Instead of hearing his...]]> http://www.cambridgereporter.com/cambridge_connection/article/215368 http://www.cambridgereporter.com/cambridge_connection/article/215368 CAMBRIDGE — The old Riverbank restaurant is a construction site, but wedding couples are booking their parties in the stone landmark along the Grand River at...]]> http://www.cambridgereporter.com/cambridge_connection/article/214899 http://www.cambridgereporter.com/cambridge_connection/article/214899 CAMBRIDGE — Jacqueline Bayley doesn’t plan to mess with 180 years of history.

After two months...]]> http://www.cambridgereporter.com/cambridge_connection/article/214374 http://www.cambridgereporter.com/cambridge_connection/article/214374 CAMBRIDGE — Like many a home renovation project, Fred and Heidi Jason say their eye-popping kitchen isn’t quite done. http://www.cambridgereporter.com/cambridge_connection/article/213939 http://www.cambridgereporter.com/cambridge_connection/article/213939 ROSEVILLE — The North Dumfries hamlet of Roseville will grow into a small city in September 2012.

That’s when the 99th International Plowing Match and Rural Expo takes over almost 400...]]> http://www.cambridgereporter.com/cambridge_connection/article/213288 http://www.cambridgereporter.com/cambridge_connection/article/213288 CAMBRIDGE — Jim Montgomery can’t accept city plans to remove parking from in front of his Vine Street home.

Council expects to spend more than $500,000 this summer replacing underground...]]> http://www.cambridgereporter.com/cambridge_connection/article/212686 http://www.cambridgereporter.com/cambridge_connection/article/212686 CAMBRIDGE — It’s a place made for childhood adventures on a lazy summer’s day.

But maybe — just maybe — Devil’s Cave holds more than stories spun from young imaginations.

Like a...]]> http://www.cambridgereporter.com/cambridge_connection/article/211506 http://www.cambridgereporter.com/cambridge_connection/article/211506 CAMBRIDGE — Rob Fox, Bryan Rogers and friends have 100 days to finish painting portraits of 100 people from across the city.

The amateur artists started “The Many Faces of Cambridge” last...]]> http://www.cambridgereporter.com/cambridge_connection/article/210358 http://www.cambridgereporter.com/cambridge_connection/article/210358 CAMBRIDGE — Laura Penny remembers she was a bit of a wild teenager in 1944, but the navy fixed that.

An Elmira native, she was 18 and making light bulbs in the Westinghouse plant in...]]> http://www.cambridgereporter.com/cambridge_connection/article/209734 http://www.cambridgereporter.com/cambridge_connection/article/209734 CAMBRIDGE — At age 14, Mackenzie Brydon is planning her future as a “starving actor.”

The Preston High School student has a few stars in her eyes as she readies to take the stage in the http://www.cambridgereporter.com/cambridge_connection/article/209250 http://www.cambridgereporter.com/cambridge_connection/article/209250 CAMBRIDGE — By this time next year, the Cambridge YWCA hopes to have a gift shop running downtown.

After the success of several sales of jewelry and gifts over the last year, the women’s...]]> http://www.cambridgereporter.com/cambridge_connection/article/208462 http://www.cambridgereporter.com/cambridge_connection/article/208462 CAMBRIDGE — At age 51, David Menary has finally run away from home.

He first tried at age 10, with two classmates from Highland public school in west Galt.

Menary left a note for...]]> http://www.cambridgereporter.com/cambridge_connection/article/207970 http://www.cambridgereporter.com/cambridge_connection/article/207970 CAMBRIDGE — When Ab Morton tunes in to watch the Boston Marathon next Monday, he’ll pause and wonder about the year he didn’t run in it but should have.

That was 1948 and Morton’s long...]]> http://www.cambridgereporter.com/cambridge_connection/article/207283 http://www.cambridgereporter.com/cambridge_connection/article/207283 First, it was Hespeler’s seedy massage parlour.

Now, it’s the place on Queen Street locals call the “biker bar” that Cory de Villiers intends to transform from eyesore to attraction.

These aren’t...]]> http://www.cambridgereporter.com/cambridge_connection/article/202009 http://www.cambridgereporter.com/cambridge_connection/article/202009 CAMBRIDGE — Rebecca Watts doesn’t want to find what she’s looking for at the Vancouver Olympics.

She’ll be part of the 500-strong anti-doping brigade keeping an eye on athletes from 80...]]> http://www.cambridgereporter.com/cambridge_connection/article/201426 http://www.cambridgereporter.com/cambridge_connection/article/201426 CAMBRIDGE — Glen Donaldson wants to donate his time to fix up bicycles and give them to people who can’t afford them.

