Beach Metro News

Beach Metro Community News (a division of Ward 9 Community News Inc.) is a non-profit, non-partisan community newspaper founded in 1972 and published 23 times a year. It is distributed free by volunteers in the Beach(es), East York and West Scarborough and is paid for by our advertisers. Brief history by Sheila Blinoff: What a flurry of activity there was at the start of 1972 as proponents of starting a local newspaper wrestled with the practical and philosophical details. They held eight public meetings in January and February at the YMCA at 907 Kingston Rd. At the first meeting on Jan. 11 only nine people showed up Helen Hick, Jenny Wittrup, Shirley MacHattie, Bruce Budd, June Carson, Alderman Reid Scott, Dorothy Thomas (who would later represent Ward 9), Sandi White, and Doug White. Because of the disappointing turn out, it was decided to hold another meeting on Jan. 24 but to publicize it more. Dorothy Thomas offered to write up a flyer, and 1,000 copies were distributed ar...