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RIVERS, John (Jack) Percival Passed peacefully, in his 100th year, at the Brant Centre in Burlington. Predeceased by his loving wife Winnie (1997.) Proud father of Wayne (Lynda) of California and Dennis (Connie) of Hamilton. He will be missed by his many nieces, nephews, grandchildren, and...

Posted with permission from the Hamilton Spectator __________________________________________ Work will focus on aging electrical systems BURLINGTON The Burlington Canal Lift Bridge will undergo upgrades to keep it lifting. Burlington MP Mike Wallace announced the bridge work Tuesday as...

Folks: Happy New year! A) Join us for our first meeting of 2012, Sunday, January 8, 2012, 2 pm in the Holland Room of the Burlington Central Library, 2331 New Street, Burlington. We will be: 1) taking the first step under the Heritage Lighthouse Potection Act towards heritage designation...

The atttached link connects to the City of hamilton's historical fact sheet, these cover all the Wards of Hamilton. Just in case you didn't know, our Ward is number 5. Thanks to Beach Resident, Brenda B. for sending this in. http://www.hamiltonhistoricalboard.ca/publications_wardfactsheets.html

I found this little bit of Beach history at the library, issued in 1949.

From Councillor Collins, help out if you can. The City of Hamilton will host the Canadian Pacific Holiday Train on Tuesday, November 29th at 8 p.m. This specially decorated freight train will stop at Gage Park on Lawrence Road as part of its journey across the country to build awareness and...

I attended the opening ceremonies to the Jimmy Lomax Park yesterday as did many Beach and area residents along with the media and many politicians. The MC was Councillor Collins who gave a very nice tribute to Jimmy, other dignitaries attending were MP Chris Carlton, MP Wayne Marston, past mayor...

Posted with permission from the Hamilton Spectator _________________________________________ The shallow body of water located in the east end of the Hamilton Harbour at the mouth of the Red Hill Creek has been a contaminated site for decades. But by next September the basin will be a wetland...

The Hamilton Beach Community Council invites you to attend the opening ceremonies for Jimmy Lomax Park. There will be a ribbon cutting ceremony, with coffee and refreshments. Come on out the honour the lomax's and meet with other people in the community as we celebrate the opening of the Park...

Just released, a new book about the Beach Strip Memories of the Beach Strip By Gary Evans author of Prints Along the Beach What it's all about, It was a place of many things. It was a great place to spend a holiday; a fascinating place to live; and a one of a kind place to have fun. It was a...

Thanks JJ; I seen on CH news last week that one of the subs caught fire while being scraped, no one was hurt. Also added, the top section of one sub is to be kept for a museum piece, some history saved. Edit; Adding Spec article, I don't have a date for this;

The next Beach Council meeting to be held Tuesday, November 1st, 2011 at the Beach Rescue Hall , Time 7:30 pm Elections for the position for Chairman, Treasurer, Secretary and Vice President to held on this date. We are also looking for persons to be on commitees such as environmental...

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2011 6:30PM TO 8:00PM ArcelorMittal-Dofasco Main Office 1130 Burlington Street East All are welcome! Enter through east side of building. Questions? Contact us at 905-549-0900 // kstiel@environmenthamilton.org For more info see the attached PDF file.

The Canadian Halifax-class frigate HMCS Montreal left the harbour yesterday, I took a few pictures of her leaving. It went through the canal at around 5pm and the sun made picture taking a little difficult.

The tallship Pride of Baltimore 2 came through the Burlington piers on Saturday and went back out today, the Spec had a good write up on the visit "The vessel, a replica of the square topsail schooners built in Baltimore that saw service during the War of 1812," Read More

CAP Meeting Notice - Special Location! Please join us on Thursday September 8, 2011 from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Meeting at Beach Rescue Unit Hall - 316 Beach Blvd. Hamilton Ont. L8H 6W2. Dr. Brian McCarry will provide an update on the Clean Air Hamilton 2010 Progress Report . Everyone is...

Posted with permission from the Hamilton Spectator ________________________________________ Tue Aug 16 2011 Dieppe raid service takes place Friday A remembrance service on Friday will commemorate the 69th anniversary of the Second World War raid on Dieppe, France, at Hamilton’s Dieppe...

I stopped by the Hamilton and Scourge Naval Memorial Garden at Confederation Park today to take a few shots of the ceremony to remember the lost American navy personnel during the War of 1812.

Posted with permission from the Hamilton Spectator __________________________________________ The Hamilton Spectator Tuesday Aug 2 2011 With the 200th anniversary of the War of 1812 fast approaching, a special commemoration of the loss of 53 American sailors on the Scourge and Hamilton is being...

The HMCS Olympus came in through the piers this morning, not under power but on the Heddle Marine dry dock barge. The Spec had a small article on the sub; http://www.thespec.com/news/local/article/570202--submarine-arrives-on-her-final-voyage A link to a warship site with a page on the...