An early-morning fire destroyed the home of Dave and Kerry DaCosta at 50453 Wilson Line in Malahide on Thursdsay, Feb. 18, but they escaped with their lives and their seven pets unharmed. Ms. DaCosta, a light sleeper, was awakened by popping noises from their attic just after 3 a.m. After waking Mr. DaCosts and realizing their…
The projected annual deficit for East Elgin Community Complex for last year is $106,007.90 higher than anticipated according to the draft 2016 budget Aylmer and Malahide councillors discussed during their Wednesday, Feb. 17 meeting. The budgeted deficit for the year, the difference between total expenditures and revenues, was pegged at $535,718 but the actual number on…
Wise Line Metal Sales will move from their current Malahide location to Tillsonburg in early 2017 after giving up on trying to rezone and expand their current property. Co-owner David Wieler confirmed his company, located west of Luton, had purchased seven acres in Tillsonburg’s Van Norman Industrial Park, which is near the border with Bayham.…
Skaters took to the ice on a new outdoor rink on the ball diamond at Straffordville Community Centre on Family Day, Monday, Feb. 15. The rink, set up and maintained by volunteers and illuminated after dark by ball diamond lights, will be open, weather permitting, weekdays from 4 to 8 p.m. and weekends from 9…
Two cars slipped off the road and ended up in opposite ditches while travelling on Imperial Road just north of Lyons on Wednesday morning, Feb. 10. Elgin County Ontario Provincial Police Constable Troy Carlson said the driver of the first car was travelling north on Imperial Road just north of Lyons Line at about 8:20 a.m.…
Aylmer St. Paul’s United Church volunteer Fran Graham was in charge of the skillet during the church’s Pancake Supper on Shrove Tuesday, Feb. 9. Dozens of parishioners brought their family and friends out to dine on pancakes with syrup and sausages.
A 31-year-old Bayham man was taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries following a single vehicle crash between Springfield and Tillsonburg on Monday morning, Feb. 8. Elgin County Ontario Provincial Police Constable Troy Carlson said the man was driving north on Culloden Road just south of Pressey Line at 6:53 a.m. when his car left the…
Volunteer Terri Smith, left, ladled out the sauce for Doris Baughman in the service line of the annual Belmont Lions Club Spaghetti Dinner at the Belmont Arena and Community Centre on Friday evening, Feb. 5. Lions Club members and youth volunteers served spaghetti and meat sauce, garlic bread and Caesar salad to dozens of diners…
A head-on crash on the Highway 3 bypass in St. Thomas on Thursday morning, Feb. 4 has sent the two drivers to hospital with serious and life-threatening injuries. In a media release, Elgin OPP Constable Troy Carlson stated a Chevy car driven by a St. Thomas woman, 65, was westbound on the Highway 3 bypass…
Grade 1 pupil Eve Sinke recited, with some hand gestures and body language, the story I Have To Go by Robert Munsch during Aylmer Immanuel Christian School’s Speakfest on Wednesday morning, Feb. 3. Principal Keith Cameron said Speakfest was the school-wide culmination of classroom work on oral expression that aimed to help the children become more effective…
Malahide councillors want to know more about the age and mileage on five township pickup trucks before authorizing their replacement this year. And, Councillor Mark Widner told a budget committee meeting on Monday, Feb. 1, he wanted similar information for a wood chipper used by the works department, proposed for replacement at a cost of…
Aylmer Police Chief Andre Reymer showed more flamboyance than usual with his technique when he realized he was being photographed during the third annual United Way Elgin-St. Thomas Winter Bowl at Cy’s Bowling Lanes and Lounge in Aylmer on Saturday evening, Jan. 23. A total of 119 bowlers participated in the event sponsored by Goodwill’s…