Posts by Rob Perry
Hollyberry Tea at Terrace Lodge
Residents like Mary Vandewyngaerde, left, Shirley Nagy, Bill Underhill and Sharon Brown enjoyed each other’s company, exchanging holiday stories and people watching at the Hollyberry Bazaar on Saturday, Dec. 6, at Terrace Lodge long-term care home. The annual holiday event is organized by the Terrace Lodge Auxiliary. (AE/ Joe Konecny)
Read MoreRainbow Connections opens new hub in St. Thomas
Rainbow Connections is a year-old organization based in St. Thomas dedicated to providing a safe and accepting space for 2SLGBTQIA+ youths in Southwestern Ontario. It celebrated the opening of its first physical space, a Drop-in Hub at 15 Catharine St., Unit 305 (third floor) on Wednesday night, Dec. 3. Among those participating were, from left,…
Read MoreSpringfield greets Santa’s arrival
One excited group at the Springfield Santa Claus Parade on Saturday, Dec. 6 welcomed the jolly ole soul, waving the letters in his name and marking the location for the parade after party. More pictures in the Dec. 10 edition of The Aylmer Express. (AE/ Joe Konecny)
Read MoreBlast levels 1848 Bayham house
A two-storey house, built in 1848, at 9238 Sandytown Road in Bayham was demolished by a blast of unknown origin that left no evidence of flames or fire on Friday, Dec. 5, just after 10 a.m. Ed Ketchabaw, a neighbour (and mayor of Bayham), said the house had been in his family for years, but…
Read MoreShutout for Eagles’ Selena Woodford
A shot by a Glendale High School player bounced off East Elgin Secondary School’s girls hockey goalie Selena Woodford’s leg pad during a game at East Elgin Community Complex on Thursday, Nov. 27. EESS blanked Glendale 4-0, with Woodford earning the shutout. (AE/Rob Perry)
Read MoreKnox offers lunch hour Advent concert series
The Knox Presbyterian Church’s Advent Organ Series wraps up on Dec. 3 and Dec. 10, at 55 Hincks St., in St. Thomas, offering a festive exploration of the virtues of an instrument that made its Elgin County debut in the 1880s. “You don’t have to be looking for a religious experience to come to the…
Read MoreLittle say if conservation authorities amalgamated
Municipalities will have little influence with conservation “superauthorities” if the Ontario government goes ahead with plans to merge the province’s 37 authorities into just seven. That was what Catfish Creek Conservation Authority General Manager Dusty Underhill predicted during a meeting of his board Thursday, Nov. 27. Catfish Creek Conservation Authority, Long Point Regional Conservation Authority…
Read MoreSanta arrives in Aylmer
Van Gorp Drainage and Excavating, of Springfield, has been excavating and installing agricultural drainage and septic systems in and around Elgin County for over 50 years, but on Nov. 22, Van Gorp’s vintage Case tractor rode in the 81st annual Aylmer Kinsmen Santa Claus Parade . Their float, palled by a vintage truck driven by John Van…
Read MorePremier lauds St. Thomas-Elgin economic growth
Premier Doug Ford celebrated his 61st birthday in St. Thomas on Nov. 20, officially welcoming Vianode’s $3.2 billion investment in the community and underscoring southwestern Ontario’s important contributions to economic growth across Canada. “The best birthday present I’ve ever had,” the premier told a small crowd assembled in Yarmouth Yards. “$3.2 billion investment, it’s absolutely…
Read MoreOrwell man, “prolific offender,” arrested and charged again
An Orwell man, 34, who had been wearing a tracking monitor but allegedly removed it, was charged by Aylmer Police with spousal assault and has been remanded into custody. He was described by police as “a prolific offender.” Chief Kyle Johnstone said the man had been out on bail for a charge of possession of…
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