Darrell Buchner of 23 Marchant Street in Aylmer goes all out with the Halloween display at his property and this year decided to decorate his driveway, part of which seen here, and the inside of his garage. He usually decorates his backyard but with the weather forecast calling for some light rain and colder temperatures,…
Its official – the Aylmer Shoppers Drug Mart in Aylmer will change its banner to an IDA store in mid-November. The change of hands of the store was made official on Friday, Oct. 31 when the Competition Bureau, a federal government agency, announced via a media release that it had approved the sale of 10…
A fire at a home on Arthur Street in Straffordville on the afternoon of Friday, Oct. 31 killed a cat but the family dog managed to escape with the help of neighbours. Dorothy and Joe Neville weren’t at home when the fire started in their home and their next door neighbours, Bryan and Penny Bachmeier,…
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…