Allandale's Ward 4 Bulldog By Terry Paddison Back in 1968 and now with two children in tow, we bought our first home in Allandale Heights. The problem was we needed a second mortgage to finance it. A bigger problem was that we didn't have any money to pay it off. I needed a summer job! That summer was the first time that we met our Ward 4 Alderman, Dorian Parker. No, Dorian didn't lend us [...]
By Donna Douglas Original publication date April 2003. Photos provided by the Barrie Historical Archive Forty years ago when the Barrie Country Club abandoned its location on Sunnidale Rd to move out to the wilds of Oro Township at the end of St Vincent Street, their property was going to be put up for sale. Eighty acres. On the edge of town in those days. Kitty corner to the cemetery. A core of visionaries fought [...]