Catfish Creek Conservation Authority (CCCA) officials issued a “flood outlook” watershed conditions statement on Thursday afternoon, April 7. The flood outlook is the first of a series of statements leading up to an official flood warning for the entire watershed. The flood outlook statement advised that “unfavourable weather conditions over the last few days has…
Mount Salem Christian Secondary School student Andrea Froese will play the title role in the musical Annie at Aylmer Old Town Hall Theatre Thursday, April 21 to Saturday, April 23. She will be joined on stage by Kia who will play the little orphan Annie’s trusted canine companion Sandy. Curtain times for the evening shows…
The number of St. Thomas Elgin General Hospital staff who made the “Sunshine List” of Ontario public sector employees making more than $100,000 in salary in 2015 rose to 36 from 19 the year before. While 36 Elgin County Ontario Provincial Police officers made more than $100,000 in 2015, that is down from the 44…
Curator Amanda Vandenwyngaert, left, caught up with Jim McCallum, right, and his mother Margaret during the free official opening of the Aylmer Remembers WW1 exhibit the Aylmer-Malahide Museum and Archives on Sunday afternoon, April 3. Mr. McCallum has authored a series of book compilations on the First Great War, including Age Shall Not Weary Them: The…
Tap students, 7 and 8 years old, performed to “Dear Future Husband” during an annual spring recital for Tammy’s Dance Studio at Immanuel Christian School in Aylmer on Saturday, April 2. Two shows were held that afternoon, featuring 19 dances.
The Town of Aylmer has received an up to $3-million grant from the Ontario government for the total reconstruction of Talbot Street West from Myrtle Street to Holland Avenue. The grant announcement was made on Friday, April 1, confirmed town Administrator Jennifer Reynaert. The money comes from the Ministry of Transportation’s new Connecting Links program…
An anonymous tipster contacted the Aylmer Express about an April Fools’ Day prank in progress on Rutherford Avenue south of Talbot Street West by East Elgin Secondary School in Aylmer on Friday morning, April 1. By the time a reporter rushed out to try to catch the pranksters in action, the plastic wrap job on…
Catfish Creek overflowed its banks and flooded the usual areas of nearby parkland in Aylmer, including Kinsmen Park shown here, and Optimist Park on Friday morning, April 1. Catfish Creek Conservation Authority (CCCA) officials earlier the same morning issued a “Flood Outlook” watershed conditions statement, the first of a series of statements leading up to…
Town of Aylmer Planning and Municipal Services Director Danial Dale, left, received congratulations on his retirement from many colleagues, family and friends, including Linda Cummings of Union, during an open house held in his honour at Aylmer Old Town Hall Theatre on Wednesday afternoon, March 30. That was Mr. Dale’s last day after 27 years…
Workers with Zap’s Tree Service as well as Bayham public works and roads department employees were back cutting down trees along Maple Grove Line between Richmond and Straffordville on Wednesday morning, March 30. Several residents who live along the road staged a peaceful protest against the tree cutting the prior day, Tuesday, March 29, and are…
Central Elgin Mayor David Marr, left, Cambridge MPP (Liberal) Kathryn McGarry and Aylmer Mayor Greg Currie were all smiles in Aylmer’s council chambers on Tuesday afternoon, March 29 after Ms. McGarry announced the two municipalities would receive a total of just under $3.8-million in grants from the Ontario Community Infrastructure Fund. The Town of Aylmer…
Port Stanley became the set for multiple scenes that were filmed over the Easter holiday weekend into Tuesday morning, March 28 for the upcoming NBC television series Taken. This photo was taken Tuesday morning, March 28 near the intersection of Bridge/George Street and Carlow Road across from the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 410 (Port Stanley).…