Posts by Craig Bradford
Shaw’s celebrates its 70th anniversary
Shaw’s Ice Cream and Dairy Bar, located south of Union on Sunset Road, celebrated its 70th anniversary in style with a Ferris Wheel, a photo booth, face painting, prizes and giveaways and live music along with free ice cream to anyone who showed up with a 1948 classic car or pickup truck on Saturday, Sept.…
Read MoreMan pinned in tractor rollover
A man was taken to hospital after the tractor he was driving rolled over and pinned him southwest of Aylmer on Tuesday evening, Aug. 28. Elgin County Ontario Provincial Police officers with assistance from the Aylmer Police responded to the tractor rollover on Rogers Road south of Conservation Line that evening at 7:40 p.m. Malahide…
Read MoreFatal motorcycle crash near Belmont
One man is dead and two more people were taken to hospital for treatment of injuries after a three vehicle crash occurred south of Belmont on Tuesday afternoon, Aug. 28. The Elgin County Ontario Provincial Police along with Middlesex County OPP officers responded to the collision on Belmont Road at Yorke Line in Central Elgin…
Read MoreTemporary bridge open in Port Bruce
The temporary panel bridge connecting the north and south sides of the lakeside village of Port Bruce opened to traffic at about 10:55 a.m. on Monday, Aug. 20. In this photo taken at about 11:45 a.m. that day, a car is seen completing a north-south crossing of the bridge that spans Catfish Creek from Bank…
Read MoreWheelhouse moved to final home
Several local interested residents along with some visitors to Port Burwell watched as the George Barnes Memorial Wheelhouse was moved from the bottom of Pitt Street by the flats next to Otter Creek about 100 metres (328 feet) up the hill and across the intersection at Robinson Street to its final home in front of…
Read MoreBikers rumble through Aylmer for the 13th
Motorcycle enthusiasts Jean-Paul (JP) Roy, left, and his brother-in-law KC Clarke stopped in downtown Aylmer for breakfast on Friday, July 13 on their way to Port Dover. Mr. Roy’s wife and Mr. Clarke’s twin sister Kirsten was just out of the camera’s view. The three Londoners, along with thousands of other bikers, rode through Aylmer…
Read MoreThe throw to first
Second baseman Simon Neusteter of the Aylmer HWC Rookie Select Pirates baseball team threw the ball to first base for an out during a home game versus the Tillsonburg Otters at the Steen Park diamond on Wednesday evening, July 11. Aylmer lost 24-21 although Pirates coach Bill Sleegers said his team would have come back…
Read MoreSwimming above her age
Harlee Vachon competed in an under 8 butterfly stroke heat at the latest Aylmer Alligators swim team meet at the town’s outdoor pool on Wednesday, evening, July 11 even though she is an under 6 swimmer. There aren’t usually enough butterfly competitors at that young age to have a full heat so Harlee swam up…
Read MoreLow water condition issued by CCCA
Catfish Creek Conservation Authority issued a “Level 1 Low Water Condition” for the watershed on Tuesday morning, July 10. In a media release, CCCA Water Management Technician Peter Dragunas asked area residents to voluntarily reduce their water use by 10 percent “to ensure that there remains an adequate supply for essential uses and to sustain…
Read MoreHealing Hearts and Minds in Kinsmen Park
Joanne Crockett of London’s Meadowlily Farm and her buddy Eddie the Chihuahua, 12, were hanging out in their bee-related fun garb at their booth and also bee-themed camper van at the second annual Healing Hearts and Minds mental health festival held in Kinsmen Park in Aylmer on Saturday, July 7. Meadowlily Farm, which produces all-natural…
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