The Moore Park home of the late Peter Worthington has been listed for sale. The spacious residence is on Heath Street East just a few steps from the footbridge across the Moore Park ravine. The listing appeared April 4, 2014. The four-bedroom, five-bath home is offered for $1,300,000. It is a traditional Moore Park house on a 46 foot frontage lot that extends 100 feet back. Taxes in 2014 are set at $9,471. Peter Worthington was a legendary reporter editor and soldier. He died last year. Worthington and his wife Yvonne lived in the home for many decades. 

Davenport Garden Centre will open a new location on the site of the former Garden Court Nurseries at Bayview Ave. and  Davisville Ave. The street address is 1466 Bayview. Work began Monday and continued today on the metal and translucent plastic structure that will house springtime offerings at this traditional spot for flowers and Christmas trees. Carla Rose was overseeing work at the site as she also hefted wheelbarrows of earth across the strip of land that for decades hosted the Garden Court business. “We”re excited,” said Ms. Rose. ” We hope everyone is happy to see flowers and plants back on this corner.” The land in question is a narrow strip running along Davisville at the end of the parking lot for the Valu mart. After its sale two years ago, the whole block is now owned by a numbered company which is keeping its option open for future development. The Valu mart is owned by Loblaws subsidiary National Grocers but it is understood that Loblaws has no ownership of the land. Davenport Garden Centre is located at the corner of Davenport Rd. and Dupont St., a space that has also been a garden nursery for many years.  Previously it was known for decades merely as “Ron’s”. Photos: Top and centre, construction underway on the new Davenport Garden Centre location at Bayview and Davisville, bottom, Garden Court Nurseries sign as the business prepared to close in 2012.  

Peaches Geldof

Peaches Geldof, the daughter of Bob Geldof and the late Paula Yates, has died at the age of 25, the BBC reports. There were reports that police were called to her home in Wrotham, Kent, on Monday where her body was discovered. Geldof, a mother of two, was a prolific tweeter and the final message that she sent on Sunday was a picture of her as a child with her mother. Kent Police said: “Police were called at 1.35pm on 7 April 2014 to an address near Wrotham following a report of concern for the welfare of a woman. A woman aged 25 was pronounced dead by South East Coast Ambulance Service. “At this stage, the death is being treated as an unexplained sudden death. Officers are working to establish the circumstances around the death.” Bob Geldof said: “Peaches has died. We are beyond pain. She was the wildest, funniest, cleverest, wittiest and the most bonkers of all of us. Writing ‘was’ destroys me afresh. What a beautiful child. How is this possible that we will not see her again? How is that bearable? We loved her and will cherish her forever. 

A motorcyclist and a pedestrian are in Sunnybrook Hospital tonight after an incident of pure mayhem at the corner of Yonge St. and Pleasant Blvd this evening. It happened about 5.30 p.m. as three motorcycles were seen speeding north on Yonge from Rosehill Ave. A motorist who saw the motorcycles weaving in and out of traffic said he knew they were “an accident about to happen.” His perception was all too accurate. One of the lane-changing bikes was clipped by a southbound BMW (photo centre) turning left at Pleasant. Police speculate the 75-year-old driver had no idea that the motorcycle would appear out of nowhere in front of his car. The motorcycle was hurled onto the east sidewalk of Yonge Street (photo top) where it injured a woman pedestrian. She is 67 ears old.. The cyclist, aged 29, was also badly hurt. Police said one of the other motorcycles stopped but the third fled the scene. The intersection is one block south of Yonge and St.Clair. Yonge is closed between St. Clair and Rosehill.  A woman who witnessed the accident (photo bottom) said the motorcycle seemed to fly to pieces. It landed many feet north of the rider and the pedestrian.  She and her friend ran to try to assist the bleeding pedestrian. She is reported to have head injuries. The rider appeared to have broken legs this witness said. Other witnesses said they think the motorcycles were traveling at “twice the speed limit.”