Over 300 motorcycles including more than 65 custom creations from all over southwestern Ontario packed the interior parking lot at Malahide Community Place in Springfield for the second annual Four-Hour Bike Show on Sunday, Aug. 23. The event was co-sponsored by DG Custom Cycle and Low Brow Custom and raised money for the Aylmer Optimist…
The first annual Fire It Up Car, Truck and Bike Show attracted over 50 different vehicles of various shapes, sizes and colours to the parking lot of the German Canadian Club and Saxonia Hall just east of Aylmer on Saturday, Aug. 22. Organized by the Malahide Firefighter’s Association, the event was offered free to the…
Civil Air Search and Rescue Association (CASARA) London volunteer Joe Santschi of Tillsonburg checked out the mock disaster scene that was set up at a farmer’s property on Powers Road south of Talbot Line and just east of the St. Thomas Airport for a large scale multi-agency search and rescue training event staged at different…
Captain Corbin the pirate magician, left, had volunteer Charlie Braun help him with a trick involving a changing flag that eventually became a Jolly Roger during the Summer Reading Club finale at Straffordville Public Library on Monday afternoon, Aug. 17. About 50 children attended the last session along with some of their parents. The 109…
A group of bicyclists crept up a steep slope on Pleasant Valley Line as they neared the end of a 160-kilometre route for the fifth annual 3 Port Classic Century Ride sponsored by The Aylmer Express on Saturday, Aug. 15. This year’s ride involved 450 bicyclists, the most ever.
Norah Bradley, 5, of Aylmer slid down an inflatable amusement at the annual Aylmer Sweet Corn Fest in Balmoral Park, Saturday, Aug. 15. Weather for the event was clear and sunny.
East Elgin Community Complex (EECC) General Manager Theresa Klachan ended her time at the facility as of Friday, Aug. 14. “As of Aug. 14, 2015, Theresa Klachan has left her position to pursue other interests and challenges,” Aylmer Administrator Jennifer Reynaert wrote in an email response. “I anticipate the vacancy will be addressed by the…
Both Malahide and Bayham councils, in separate meetings, voted Thursday, Aug. 6, to welcome additional windmills to the Erie Shores Wind Farm. Capstone Power Development plans to add 20 to 30 new wind turbines to the existing 66 in the area. Malahide councillors ignored dire warnings from resident Hank Wortelboer and two anti-wind power activists…
About 25 children attended the last session of the Summer Reading Club held at the Fred Bodsworth Public Library of Port Burwell on Tuesday afternoon, Aug. 11. They gathered outside underneath the adjacent gazebo for a fun drawing exercise where they were given a specific body part of a creature to draw with a marker and then…
The finalists in the Saturday night Demolition Derby straight stock battled it out at the Aylmer Fair in this video submitted by John Neusteter.
Charlie Bond of West Lorne rode Jack Frost through the open trail class course in the show ring during the Aylmer Fair Horse Show on Sunday morning, Aug. 9. Over 50 riders and their horses were expected to participate in the show that day. While clouds and some short rain showers on Saturday threatened to put…
Collectors of various kinds of memorabilia had lots to choose from at the Belmont Nostalgia Show that was held at a private property near Lake Whittaker Conservation Area northeast of Aylmer on Saturday, Aug. 8. Various vendors were selling over 100 pedal cars and parts along with porcelain signs, gas pumps, tin signs, antique toys,…