A motorcyclist had his helmet damaged and another driver had a windshield smashed by rocks thrown from the Barwick Street-area railway bridge over the Highway 3 bypass in St. Thomas, Monday, June 4, city police reported. Officers were first called in about 6:30 p.m. to assist Ontario Provincial Police following reports of rocks being thrown.…
The Elgin County Ontario Provincial Police have asked for the public’s help in finding a man who has “raised suspicion” among beach-goers in Port Burwell. Constable Adam Crewdson said the Elgin OPP are asking anyone with information to come forward and contact his detachment if they had any encounters with a man described as: white…
Kindergarten pupil Andrea Sleegers piled on the toppings on her personal pizza during Freggie (Fruits and Vegetables) Day at Assumption Catholic Elementary School in Aylmer on Thursday, May 31. Matthew Geraci of Peter’s Pizza showed the full day kindergarten pupils in teacher Tina Berry’s class how to make their own vegetable pizzas using fresh ingredients…
An Aylmer volunteer firefighter made sure a small fire that started underneath a large delivery truck on Thursday morning, May 31 on South Street West between St. Andrew Street and Rutherford Avenue was totally extinguished by spraying more water underneath the body and on a tire. A large plume of smoke was seen in the…
Mom Joanna Saraiva of London made sure her children Everest, 18 months, and Alessandra, 3, stayed on the saddle during a pony ride they were enjoying at the Educational Animal Display and Pony Rides annual open house on Saturday morning, May 26. Located on Woolleyville Line off Springfield Road north of Summers Corners (east of…
The Elgin County Ontario Provincial Police have found a 14-year-old Richmond girl that was reported missing the night before. Late on Saturday afternoon, May 26, Constable Adam Crewdson issued a media release stating the girl had been found. The original media release stated she was last seen at her residence on Richmond Road at Heritage…
Members of the Happy Feet team took a turn on the East Elgin Secondary School track in the mid-afternoon heat on Friday, May 25 during the second annual Relay for Life held at the Aylmer school. The team members included, from left, Mackenzie Wiebe, Abby Decoutere, Emma Vandenbroek and Sky Martineau. The Relay for Life…
A two-vehicle crash in Copenhagen in the early evening of Wednesday, May 16 sent one of the drivers to an area hospital by air ambulance with serious but non-life threatening injuries. Elgin County Ontario Provincial Police Constable Adam Crewdson said emergency personnel were dispatched to the crash at the intersection of Nova Scotia Line and…
Kindergarten pupil Brynlee Meseure, front, passed a rubber chicken over her shoulder to Grade 1 pupil Reese Knelsen during one of the several activities set up for McGregor Public School’s annual Jump Rope for Heart event held at the Aylmer school on Friday, May 11. Other children participating in the race included Grade 4 pupil…
Val the “nefarious psychiatrist” (played by Maria McLellan), left, observes nursing home owner “the even more nefarious” Dr. Forbes (played by Greg Poulsen) as he gives talk therapy to “unconscious centenarian” Buck Bright (Grahame Notman) during a recent rehearsal of a scene from the Port Burwell Periscope Playhouse production of Toast. The adult comedic play…
Volunteer helpers Noah Ruffell, 8, left, and his brother Zach, 15, practised using a “cootie catcher” to answer a question during “Our Mindful Manners Night” at New Sarum Public School on Wednesday, May 9. Marcy Whitcroft, one of the organizers, said the open house for families was about “being present in the moment” rather than…
Elgin County councillors during their Tuesday morning, May 8 meeting approved spending an estimated $1.52-million to install a temporary bridge in Port Bruce. The vote was carried 7-2 with Dutton-Dunwich Mayor Cameron McWilliam and Southwold Mayor Grant Jones in opposition due to the cost. The temporary bridge will be installed at the old historic bridge…