Physical Services Director Lloyd Perrin told Central Elgin councillors that, as they had ordered, a contractor had been found to operate the concession stand at the Port Stanley Arena. That stand had been closed, to be replaced by additional vending machines, but user groups lobbied councillors to restore the food concession. Mr. Perrin said a…
Central Elgin councillors on Tuesday, Oct. 11, voted unanimously to support a proposal for a large new Kindergarten through Grade 8 public elementary school to be built in Belmont. Thames Valley District School Board is considering a plan that would close New Sarum, South Dorchester and Springfield schools locally, and Westminster Central in Southeast London,…
Hundreds of runners, walkers, cyclists, rollerbladers and even some scooter riders participated in the 37th annual Tornado Fun Run at the Ontario Police College northeast of Aylmer on Wednesday evening, Oct. 5. This year the event, which returned after a one-year hiatus, raised money for the Aylmer-Malahide Museum and Archives and paid tribute to its…
David Berg, 29, of Aylmer was pronounced dead in hospital after the motorcycle he was driving collided with a pickup truck at the intersection of Talbot Line (Highway 3) and Quaker Road west of New Sarum on Monday, Oct. 3 at about 8 p.m. Elgin County Ontario Provincial Police Constable Adam Crewdson said officers, Central…
An ad hoc committee founded by five mothers held its first public meeting, attended by about 50, Monday night, Oct. 3, to enlist support to keep Springfield Public School open. The committee is less than a week old, and was formed after word that Thames Valley District School Board was considering closing Springfield, South Dorchester…
Kimberly Froese, left, Abby King and Ryan Wilson of the “Golden Dragons” team were among over 250 East Elgin Secondary School students who participated in the annual Eagle Olympics at Optimist Park in Aylmer on Monday afternoon, Oct. 3. After a barbecue lunch, Grade 9 students were encouraged to get wet and muddy by playing…
Jaiden Loucks, left, Grade 7, Tanner Smith, Grade 7, Grant Bolt, Grade 3, Abby Fedorowski, Grade 7, and Rebecca Lockyer, Grade 7, joined other pupils walking around New Sarum Public School on a Terry Fox Run (or walk) on Thursday afternoon, Sept. 29. Rain stopped just in time for the event, which raised $2,000 for…
A group of parents will hold a public meeting at St. John’s United Church in Springfield starting at 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 3, intent on preserving the village’s public elementary school. Jessica Goodwill has two children now at Springfield Public School, and three more she hopes will be able to attend there. “I don’t think…
Canadian Polka King Walter Ostanek and his band played to a full house at the Aylmer German Canadian Club’s Saxonia Hall on Saturday evening, Oct. 1 during the Oktoberfest celebration. The event included traditional German Oktoberfest food, Ontario craft beer and performances from Kitchener-Waterloo’s Schuhplattler Folk Dancers and the local Saxonia Dancers.
Hundreds of items were up for sale at the annual Farm Equipment Consignment Auction at Shackelton Auctions located northeast of Springfield near the corner of Lyons Line and Putnam Road on Saturday, Oct. 1. The day-long auction sold off several partial lines, estates, dealer inventory reductions and over 200 local farmers consignments of farm equipment and machinery…
Eight days after the discovery, Elgin County Ontario Provincial Police on Wednesday afternoon, Sept. 28 identified the 50-year-old man who was found dead next to a burning mobile home in Port Bruce as Timothy James of Malahide Township. A Malahide Fire Department spokesman said volunteer firefighters were called to a fire at a trailer within…
Central Elgin councillors, in a sharp turnabout, conceded Monday night, Sept. 26, to pleas from Port Stanley Arena groups and will re-open the snack bar there. In fact, councillors were in such a rush they ordered officials to award a contract to operate the canteen to any “reasonable proposal” received in the next few days.…