Old Hampstead News Today

Former Hampstead Mayor William Steinberg and current Mayor Jeremy Levi, and other members of council, engaged in lengthy debate recently during a town consultation meeting on a possible increase of

We must be thankful that the Suburban’s Joel Goldenberg is covering Hampstead council meetings. Hampstead has almost no communications with residents anymore so I was shocked when I read in

"We are not just about Hampstead Heath, you know! The Heath & Hampstead Society's Town Sub-Committee covers a lot of ground."

Hampstead-related social media lit up recently over a mailer sent to residents saying that taxes emanating from a redevelopment of the towns part of Côte St. Luc Road with 10-storey residences will fund a potential, elaborate civic centre, and other amenities. "It is a very rosy vision and it all begins with up zoning CSL Road to 10 storeys," says the mailer. The colour mailer adds that a six-storey proposal would result in the status quo, that the more than 70-year-old buildings in the area...