Bjorn Suneson, 68, of Stockholm, Sweden stopped for lunch at the Aylmer McDonald’s on Thursday, July 7 during his cross-North America running journey. He preferred to term his jog from San Francisco to Boston as “coast to coast” and he averaged about 53 kilometres running on roads with his stroller a day. Mr. Suneson, a…
The Catfish Creek Conservation Authority (CCCA) issued a Level 1 low water advisory for the watershed on Thursday morning, July 7. “The Ontario Low Water Response indicators identify that Catfish Creek precipitation indicators coupled with the channel flow indicators are below the required provincial seasonal average thresholds for a Level 1 for the period ending…
Malahide Fire Service issued a ban on any and all outdoor burning in the township on Wednesday morning, July 6. The ban applies even to property owners who have obtained a burn permit from the township. The ban is the result of continuing hot, dry weather in the area, and the fire department is warning that…
A 65-year-old Thames Centre man has been charged with several Highway Traffic Act offences in connection to the early morning Friday, April 22 three-vehicle crash south of Belmont that killed Mike Wodzinski, 38, of Aylmer. Elgin County Ontario Provincial Police Constable Adam Crewdson confirmed the man has been charged with: Fail to yield to traffic…
Olivia Housego, 11, left, and sister Elizabeth, 9, bashed away at each during a jousting game that was part of Canada Day celebrations at East Elgin Community Complex Friday, July 1. The annual event is hosted by Aylmer and Malahide.
Sandy and Barry Keep set up their lawn chairs right by the side of the road along Wellington Street in Port Burwell for the Canada Day parade going by late Friday morning, July 1. The Canada Day festivities in Port Burwell included the parade, the singing of O Canada and the raising of the Canadian…
Mac Clinton, 4, of Southwold, on a visit to his grandmother, participated in the Belmont Lions Club’s annual bicycle safety rodeo on Canada Day. The event preceded a parade of patriotically-decorated bicycles from the fire station to Don Yeck Park for more Canada Day activities.
The rest of the entire pupil body participated in a spirited “clap-out” ceremony congratulating the exiting Grade 4 pupils as they paraded out of McGregor Public School in Aylmer for one last time on the last day of the 2015-16 school year on Wednesday, June 29 at 3:20 p.m. The second annual “clap-out” ceremony at…
Aylmer Police Sergeant William Gibson reported that an 800-pound steer, newly-neutered, was chased through town by its owner and police officers on Sunday morning, June 26. Police first received a report of a stray cow in Steen Park, but instead found only the Malahide owner, who let them know it was a steer. Then residents…
Liam Grech, 13, right, greeted Kaylee Babcock, one of the members of the “Jeep convoy” that descended upon his Myrtle Street neighbourhood in Aylmer on Monday evening, June 27 as part of the celebration of his graduation from Grade 8 at Davenport Public School. A total of eight Jeeps and other vehicles participated in the…
South Dorchester Public School kindergarten pupil Alex Berkelmans, middle, auctioned off his artwork, a small tree, during the third annual Come Grow With Us Full-Day Kindergarten Art Auction held at the school on Monday morning, June 27. Helping out with the auction were kindergarten teachers Jennifer Shackelton (wife of Shackelton Auctions’ Mike Shackelton), left, and…
Evan Neusteter, 11, sprang off of the low diving board and did a side flip into the diving tank at the Aylmer Pool on Saturday afternoon, June 25. The outdoor aquatic complex opened “unofficially” the night before with a public swim followed by afternoon public swims on both Saturday and Sunday. The Aylmer Pool officially…