Straffordville’s 18th annual Watermelon Fest was a hit on Saturday, Aug. 29. Big crowds turned out through the day for free watermelon and cotton candy, children’s rides, enterntainment and seed-spitting and watermelon-eating competitions.
The 18th annual Straffordville Watermelon Fest, offering mostly free events to the public and aimed at family fun, will be held again this year in the park around Straffordville Community Centre, Saturday, Aug. 29, organizer Rose Gardner said. Events include a decorated-bicycle parade, seed-spitting and watermelon-eating contests, entertainment, crafters, a car show and, after dusk,…
Actor Bruce Davies gave a painful foot rub to Jamie Williams during a rehearsal for “Real Estate,” a new play opening at Port Stanley Festival Theatre on Wednesday, Aug. 26, and continuing through Saturday, Sept. 19. The romantic comedy tells the story of a home owner with writer’s block who stands in the way of…
A two-vehicle crash north of Mount Salem at the intersection of Springfield Road and John Wise Line sent one of the drivers to a local hospital on the morning of Tuesday, Aug. 25. Emergency personnel were called to the scene at about 6:30 a.m. The intersection was closed to traffic for more than an hour…
An Aylmer Police spokesman confirmed that a police presence at a property on the south side of Elk Street near Queen Street was not a murder investigation. Police had recovered a stolen Dodge Ram pickup truck there that had not yet been reported stolen from Dorchester. The investigation continued in relation to further stolen property…
Over 300 motorcycles including more than 65 custom creations from all over southwestern Ontario packed the interior parking lot at Malahide Community Place in Springfield for the second annual Four-Hour Bike Show on Sunday, Aug. 23. The event was co-sponsored by DG Custom Cycle and Low Brow Custom and raised money for the Aylmer Optimist…
The first annual Fire It Up Car, Truck and Bike Show attracted over 50 different vehicles of various shapes, sizes and colours to the parking lot of the German Canadian Club and Saxonia Hall just east of Aylmer on Saturday, Aug. 22. Organized by the Malahide Firefighter’s Association, the event was offered free to the…
Civil Air Search and Rescue Association (CASARA) London volunteer Joe Santschi of Tillsonburg checked out the mock disaster scene that was set up at a farmer’s property on Powers Road south of Talbot Line and just east of the St. Thomas Airport for a large scale multi-agency search and rescue training event staged at different…
Captain Corbin the pirate magician, left, had volunteer Charlie Braun help him with a trick involving a changing flag that eventually became a Jolly Roger during the Summer Reading Club finale at Straffordville Public Library on Monday afternoon, Aug. 17. About 50 children attended the last session along with some of their parents. The 109…
A group of bicyclists crept up a steep slope on Pleasant Valley Line as they neared the end of a 160-kilometre route for the fifth annual 3 Port Classic Century Ride sponsored by The Aylmer Express on Saturday, Aug. 15. This year’s ride involved 450 bicyclists, the most ever.
Norah Bradley, 5, of Aylmer slid down an inflatable amusement at the annual Aylmer Sweet Corn Fest in Balmoral Park, Saturday, Aug. 15. Weather for the event was clear and sunny.
East Elgin Community Complex (EECC) General Manager Theresa Klachan ended her time at the facility as of Friday, Aug. 14. “As of Aug. 14, 2015, Theresa Klachan has left her position to pursue other interests and challenges,” Aylmer Administrator Jennifer Reynaert wrote in an email response. “I anticipate the vacancy will be addressed by the…