Mountain Bean in Sunnybrook Plaza now closed

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The Mountain Bean coffee shop in the Sunnybrook Plaza has closed, apparently with rent unpaid. Notices were posted on the shop’s window by the landlord RioCan Property indicating the lease had been terminated for this reason It is just less than three years since the Mountain Bean opened. It was operated, other merchants said, by the same business person who had the Second Cup franchise in this location, which is at the east end of the plaza near the Uptown Restaurant. The Mountain Bean franchise advertised a cozy “ski chalet” atmosphere. Now they are gone.

Northlea kids assemble hampers at Valu Mart

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Kids from Northlea Elementary and Middle School at 305 Rumsey Rd. took over Tremblett’s Valu Mart yesterday to assemble an impressive 250 hampers of donated food for the Daily Bread Food Bank. Here we see these great young volunteers doing a big victory cheer. Well done kids. These hampers were donated thanks to the generosity of Rob and Jessie Tremblett, Locallea merchants, Patrick Rocca and shoppers at Tremblett’s Valu Mart. They will feed 250 needy families this Thanksgiving. More pictures on the website of Sarah’s Food Drive. 

Sunnybrook fun runs for area school kids

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Elementary school students will have a chance to do some fun cross country running despite the job action taken by many teachers. Locally, the school board has arranged for purely recreational runs to take place   Monday, Oct. 15 at Sunnybrook Park near Eglinton Ave. E. and Leslie St. The start time  is 9:45 a.m. and the approximate end time is 2:30 p.m. As reported by Louise Brown in the Star, these runs will only be open to students in Grades 1 to 8 who did not officially participate in the previously scheduled meets organized by the Toronto District Elementary School Sports Association.. Brown indicates in her story that the board said that students will run as individuals and not as school teams. These event will. be  supervised by “board central staff”.  Louise Brown.

Krawchuk residents plead for stop to condo plan

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Heartfelt concerns about their homes and living conditions were expressed  at a meeting September 24, 2012 by residents of Krawchuk Lane.  As reported in the Town Crier residents declared the seven storey condominium proposal an abomination and a “cruise ship in Leaside.”  “Please be mindful this building would be dreadful in front of our homes,” Brenda Berge, a resident of Krawchuk Lane told the meeting as reported by the Town Crier.  “The current plans would have my house facing a 15-foot wall  and the garbage.” Story.

308 Rose Park a rare Moore Park listing

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Residents of north Moore Park will find the listing of 308 Rose Park Drive of interest. The asking price of this 1920s architect-designed home is $2,495,000. It sits in the quietest part of this street between Welland Street and Hudson Drive. There aren’t too many homes for sale in Moore Park and stakeholders are normally keen to see what’s being offered. It’s a Bosley listing. Not mentioned in the listing are the rare, newly repaired 1920s freestanding streetlamps which appear on possibly three or four streets in Toronto. 

We get two frozen yogurt grand openings

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Hard on the heels of the Grand Opening of Yeh! Frozen Yogurt at 1617 South Bayview last Thursday (September 27, 2012) comes the Grand Opening of Yogurty’s Frozen Yogurt in the Sunnybrook Plaza this very day even though they have been open since January 13, 2012. This afternoon between 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. there will be  complementary yogurt,  a DJ and other entertainment. Looks like we have duelling  frozen yogurt events. 

Battle of Eglinton — TTC regains control of LRT

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The proclaimed takeover of the yet to be built LRT lines by the Ontario planning agency known as Metrolinx has lasted barely a week. Today at TTC headquarters Ontario Transportation Minister Bob Chiarelli and TTC chairman Karen Stintz met to  announce the reversal of the Metrolinx decision. TTC officials expressed outrage when it was announced that a private company would be hired to run the four light rail transit (LRT) lines. But under the plan unveiled today the TTC will operate all the lines and Metrolinx will find someone else to maintain them. So your Eginton LRT — love it or fear it — will be a TTC system just like the rest of the transit services in Toronto. It would be rich to know what kind of ambition, revenge or just plain pig-headed pride was driving all this. There is plenty of these qualities on both sides. Did the Premier have to make the decision to reverse Metrolinx in its tracks? We may never know.

Transgendered kids can use any school washroom

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Kids have the right to use any school washroom they wish — as long as the choice corresponds with their view of whether they’re a boy or a girl, according to the Toronto District School Board. The board released guidelines Wednesday for transgendered kids which address the issue of whether students should use washrooms designated for boys or girls. Toronto Sun