Two Bayham men were arrested and charged with several illegal drug-related offences following searches at three properties on Tuesday, Nov. 25. A 38-year-old man from Bayham was charged with six counts of possession of a Schedule 1 substance for the purposes of trafficking and fail to comply with a recognizance. He was arrested without incident…
Review by Rob Perry of The Aylmer Express East Elgin Secondary School’s drama department has taken a brave turn, staging a production of Shakespeare’s Henry V last week. Usual high school fare tends towards musicals and comedies, where youthful voices don’t seem out of place, while dramas are limited to one-act plays. But drama teacher,…
Bayham Mayor Paul Ens has announced he’ll run to be the Elgin County warden for 2015. He made his intentions known during the final session of the last county council on Tuesday, Nov. 25. County council will hold a special meeting the night of Tuesday, Dec. 9, to elect a warden.
Port Burwell’s Market Square is, as it turns out, an oversized municipal road allowance, but that didn’t stop Elgin County councillors on Tuesday, Nov. 25, from unanimously approving a Bayham official plan amendment to change the zoning on the village’ former fire hall in one corner of the square to residential. That could eventually allow it…
A severe windstorm sweeping through East Elgin on Monday afternoon, Nov. 24, sent trees and limbs onto a car and the front of a house on South Street West, crushing both The driver of the car was taken to St. Thomas Elgin General Hospital by ambulance. No one was seemingly hurt nearby in the house on…
A tree limb broke off and was resting on top of hydro wires across from Goodwill’s Used Cars on the eastern boundary of Aylmer on the early afternoon of Monday, Nov. 24. At about the same time, Hydro One reported a power outage affecting 1,351 electricity customers in Malahide and Bayham. Power was to be…
Hundreds of spectators still turned out despite wet weather to watch the Aylmer Kinsmen Santa Claus Parade, Saturday, Nov. 22. Here the Ingersoll Pipe Band was the first of three bands in the procession, which took about half an hour to pass any particular point along the parade route.
Catfish Creek Conservation Authority on Friday afternoon, Nov. 21, issued a “flood outlook” for its watershed. Weather conditions, including thawing snow and rain, could lead to creek water rising, CCCA advised. Flooding could take place in low-lying areas. The public is being urged to keep children and pets away from waterways.
Malahide councillors decided Thursday, Nov. 20, that $9,650 is too much to pay to have a traffic safety engineer examine ways to improve road safety in the local Amish community. Instead, they’re calling for a joint committee to meet and discuss the subject instead, with representatives from council, township officials, the Amish community and Ontario Provincial…
Front, from left, Sparta Public School pupils Kylie Rooyakkers, Bryanna Cooper, Brielle Kay, Destiney Reid and, back, Madison Gillard-Brinn, Kaitlyn Lale, Allie Pinylo, Lexie Sawyer and Mackenzie Trojek, playing orphan girls, rehearsed “Annie Jr.” Thursday, Nov. 20. The musical, an abridged version of the full Broadway show, features a cast and crew of 65 Grade…
Anna Peters, front, joined fellow Kindergarteners drumming away in the gymnasium at Straffordville Public School, Tuesday, Nov. 18. Pupils in all grades participated in “Drumfit,” where they learned about music and rhythmic movement.
East Elgin Secondary School Principal Brendon White, middle, had his hair trimmed to a short brush cut by InStyle Salon apprentice hair stylist Danika McAnulty, left, at the school’s television studio on Thursday morning, Nov. 20. United Way Campaign and Communications Coordinator Melissa Schneider interviewed Mr. White briefly as his hair came off in celebration…