Children attending the East Elgin Community Complex March Break Day Camp on Thursday, March 16 made little bird models and then binoculars to watch them during a craft session. The theme for that day camp was animals. Other themes throughout the week included sports, science, art and games. There were 14 children enrolled that day…
A sports utility vehicle (SUV) crashed into the front of Mennomex General Store just east of Aylmer at about 7 a.m. on Sunday, March 12. The Elgin County Ontario Provincial Police issued a media release about the crash shortly after noon on Wednesday, March 15. “The store owner indicated that someone had hit the store…
A two-page motion about locating a new larger Aylmer library at East Elgin Community Complex was added to the agenda near the start of the Monday, March 13 council meeting by Councillor Pete Barbour who passed out paper copies of it to all councillors and staff. While some councillors wanted to defer the motion until…
A full room of children, along with some parents and grandparents, were on hand for the Mysterious Rocks March Break program at Aylmer Old Town Hall Library on Monday afternoon, March 13. Marshall Fields, 11, of London brought his fossil collection to Aylmer that afternoon and let the children take a closer look by handing…
A reminder to all that Daylight Savings Time begins at 2:00 a.m. on Sunday, March 12. At this point, clocks are to be advanced an hour. Remember to “spring ahead” that hour on your manual clocks before going to bed Saturday night, to prevent getting caught behind on Sunday morning.
The Rev. Mary Dillon of St. John’s United Church read “Sometimes I Feel Like a Fox” by Danielle Daniel to pupils at Springfield Public School on Friday, March 10. She was one of 10 community volunteers who spent part of the day participating in the annual “Forest of Reading” program, organized in cooperation with Springfield…
Hunter White, left, Gavin Robbins and Roslyn Boundy joined fellow Grade 5 recorder musicians playing “Jazz Cats” during an annual Talent Show held at New Sarum Public School on Wednesday, March 8.
The body of a 47-year-old woman was found by police divers within a silver Chrysler PT Cruiser at the bottom of Port Stanley harbour at about 6 p.m. on Wednesday, March 8. The car had left the road and entered the water of Port Stanley harbour at about 7:10 p.m. on Tuesday, March 7. Elgin…
Clarissa Giesbrecht sang Wait for It, a song from the Broadway musical Hamilton, during the latest Coffee House at East Elgin Secondary School on Tuesday evening, March 7. Coffee House provides EESS students an opportunity to perform in public with the support of the school’s Performance Arts Council. Performances that evening ranged from songs with and…
Ginette Richer, left, and Beth Phoenix were members of a procession carrying vegetables, flowers, fruits, rice, oil and other important symbols in the lives of the women of the Philippines during the World Day of Prayer service held at Our Lady of Sorrows Roman Catholic Church in Aylmer on Friday evening, March 3. This year’s…
Anneke McGee, 4, tried a maple candy sucker in the sugar shack not long after the annual Springwater Maple Syrup Festival opened its first day of the 2017 season on Saturday morning, March 4. From Niagara Falls, Anneke was visiting family and friends in the Aylmer area as her mother Kristy Rauhe grew up in…
A group of cold temperature defying participants splashed through the Lake Erie surf at Port Stanley’s Little Beach for the third annual Childcan Polar Bear Dip on Saturday morning, March 4. Several Childcan supporters, some in colourful garb, braved the freezing water in groups to raise money and awareness of childhood cancer. Dozens more family…