Posts by Craig Bradford

Alana Paton, left, was walking her son Christopher, 12, past McGregor Public School along South Street West in Aylmer by McGregor Public School on their way to Davenport Public School for Christopher’s first day of Grade 7 classes on Tuesday morning, Sept. 5. While he enjoyed his summer break, Ms. Paton said her son went…

Malahide Deputy Mayor Jim Jenkins, left, and his wife Jeanette shared a laugh with Springfield Library supervisor Maria Smit during an open house to celebrate Ms. Smit’s retirement held next door to the library at Malahide Community Place on Thursday afternoon, Aug. 31. Ms. Smit spent 28 (and a half) years at the Springfield Library…

Aylmer Mayor Greg Currie, left, Aylmer Police Chief Andre Reymer and Malahide Mayor Dave Mennill were the judges for a lunch-time charity chili cook-off held in front of Kindred Credit Union on Thursday, Aug. 24. Four Kindred employees, a credit union member and a Ruby’s Cookhouse cook (but his own recipe) were the participants in…

Bill Poss, left, was helping his son Blue, 8, figure out how to safely watch the partial eclipse of the sun on Monday afternoon, Aug. 21 at a viewing station set up by local amateur astronomers on John Street North by Balmoral Park in Aylmer. Ron Sawyer and Arthur Oslach had brought several pairs of…

Singer/acoustic guitarist Rico performed several original songs in addition to some rock covers during his set at the 23rd annual Fred Eaglesmith Charity Picnic at Springwater Conservation Area southwest of Aylmer on Saturday afternoon, Aug. 19. The weekend-long live music festival raised money for Operation Smile, an international medical charity that has provided hundreds of…

Jayden Simmonds, 17, was almost done enjoying a freshly steamed cob of corn during the 10th annual Sweet Corn Fest held in Aylmer’s Balmoral Park on Saturday, Aug. 19. Ms. Simmonds plays for the BAD (Belmont-Aylmer-Dorchester) Girls Midget BB hockey team which was holding the corn, hamburger and hot dog barbecue in Balmoral Park that…

Groups of cyclists stopped to visit the historic wooden lighthouse in Port Burwell during the seventh annual 3 Port Tour on Saturday morning, Aug. 19. This group consisted of, from left, Mirek Pawelec of London, Claude Siadaczka of Kitchener, Greg Kurowski of London and Derek Szymikowski of Kitchener. Like in the recent past, the 3…

Madison Saxton, left, and Sarah Glazer, both 13 and of Aylmer, enjoyed their multiple rides on the Tilt on Thursday night, Aug. 10, one of the highlights of the midway of this year’s Aylmer Fair. The 171st Aylmer Fair stared that evening and continued Friday afternoon and evening, Saturday from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.…

“That Magic Guy” Peter Meenie of London, left, brought up Madyson Bakker, 9, of Springfield to the stage to help him with a trick during the “AbraCanadabra Magic Show” held at Aylmer Old Town Hall Theatre on Thursday afternoon, Aug. 10. The magic show, which attracted a packed house of children and their parents and…