It all began at a Centennial Road Public School meeting on Tuesday, November 9. 1949. At the time, the small Centennial community was quiet and semi-rural. However, a new subdivision was in the planning...

In 1967, the CCRA in association with the local community opened Adams Park on Lawson Road. The plague inscription reads as follows: In commemmeration of “Uncle Tommy Adams” or American Dutchman” who came to...

By Don Allen Until recently, the Cameron Watson orchard was southwest of Centennial Road and Lawson Road was known as Watson’s Orchard. It was originally a 50-acre parcel of land bought by John Cecil...

Scarborough’s lakefront connections to trade and transportation reached it’s zenith when the Scarborough and Pickering Wharf Company was established in 1847 near the mouth of the Rouge by local farmer and entrepreneur William Helliwell...

At the corner of Meadowvale and Old Kingston Road is a beautiful old building. This was the finest store in the district when it was built in 1890 and owned by William J. Morrish....

Weslayan Methodist Church and “Centennial” church at Kingston Road at Centennial Road was built in 1891. The community was built on the former Annis farm and since much of the planning and construction took...

Johns-Mansville before 1992 The Johns-Manville plant used to be located west of Port Union Rd. south of Lawrence. In May 1948, big industry came to Port Union on the historic Dixon farm land. For...

Family of Andrew Annis and Sarah Taylor Port Union, Scarboro Standing: Levi Garry, Cynthia Thom, Fanny Pherrill Seated: David, Arthur, Andrew, Sarah Taylor Annis, Emily Chester, William Kneeling: Letitia Armstrong, Nellie Purdie Andrew Annis...

Contributed by Ganpan Gao Eight-treasure rice is a glistening dome of sweet, sticky rice with a jewel-like pattern of dried fruits and seeds and a dark, secret heart of red bean paste. YIELD:  Makes...

Contributed by Jean Pinto In Mangalore (a town in South Indian where Jean’s parents come from), they call these cookies kokkisan. In Kerala, which is an Indian state close to Mangalore, they are called...

Contributed by Ania Walsh and Irena Rudzinska Makówki is a poppy seed-based dessert that’s like a bread pudding. It consists of pieces of bread layered in a large glass bowl with a mixture of...

Contributed by Sharon Shelton Ponche de crème is very much a strong tradition among the Trinidadian community. “People love having a glass of this delicious drink with a piece of black cake when visiting...

Centennial is home to many people whose heritage comes from somewhere else in the world. On that note, we’ve asked a few residents to share the backgrounds of their traditional holiday favourites with our...

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Happy customer Tom Colella carts out an armload of plants that he purchased from Connie Supnet of the Port Union Seniors. By Sara Bacon The gloomy weather did not stop the Port Union Seniors...

By Denise Bacon Thank you to the 18 volunteers in our Centennial community who knocked on doors over the summer to invite neighbours to become members of CCRA! These wonderful people generously gave their...

With the aim of “exposing the greatness in our community,” a new Scarborough newspaper has landed in libraries, community centres, coffee shops and other businesses. The Bluffs Voice, launched in December by business partners...