Many Davenport Public School pupils (and staff members) in Aylmer dressed up in costumes on Halloween, Friday, Oct. 31. Some of the best costumes belonged to, from left, Rachel Shea, Josie Gee, Noah Sporbeck, Tao De Ryk, Ethan Mills-Baxter, Connor Dawson and Austin Irwin. A series of dances were held at the senior elementary school…
Kathryn Field, left, and her husband Nigel of Belmont accepted a $301.35 donation from Dad N Daughters Fish and Chips owner Rodger Greenlaw of Aylmer on Thursday night, Oct. 30. The money, collected by customer donations over the summer from the restaurant’s juice fountain, went towards the Josh Field Support Network. The couple established the…
Sparta Public School pupils pelted teachers with Silly String during an assembly on Thursday, Oct. 30. The teachers had volunteered to do so, as long as pupils met their goal of raising $1,500 for the annual Terry Fox Run, which they did.
Pupils from Springfield Public School (Grades 1-3) and London Byron Somerset Public School watched as a small pumpkin was shot from a large catapult at Clovermead Adventure Farm north of Aylmer on Wednesday morning, Oct. 29. The beekeeping farm hosted school field trips from across the region that week and taught pupils all about pumpkins…
Newcomer Greg Currie is Aylmer’s new mayor after garnering more than double the amount of votes than incumbent Jack Couckuyt. In the unofficial results after all polls had reported in shortly after 11 p.m. on Monday night, Oct. 27, mayor-elect Currie had 1,052 votes compared with Mr. Couckuyt’s 405 votes. Former Aylmer Mayor Bob Habkirk…
In what’s shaping up to be a huge upset, with 11 polls reporting out of 13, challenger Greg Currie has a tremendous lead in the race to become Aylmer’s new mayor. He has 832 votes to 327 for incumbent Jack Couckuyt and 167 for former Mayor Bob Habkirk. In the race for deputy mayor, Mary French leads with 604 votes…
With all polls reporting for Bayham’s election Monday, Oct. 27, incumbent Mayor Paul Ens defeated challenger Roger James 961 to 516 to win re-election. Incumbent Cliff Evanitski led Councillor Tom Southwick of Port Burwell in the race for deputy mayor much of the night, but in the end overwhelming support from the south end gave…
Councillor Mike Wolfe bested incumbent Jim Jenkins, 1,310 votes to 955, to win election as Malahide’s new deputy mayor, Monday, Oct. 27. In Ward 1, incumbent Councillor Mark Widner held onto his seat over challenger George Steenbergen, 370 votes to 185. In Ward 2, incumbent Cr. Max Moore did the same over challenger Paul Vanderwyst,…
Incumbent Deputy Mayor David Marr won election as mayor in Central Elgin on Monday, Oct. 27, defeating challenger Bill Fehr 2,505 votes to 1,424. Councillor Sally Martyn will be the new deputy mayor, with 1,691 votes compared to Tom Marks with 1,314 and Danial Dale with 924. Incumbent Dan McNeil was re-elected as Ward 1…
The children participating in Storytime at Springfield Library on Thursday, Oct. 23 were paid a special visit by Clifford the Big Red Dog and his friend Emily Elizabeth. From left: Abigail Friesen, Savannah Hartemink, Reid Unger, Hunter Hartemink, Gavin Fentie, Clifford, Maya Friesen, Emily Elizabeth (Elgin County Library Manager of Programming and Community Development Sandra…
A Vienna businessman took it upon himself to make sure this year’s Port Burwell Santa Claus Parade would proceed as usual. Bayham’s Family Table restaurant owner Randy Breyer said he read about the Saturday, Dec. 6 parade being cancelled due to the folding of the Otter Valley-Port Burwell Optimist Club in the Oct. 22 edition…
Springfield’s Kellen De Vos along with some other volunteers have organized a new Halloween-themed event for the village called Screamfield. Staged along a trail outside Malahide Community Place that ends in the Springfield Library, the haunted event takes place from 7-10 p.m. on both Tuesday, Oct. 28 and Thursday, Oct. 30. Cost is “a toonie…