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Article containing information on the demolition of the old South Division police station at 45 Holland Street East.

Article about the renovations at the Edmanson Hotel (71-73 Holland St East), the Village Inn (2 Holland St East), and the new South Division Police Station (75 Melbourne Drive).

Article on the newly built police station for the South Simcoe Police on Melbourne Drive. The South Simcoe Police moved here in January, 2008 from their old station at 45 Holland Street East. The South Simcoe Police was created from the amalgamation of the Bradford Police Service and the Innisfil Police Service on January 1,1997. The 45 Holland St East building was demolished in June 2009.

Article containing photographs on the demolition of the old South Division police station at 45 Holland Street East on June 24-26, 2009.

"The amalgamation of the Bradford West Gwillimbury and the Innisfil Police Services, forming the new South Simcoe Police Service, is planned to take effect January 1st, 1997. Renovations are already underway at the Bradford Police Station, which will be the new South District headquarters, housing an expanded communications and dispatch centre."

Part 2 of a three part short series on the life of Elizabeth (Gwillim) Simcoe, wife of Lieut-Governor John Graves Simcoe of Upper Canada.

Part 3 of a three part short series on the life of Elizabeth (Gwillim) Simcoe, wife of Lieut-Governor John Graves Simcoe of Upper Canada.

"Dear editor,
We, the Gwillim group, a sub-committee of the Bradford West Gwillimbury Local History Association, are delighted to inform the community about our project to commemorate the Town's 150th Anniversary. We have commissioned a bronze sculpture of Elizabeth Posthuma Simcoe (nee Gwillim), to be placed in the Post Office Parkette on the corner of John and Barrie Streets (on the Yonge St. route). The sculptor is Brenda Wainman Goulet, who created the bronze sculptures of Dr. Bethune in Gravenhurst and the Tom Thomson in Huntsville."...

Event Date : Tuesday, February 04, 1997
Event Type : Death

Description : At Bradford Place. Of the Holland Marsh. Husband of the late Helen (Bugra). Father of Helen and her husband Peter Popijal of Agincourt, and Dorothy Cilipka of Bradford. Brother of John Cilipka of the Czech Republic. Grandfather of Diane Sherman of Clearwater, Florida, Vicky Al Joundi of Etobicoke and Andrew Popijal of Agincourt. Visitation and funeral service at the Lathangue & Skwarchuk Funeral Home, Bradford. Interment at York Cemetery, Willowdale.

An article highlighting the events of the Boyd Gang Robbery, and the reunion of key members in 1996.