Posts by Craig Bradford
Fire destroys John Street South apartment
An early morning fire on Monday, March 30 destroyed an apartment at the back of 332 John Street South in Aylmer. Located right across the street from the town fire hall, the occupants of the home, Darrel and Lily Ralf and their Husky dog Comanchie, came home at about 12:20 a.m. to find their home…
Read MoreLast snow of the season?
About two centimetres of wet snow fell in the Aylmer area on Thursday morning, March 26 making for slick roads and pretty landscapes like this one in Optimist Park looking west towards the Elm Street bridge that spans Catfish Creek in town. Colder than usual temperatures were to remain in the region over the following…
Read MoreMalahide firefighters visit Aylmer fire exhibit
Malahide volunteer firefighter Karl Baumgarten stopped to take a closer look at some artefacts from his fire department’s history that were on display at Aylmer-Malahide Museum and Archives on Wednesday evening, March 25. He and most of the rest of the firefighters from Malahide Station One (Mount Salem) visited the Museum in their dress uniforms…
Read MoreMad Science at McGregor
McGregor Public School pupils Grace Smith, left, Olivia Thompson, front, Adrianna Borm and Rachel Ross learned how static electricity works by rubbing cups against their hair and, in the case of what is pictured, sticking them to the top of their heads so that the cups would stick during the Mad Science after school club…
Read MoreNo action taken on outside firm to run Complex
In an over three and a half hour joint council session on Monday, March 23, elected officials from both Aylmer and Malahide decided to take no action on sending out a request for proposals to look for an outside, private management firm to take over the operations of East Elgin Community Complex. One of the…
Read MoreLast gasp of the March Break at the Grind
Makayla Rice, 10, passed her brother Malikye, 13, while on their scooters on one of the ramps at the Grind skateboard park located between Kinsmen and Optimist Parks in Aylmer at about 5 p.m. on Sunday, March 22. The siblings were enjoying some outside activity time in the dying daylight before heading home for the…
Read MoreWii camp entertains during last day of Break
Carter Nevill, 9, left, Christina Funk, 12, and Community Access Program site intern Faith Braun played the Wii game Just Dance 2015 and danced to the song You Look So Perfect by Five Seconds of Summer during a Wii camp at Straffordville Public Library on Friday afternoon, March 20. The Wii camp was the last of…
Read MoreFlood watch downgraded
A “flood watch” issued by Catfish Creek Conservation Authority on Tuesday morning, March 17 was downgraded to a “watershed conditions statement” on the morning of Friday, March 20. The change from a watch to a statement indicated that creek conditions had improved, CCCA Water Management Technician Peter Dragunas wrote in a media release. “Flooding in low-lying…
Read MoreMaking slime at the Complex
Sisters Emily Froese, 7, left, and Lynn, 10, made green “slime” out of some water, white glue, food colouring and some detergent during the Lil’ Scientists-themed day camp at East Elgin Community Complex on Thursday afternoon, March 19. The Complex offered the camps each weekday of the March Break that week. Other activities included skating,…
Read More“Pizza Palooza” at Springfield Library
Victoria Belle, 3, couldn’t resist tasting the sauce and then the cheese she and her mother Kristen Wyse were adding to mini-pizzas they were making during the “Pizza Palooza” lunch-time activity at Springfield Public Library on Thursday, March 19. The Springfield Library offered drop-in fun activities throughout March Break while children weren’t in schools including…
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