Bryson Mathers, 4, of St. Thomas used his dad’s tackle box as a stool to sit on while settling in to wait for a bite during the annual Tim Hortons Kid’s Fishing Derby at Springwater Conservation Area southwest of Aylmer on Saturday morning, May 13. Gord Mathers also brought his other son Trevin, 7 (not…
Grade 1 pupil Emily Braun jumped as high as she could during Aylmer McGregor Public School’s annual Jump Rope for Heart event on Friday, May 12. Almost the entire pupil body participated in the fun outdoor activities in the school yard that included various jumping games and trying out hula hoops while music pumped out…
Former Springfield Public School pupil and current St. Thomas St. Joseph’s Catholic High School Grade 9 student Nathan Cox launched a ball from one of two robots he and his teacher Norm Dinner brought with them from the St. Joe’s Renaissance Robotics team for a demonstration in front of Springfield PS’s Grade 3 to 6…
Grade 2 pupil Nikolas Tupper played Old MacDonald on a keyboard during a rehearsal Wednesday, May 10, for a “Canada 150” talent show at Straffordville Public School on Friday, May 12. The show started at 11:15 a.m. Friday, and is open to parents.
A 26-year-old Port Burwell man was arrested in Windsor on Tuesday, May 9 after Ontario Provincial Police and Windsor Police officers staged a “high risk” traffic stop. Essex County OPP Constable Jim Root said a member of the OPP Traffic Management Unit (TMU) at about 5 p.m. that day “observed a suspected wanted vehicle and…
Katherine Thompson, right, of the Aylmer Area Community Choir made a sad face as she announced that Sarah Twinem, just left of her, was retiring after three years as the choir’s conductor, Friday night, May 5, at Aylmer Old Town Hall. Ms. Thompson praised Ms. Twinem for making great improvements in how the choir sounded.…
Catfish Creek Conservation Authority issued a “flood outlook” statement on Thursday morning, May 4 in anticipation that there could be local flooding as a result of the weather forecast calling for heavy precipitation throughout the region over the next three days. “Rain is expected to spread into most of Southwestern Ontario today and rainfall is…
The walls of the McGregor Public School gymnasium in Aylmer were covered with the work of pupils during the annual Museum of McGregor Art (MOMA) event on Wednesday evening, May 3. This year’s MOMA included many pieces of abstract art, a book fair in the library, math games and a scavenger hunt.
In a surprise turn of events, Aylmer and Malahide councillors, sitting together as the East Elgin Community Complex Interim Board on Wednesday evening, May 3, passed a resolution to not move the Aylmer library to hall space at the Complex. Aylmer Councillor Pete Barbour, who spearheaded the push to place a new, larger library at…
Springfield Public School Senior Kindergarten pupil Bentley Vantyghem, right, expressed wonder when he touched a box turtle held by Paul Kennedy of Little Ray’s Reptile Zoo of Hamilton during a presentation at the school on Wednesday morning, May 3. Mr. Kennedy showed about 10 different reptiles and other exotic animal species to pupils from most…
Thames Valley District School Board trustees held their first of two nights of public hearings on the potential closings of several elementary schools in Malahide and Central Elgin, and the proposed building of large new ones in Belmont and southeast St. Thomas, Tuesday, May 2. Most speakers on the first night opposed the closings of…
Karter VanDyk, front, and his brother Mason got to sit in the front passenger seat of a Malahide fire truck when fire prevention officers Debbie Allen and Aaron Macedo from fire station 4 (Lyons) visited Malahide Community Place in Springfield on Thursday morning, April 27. Children aged 3 to 5 attending the Springfield Library’s Story…