Posts by Rob Perry
Junior Eagles advance to football semifinal
Jaden Vansevenant of East Elgin Secondary School rushed for a touchdown during a Thames Valley Regional Central Junior football quarterfinal against Ingersoll District Collegiate Institute in London on Wednesday, Oct. 24. EESS won 48-0 to advance to a semifinal against London Oakridge to be played at Westminster Central Secondary School in London on Wednesday, Oct.…
Read MoreWeisler, Donnell elected in Bayham
Rainey Weisler was elected as deputy mayor and Valerie Donnell as Ward 1 councillor in the Bayham municipal election Monday, Oct. 22. Ms. Weisler with 551 votes bested fellow deputy mayor candidates Cindy Stewart with 393 and Roger James with 142. In Ward 1, Ms. Donnell garnered 214 votes to 196 for Norm Hughes. Current…
Read MoreRuddock, Smith leading in TVDSB race, Hall in LDCSB
Late Monday night, Oct. 22, with Bayham and West Elgin not yet reporting, political newcomers Meagan Ruddock and Bruce Smith appeared well on the way to unseating incumbents Chris Goodall and James Todd as the St. Thomas-Elgin trustees on Thames Valley District School Board. Ms. Ruddock led with 8,906 votes, followed by Mr. Smith with…
Read MoreGiguere, Lewis upset Malahide incumbents
Most of Malahide council will look the same when sworn into office for a new term in December, with two exceptions. In the municipal election Monday, Oct. 22, newcomer Dominique Giguere with 1,219 votes swept into the deputy mayor’s office, with incumbent Jim Jenkins getting 498 votes and Paul Faulds, a former deputy mayor, 348.…
Read MoreMartyn over Marr in Central Elgin
Sally Martyn will be the next mayor of Central Elgin. Deputy Mayor Martyn, with 2,046 votes, bested incumbent Mayor David Marr iwth 1,752 and rookie mayoral challenger Casey Siebenmorgen with a respectable 489 in municipal voting Monday, Oct. 22. Tom Marks, a council veteran, with 1,546 votes squeaked by current Councillor Steve Carr with 1,541…
Read MoreExpress journalists acquitted
Publisher John Hueston and editor Brett Hueston of The Aylmer Express were acquitted in the Ontario Courts of Justice in St. Thomas on Monday morning, Oct. 22, of obstructing Ontario Provincial Police during the recovery of a vehicle with a body inside from the waters of Lake Erie at the south end of Springfield Road…
Read MoreSr. Eagles take win 34-30
Alyssa Voros of host East Elgin Secondary School shot for the Woodstock Collegiate Institute hoop during a Senior girls basketball game on Tuesday afternoon, Oct. 16. EESS took the win, 34-30.
Read MoreEagles topple WCI 32-24
Skye Martineau of host East Elgin Secondary School drove for the Woodstock Collegiate Institute net during a Junior girls basketball game on Tuesday afternoon, Oct. 16. EESS won the game 32-24.
Read MoreHuge hay barn lost to fire
A hay barn, 80 feet wide by 600 feet deep, was destroyed by fire on the north side of Vienna Line east of Hacienda Road late on Thursday night, Oct. 11, and early on Friday morning, Oct. 12. Malahide firefighters fought to contain the blaze and keep it from spreading to surrounding fields of dry…
Read MorePlaying in the (near) dark
A year after a similar situation occurred, the main gymnasium at East Elgin Secondary School is again suffering from a plethora of burned-out lights. The north end isn’t so bad, but in the south end, 20 of 54 fixtures are dark. That’s over a third.
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