Copyright 2011, Renrick Ashby © - All rights Reserved My Vision For Ajax and Ward 2 Continues To Be For a Stronger, More Vibrant Community Legal Notice Ajax fire department captain dies Public invited to pay respects to Steve Grant AJAX -- Ajax Fire and Emergency Services is coping with the loss of one of its own. Steve Grant, a captain with the department, died Tuesday, Jan. 17, after suffering a heart attack while driving to work at the age of 49. Read more Ajax after-school program set to expand - Two additional schools to offer popular program AJAX -- After a successful first two years, a Town funded after-school program for Ajax kids is expanding in the new year thanks to a grant from the Ontario Trillium Foundation. Read More Pickering Village is Ajax's newsmaker of the year AJAX -- Geographically it's a small part of Ajax, but it was the centre of big stories in 2011 and that's why Pickering Village is Ajax's newsmaker of the year. Read More Ajax looking for Lakeview Boulevard tree vandals - $5,000 AJAX -- The destruction of trees on public property is becoming an increasing problem in Ajax and officials want residents' help in finding out who's responsible for the latest case. Read More Town of Ajax introduces a new dynamic, accessible and customer service focused website Today, at a special unveiling, the Town of Ajax introduced a new dynamic, accessible and customer service focused website. The first of its kind in Durham Region, the interactive and mobile friendly site features intuitive functions and social media connectivity to better serve residents, businesses, community groups and web users. Read More Town of Ajax Declared a ‘Blue Community’ The Town of Ajax, Ontario, was declared by it’s Town Council, as a ‘Blue Community based on United Nations Resolutions on water resources. Read More Ajax Library Wants Your Photos Library holding public scan day in search of Defence Industries Limited mementos AJAX -- The Ajax Public Library wants your photos. The library is looking for documents, artefacts, postcards and images from Defence Industries Limited, the Second World War munitions plant that gave way to the creation of the Town of Ajax. Read More Ward 2 Councillor, Renrick Ashby and Durham Police Regional Neighbourhood Watch Coordinator Morgen Dobson proudly welcome two new Neighbourhood Watches in Ward 2, North Ajax, with each group following the guidelines for endorsement set out by the Durham Regional Police Service.  Block Captains have been identified and trained, home-owners have made their commitment to the program by signing the Neighbourhood Watch Petition, and they have also been trained in Crime Prevention and Community Safety Techniques either by attending a Neighbourhood Watch Training meeting or being trained by their respective Block Captains. The first area is to be known as the "Imagination Northwest Neighbourhood Watch" and will include those homes bounded by Elliottglen to the south, Gillett to the east, Taunton to the north, and Booker to the west, and includes approximately 135 homes on Eyreglen, Watersplace, Booker and Elliottglen.  The second area is to be known as the "Good Lane Neighbourhood Watch" and forms the northwest corner of the southern half of the Hamlet community at Audley and Williamson.  This is a privately owned condo corporation containing 21 homes on Good Lane. Both Watches were officially endorsed on Thursday January 12, 2012 This brings to 194 the total Neighbourhood Watches in Durham Region (with 29 of those in Ajax).  Five out of seven Neighbourhood Watches endorsed in 2011 were in Ajax, and to date two out of two in 2012 are also in Ajax.  This speaks very highly of the level of commitment the Town has made to encouraging its residents to get involved in the the program specifically, and to community safety in general.  “One of my most important commitments to the people of Ajax, during the campaign for the privilege to become their Ward 2 Counsellor, was a mandate to empower communities and engage residents.  The Neighbourhood Watch Program has certainly given us that opportunity.  The many doors that I have knocked on, recruiting community involvement in the program, and never having missed a meeting or training session, and the supportive responses received from the commited people of Ajax, have delivered a clear message to me. Take the safety of our neighbourhoods seriously.  That’s a message I will continue to listen to, and act upon.  The program has come a long way, but there is much to do. I look forward to continuing to work with the people of Ajax, and Morgen Dobson of the Durham Regional Police, to further engage and strengthen our community.” Ward 2 Councillor, Renrick Ashby See the Imagination Northwest or the Good Lane Neighbourhood Watch Endorsement Letters See the notice of the next meeting for ALL interested parties hosted by Morgen Dobson