberry Diner, at the corner of Wellington Street and Industrial Parkway. It’s a tradition that dates back decades. Beaumont and Herbinson were the group's founding members.

2 weeks ago | auroratoday.ca | Bailey Moreton

Sitting around the table filled with coffee mugs, and plates filled with eggs, toast and home fries, a group of eight Aurora friends meets for breakfast. Every Friday at 7:30 a.m., Stew McLaren, Steve Beaumont, Vern Cunningham, Bob Kerr, Damir Vrancic, Sean Herbinson, Brian North and Arthur Diamond meet at Bunchberry Diner, at the corner of Wellington Street and Industrial Parkway. It’s a tradition that dates back decades. Beaumont and Herbinson were the group's founding members.

3 weeks ago | auroratoday.ca | Bailey Moreton

An Aurora councillor said residents "should not be at all concerned” about her residency status and eligibility as a councillor, after she sold her house in Aurora in the fall. Ward 2 Councillor Rachel Gilliland sold her house in Aurora in the fall and bought a cottage in the Georgian Bay area. Pointing to this, resident Mike Zelyony flagged concerns about her residency status in an email to AuroraToday, and questioned whether it made the councillor ineligible to serve on council.

3 weeks ago | bradfordtoday.ca | Bailey Moreton

While nowadays the sound and sight of trains rolling into the Aurora GO station are commonplace, 172 years ago it had never been seen. That was until May 16, 1853, when residents of Machell’s Corners — now known as Aurora — heard and saw a historic first, as the first steam locomotive came to the Aurora train station. Puffing along down the line on that initial journey north to Aurora was the locomotive steam engine Toronto No. 2, the first of its kind built in Canada, according to Metrolinx.

3 weeks ago | bradfordtoday.ca | Bailey Moreton

Aurora mother Carey Kirchmair said her new business was in part inspired by her experience at funerals and overnight camp. Kirchmair, alongside friend Cindy Iatan, is launching Woxbox, a new Aurora home-based business aimed at connecting people with “words of kindness” boxes. “People say I love you or they talk nice about people, but we don't always really tell people why,” said Kirchmair. “I'd been to some funerals.