Maranatha Christian Reformed Church is ready to sponsor the program...]]> http://www.cambridgereporter.com/cambridge_connection/article/200813 http://www.cambridgereporter.com/cambridge_connection/article/200813

CAMBRIDGE — Andy Shields wants to compete in the Olympics, but not in Vancouver.

Instead, the Cambridge cross-country skier has a world junior championship...]]> http://www.cambridgereporter.com/cambridge_connection/article/199489 http://www.cambridgereporter.com/cambridge_connection/article/199489 CAMBRIDGE — If all goes as planned, a place of quiet, mobile contemplation will grow in Trinity Park next spring.

A 20-metre diameter labyrinth in front of Trinity Anglican Church is...]]> http://www.cambridgereporter.com/cambridge_connection/article/197933 http://www.cambridgereporter.com/cambridge_connection/article/197933 Parkhill Dam can generate about $1 million a year in electricity, but it could take five years to get all the approvals in place to build a dynamo there.

And across town, solar panels are...]]> http://www.cambridgereporter.com/cambridge_connection/article/196571 http://www.cambridgereporter.com/cambridge_connection/article/196571 CAMBRIDGE — They may be emotionally upset and calling for help, but there’s a good chance they already know the answers.

Sometimes, all it takes is a voice of a stranger who answered the...]]> http://www.cambridgereporter.com/cambridge_connection/article/195979 http://www.cambridgereporter.com/cambridge_connection/article/195979 CAMBRIDGE — For Ariel Walker, all the work has been worth it.

She never, however, expected to receive a provincial Good Citizenship award for all her efforts since co-founding the...]]> http://www.cambridgereporter.com/cambridge_connection/article/195352 http://www.cambridgereporter.com/cambridge_connection/article/195352 CAMBRIDGE — For the first time since 1965, the front doors of historic City Hall will open to taxpayers.

As part of a three-year, $5 million renovation and restoration of the landmark...]]> http://www.cambridgereporter.com/cambridge_connection/article/194785 http://www.cambridgereporter.com/cambridge_connection/article/194785 CAMBRIDGE —If you own an old house, Christopher Cooper offers hope for your wallet.

You don’t have to stuff your walls full of insulation and replace wood windows to be save money your...]]> http://www.cambridgereporter.com/cambridge_connection/article/194046 http://www.cambridgereporter.com/cambridge_connection/article/194046

CAMBRIDGE – Danielle Benning has no fear about taking on big renovations.

Along with her husband Martin Rawlinson, they renovated the decade-empty Woolco building into an upscale...]]> http://www.cambridgereporter.com/cambridge_connection/article/192637 http://www.cambridgereporter.com/cambridge_connection/article/192637 As Doug Whistance spent his first day at Ontario Christian Gleaners surrounded by buckets of donated vegetables, his mind was on hungry people he’s never met.

“It’s very simple: we’re...]]> http://www.cambridgereporter.com/cambridge_connection/article/190741 http://www.cambridgereporter.com/cambridge_connection/article/190741 CAMBRIDGE – It’s no exaggeration to say you can trip over history just about anywhere inside Galt Collegiate Institute.

Just ask Peter Hardy, who taught math and history in the Water Street...]]> http://www.cambridgereporter.com/cambridge_connection/article/189076 http://www.cambridgereporter.com/cambridge_connection/article/189076

Talk about your old school teaching.

Judy and Mervyn Campbell remember having to do almost everything for themselves when they arrived in 1965 at the little two-room Riverside...]]> http://www.cambridgereporter.com/cambridge_connection/article/186624 http://www.cambridgereporter.com/cambridge_connection/article/186624 CAMBRIDGE -- After 25 years making music in hometown Galt, Mark Legere finally wrote song about the place.

From memories of watching floodwaters rise in 1974 while standing in front of the...]]> http://www.cambridgereporter.com/cambridge_connection/article/183274 http://www.cambridgereporter.com/cambridge_connection/article/183274

CAMBRIDGE — At 13, Victoria Saunders could boast about the $46,000 she's helped raise for the Cambridge Humane Society.

But she doesn't.

Instead, she modestly talks about her...]]> http://www.cambridgereporter.com/cambridge_connection/article/181817 http://www.cambridgereporter.com/cambridge_connection/article/181817 CAMBRIDGE - Stroll down by the Grand River in old Galt and you're as likely to wander into outdoor artwork as you are to meet someone fishing.

Since 2001, the Cambridge Sculpture Garden...]]> http://www.cambridgereporter.com/cambridge_connection/article/178430 http://www.cambridgereporter.com/cambridge_connection/article/178430 CAMBRIDGE -- After 60 years, the annual Preston Kinsmen Carnival shows no sign of fading into history.

