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DAVID NICKLE dnickle@insidetoronto.com In 2000, Toronto council decided to excise the names of the old municipalities from street signs in order to reflect the identity of the newly-amalgamated Toronto. But next month, council will debate putting at least one of those names back on street signs: The Borough of East York. Toronto’s Public Works and Infrastructure Committee left the decision up to council, after committee members were tied voting on a staff recommendation to kill a request to have stickers saying "East York" put on street signs in the former municipality’s boundaries. The request was actually for logos in East York and Scarborough - but only East York councillors and residents came out to the Sept. 19 committee meeting to plead for the historical nod to the old borough - at one time, Canada’s only borough. "I feel government should do everything it can to preserve our history, which includes the six municipalities," said Parkview Hills ratepayer leader Justin Van l See PEOPLE, page 3
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