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…
The St. Thomas constituency office of Elgin-Middlesex-London MP Joe Preston closed by lunch on Wednesday, Oct. 22 after shootings in Ottawa that morning resulted in the death of a soldier and non-life threatening injuries to two other men. Shootings occurred at the National War Memorial, Parliament Hill and near the Rideau Centre, Ottawa police said.…
Elgin County councillors at a meeting Tuesday, Oct. 21, approved a two-year pilot program where ambulance paramedics will make preventive visits to the homes of patients who frequently call for emergency help. Medavie, the contractor providing land ambulances services for Elgin and St. Thomas, has received Ontario funding for training and set-up costs, and has…
All candidates for Aylmer mayor, deputy mayor and councillors were submitted the same six questions by the Aylmer Express. The unedited responses can be seen by clicking the link after each question. 1. What, if any, changes would you make at East Elgin Community Complex to reduce the operating deficit? Click here to see…
Elgin County councillors on Tuesday, Oct. 21, deferred for now a request from Bayham to rezone the former Port Burwell fire hall to allow it to be sold for conversion to a private residence. They want an investigation of an assertion by Susan Start, who leads opponents to the change, that Market Square, including the…
The Aylmer library will receive a $40,000 grant from the Dorothy Palmer Estate to help youth study current and emerging technologies. Aylmer Mayor Jack Couckuyt announced the grant during his mayor’s report near the end of the public portion of Monday night’s council meeting. The funding was to be received by the Elgin County Library and…
Malahide Financial Services Director Suzanna Dieleman announced Monday, Oct. 20, she’ll seek the Conservative nomination for the next federal election in Elgin-Middlesex-London riding. She’s looking to replace MP Joe Preston, who has announced he won’t seek re-election. Mr. Preston’s longtime riding assistant, Karen Vecchio, is also seeking the nomination, and West Elgin funeral director Bill…
Four Harvard airplanes flew by Doug Newell’s property on Springfield Road south of Glencolin Line on Saturday afternoon, Oct. 18. The multiple flybys were a tribute to Mr. Newell’s father Bob Newell who died peacefully of natural causes at age 91 at his Tillsonburg home on Oct. 10. His wife of 67 years, Dorothy, and…
Kade McLeod, left, was thrilled to meet Olaf, the snowman from the 2013 Disney animated movie Frozen, who paid a surprise visit to McGregor Public School in Aylmer on Friday, Oct. 17 for the latest Movie Night. After the young and the young at heart had a chance to meet Olaf, Frozen was shown in…
Former Aylmer resident and businessman Peter Banman says he offered to purchase the remaining almost 6,000 square feet of vacant ground floor commercial space at Aylmer Trillium Park condominiums for over $1-million and donate it to the Town of Aylmer as a gift in May before withdrawing the offer just over a week later. When…