While other family-themed events in the area have struggled or folded -- like...]]> http://www.cambridgereporter.com/cambridge_connection/article/175773 http://www.cambridgereporter.com/cambridge_connection/article/175773 The bell in Knox's (Galt) Presbyterian Church across Queen's Square is hardly competition, he...]]> http://www.cambridgereporter.com/cambridge_connection/article/174086 http://www.cambridgereporter.com/cambridge_connection/article/174086 "When I was a kid, I liked to climb things . . . I wanted to be an action hero and jump off...]]> http://www.cambridgereporter.com/cambridge_connection/article/173190 http://www.cambridgereporter.com/cambridge_connection/article/173190 CAMBRIDGE - The Quilting Angels ride again.

Over the last nine years, the 22 women based out of Trillium United Church have created 254 quilts and shipped them to the cancer...]]> http://www.cambridgereporter.com/cambridge_connection/article/172305 http://www.cambridgereporter.com/cambridge_connection/article/172305 There's little doubt the owner of Galt View Restaurant on Coronation...]]> http://www.cambridgereporter.com/cambridge_connection/article/170444 http://www.cambridgereporter.com/cambridge_connection/article/170444 http://www.cambridgereporter.com/cambridge_connection/article/169638 http://www.cambridgereporter.com/cambridge_connection/article/169638 CAMBRIDGE -- Once a week, peace comes to Silverheights Public School.

That's when Verlyn Rowett invites in a dozen or so six- to 10-year-olds to have some fun while learning how to be good...]]> http://www.cambridgereporter.com/cambridge_connection/article/168780 http://www.cambridgereporter.com/cambridge_connection/article/168780 CAMBRIDGE -- For Ian Beharry, skating in the Preston Figure Skating Club's annual on-ice extravaganza is like a comfortable pair of favourite skates.

It's nothing like skating in...]]> http://www.cambridgereporter.com/cambridge_connection/article/167113 http://www.cambridgereporter.com/cambridge_connection/article/167113 The slate roof of the landmark Central Presbyterian...]]> http://www.cambridgereporter.com/cambridge_connection/article/166247 http://www.cambridgereporter.com/cambridge_connection/article/166247 It took Roy Stevenson almost 20 minutes to recognize Angelina Jolie after he picked her up in his limousine at the Toronto airport in 2001.

The movie star moved up behind him and sparked...]]> http://www.cambridgereporter.com/cambridge_connection/article/165335 http://www.cambridgereporter.com/cambridge_connection/article/165335 CAMBRIDGE -- Gary Kirkham revels in finding the humour that's buried in the darkest of human experience.

Even when it helps him grieve a loss of his own. His best friend Paul...]]> http://www.cambridgereporter.com/cambridge_connection/article/162538 http://www.cambridgereporter.com/cambridge_connection/article/162538 CAMBRIDGE - Don't use fancy words like philatelist around Rod Adkin, even though he's surrounded by the bustle of a regular meeting of the Cambridge Stamp Club.

The 150-year-old word is...]]> http://www.cambridgereporter.com/cambridge_connection/article/160712 http://www.cambridgereporter.com/cambridge_connection/article/160712 CAMBRIDGE -- John Bolt doesn't dream of striking it rich on the internet.

For him, the internet is like any other business: you get out if it what energy and savvy marketing you put in...]]> http://www.cambridgereporter.com/cambridge_connection/article/159823 http://www.cambridgereporter.com/cambridge_connection/article/159823 Becky Barrie can't get Africa off her mind.

Not since she saw a troupe of young African dancers and musicians perform in Cambridge in June.

And next week, she's heading to Soweto...]]> http://www.cambridgereporter.com/cambridge_connection/article/157542 http://www.cambridgereporter.com/cambridge_connection/article/157542
If all her plans unfold as expected, there will be a St. Patrick's parade in town March 22.
http://www.cambridgereporter.com/cambridge_connection/article/156787 http://www.cambridgereporter.com/cambridge_connection/article/156787 Do you love it? Do you need it? Where will you put it?

If more people asked themselves those kind of questions -- and answered them honestly -- Donna Campbell could be out of a job. http://www.cambridgereporter.com/cambridge_connection/article/155815 http://www.cambridgereporter.com/cambridge_connection/article/155815 CAMBRIDGE

Sculptor Joey Gulloni has come home to Cambridge, but he remembers little of the place he was born.

He was four when his family moved to Siderno, Italy near the...]]> http://www.cambridgereporter.com/cambridge_connection/article/153857 http://www.cambridgereporter.com/cambridge_connection/article/153857 Three years ago, Anita Miller had a dream to help needy families find inexpensive clothes and furniture, while ensuring babies would get the help they needed.

She would move her Smarty...]]> http://www.cambridgereporter.com/cambridge_connection/article/152925 http://www.cambridgereporter.com/cambridge_connection/article/152925