Volunteers at McGregor Public School in Aylmer handed out slices of free pizza during a teacher open house and Terry Fox Family Walk that traditionally opens the new school year there, Wednesday night, Sept. 13. Similar events were being held this week at public, Catholic and private schools across the area.
A black 2006 Chevrolet car driven by an Aylmer man, 50, crashed into the front of Aylmer Baptist Church at about 8:50 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 12. Church property committee chairman Lynda Shelly surveyed the damage the next morning and is seen here pointing to a dent at the bottom of the church sign which…
Melissa Klassen, 6, from Norwich Township was struck and killed by a sports utility vehicle (SUV) driven by a family member somewhere in Bayham on Monday afternoon, Sept. 11. Ontario Provincial Police officers responded to a “Bayham, Ontario address at 4:30 p.m.” that day “to a report of a child struck by a vehicle,” Sergeant…
Alana Paton, left, was walking her son Christopher, 12, past McGregor Public School along South Street West in Aylmer by McGregor Public School on their way to Davenport Public School for Christopher’s first day of Grade 7 classes on Tuesday morning, Sept. 5. While he enjoyed his summer break, Ms. Paton said her son went…
Malahide Deputy Mayor Jim Jenkins, left, and his wife Jeanette shared a laugh with Springfield Library supervisor Maria Smit during an open house to celebrate Ms. Smit’s retirement held next door to the library at Malahide Community Place on Thursday afternoon, Aug. 31. Ms. Smit spent 28 (and a half) years at the Springfield Library…
Thames Valley District School Board trustees put paid to any idea they might change their minds about closing Springfield, Sparta and New Sarum public schools at a special meeting on Tuesday night, Aug. 29 in London. They voted unanimously to approve a priority list for capital projects proposed for Ontario Ministry of Education funding that…
Bayham Mayor Paul Ens sent a seed flying through the air as he and other local dignitaries helped open the 10th annual Watermelon Fest in Straffordville on Saturday morning, Aug. 26. Bayham Wayne Casier was the winner of the seed spitting contest with a 26-foot effort. Events continue through the afternoon and evening.
Thames Valley District School Board Chairman Matt Reid appears to have taken it onto himself to dismiss appeals from Elgin County and Central Elgin for reconsideration of the ordered closings of New Sarum, Sparta and Springfield public schools. The agenda for Central Elgin council’s meeting on Monday afternoon, Aug. 28, includes a reply from Trustee…
Aylmer Mayor Greg Currie, left, Aylmer Police Chief Andre Reymer and Malahide Mayor Dave Mennill were the judges for a lunch-time charity chili cook-off held in front of Kindred Credit Union on Thursday, Aug. 24. Four Kindred employees, a credit union member and a Ruby’s Cookhouse cook (but his own recipe) were the participants in…
Bill Poss, left, was helping his son Blue, 8, figure out how to safely watch the partial eclipse of the sun on Monday afternoon, Aug. 21 at a viewing station set up by local amateur astronomers on John Street North by Balmoral Park in Aylmer. Ron Sawyer and Arthur Oslach had brought several pairs of…
Singer/acoustic guitarist Rico performed several original songs in addition to some rock covers during his set at the 23rd annual Fred Eaglesmith Charity Picnic at Springwater Conservation Area southwest of Aylmer on Saturday afternoon, Aug. 19. The weekend-long live music festival raised money for Operation Smile, an international medical charity that has provided hundreds of…
Jayden Simmonds, 17, was almost done enjoying a freshly steamed cob of corn during the 10th annual Sweet Corn Fest held in Aylmer’s Balmoral Park on Saturday, Aug. 19. Ms. Simmonds plays for the BAD (Belmont-Aylmer-Dorchester) Girls Midget BB hockey team which was holding the corn, hamburger and hot dog barbecue in Balmoral Park that…