The second annual Aylmer Optimist Club Toy Run that started at the Bargain Shop parking lot at noon on Sunday, Sept. 17 more than tripled the number of riders and motorcycles from its inaugural year. This year there were 166 participants riding well over 100 motorcycles. Those participating in the event were asked to either…
Ezra Goodwin-MacVicar, almost 2, and his mom Meg Goodwin of North Bay hopped onto a mini John Deere all-terrain vehicle during the 12th annual Dingman Antique Plowing Day held on Saturday, Sept. 16 at Doug and Penni MacVicar’s farm on Belmont Road just south of Ron McNeil Line (north of New Sarum). Ezra’s dad Ryan…
Timothy Bylsma, 4, front, his cousin Travis Rozendaal, 4, and sister Katie, 9, were about to be put behind bars, but only briefly, within a jail cell at the Aylmer Police Station during Doors Open East Elgin on Saturday, Sept. 16. Local residents and visitors to the area could take a guided tour through several…
The Eagle Flight Singers and Dancers of London performed a pow wow ceremony at Malahide Community Place in front of Springfield Public School pupils and staff on Friday afternoon, Sept. 15 to help celebrate the record breaking Summer Reading Club (SRC) program at Springfield Library. The event was supported by donations to the library’s SRC…
Volunteers at McGregor Public School in Aylmer handed out slices of free pizza during a teacher open house and Terry Fox Family Walk that traditionally opens the new school year there, Wednesday night, Sept. 13. Similar events were being held this week at public, Catholic and private schools across the area.
A black 2006 Chevrolet car driven by an Aylmer man, 50, crashed into the front of Aylmer Baptist Church at about 8:50 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 12. Church property committee chairman Lynda Shelly surveyed the damage the next morning and is seen here pointing to a dent at the bottom of the church sign which…
Melissa Klassen, 6, from Norwich Township was struck and killed by a sports utility vehicle (SUV) driven by a family member somewhere in Bayham on Monday afternoon, Sept. 11. Ontario Provincial Police officers responded to a “Bayham, Ontario address at 4:30 p.m.” that day “to a report of a child struck by a vehicle,” Sergeant…
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…
Thames Valley District School Board trustees put paid to any idea they might change their minds about closing Springfield, Sparta and New Sarum public schools at a special meeting on Tuesday night, Aug. 29 in London. They voted unanimously to approve a priority list for capital projects proposed for Ontario Ministry of Education funding that…
Bayham Mayor Paul Ens sent a seed flying through the air as he and other local dignitaries helped open the 10th annual Watermelon Fest in Straffordville on Saturday morning, Aug. 26. Bayham Wayne Casier was the winner of the seed spitting contest with a 26-foot effort. Events continue through the afternoon and evening.
Thames Valley District School Board Chairman Matt Reid appears to have taken it onto himself to dismiss appeals from Elgin County and Central Elgin for reconsideration of the ordered closings of New Sarum, Sparta and Springfield public schools. The agenda for Central Elgin council’s meeting on Monday afternoon, Aug. 28, includes a reply from Trustee…