Aylmer Veterinary Clinic staff member Kendra Derrig, far left, spray dyed Dr. Jim Raddatz’s hair in multiple colours while receptionist Jen Hachey, far right, started trimming off Dr. Kirk Maltby’s moustache during the celebration of the conclusion of the October fundraising drive for the Farley Foundation on Monday, Nov. 10. The clinic raised $602 for…
Chartwell Aylmer residents Dorothy Jacques, left, and Gail Starr, right, and Immanuel Christian School pupil Eden Shelton filled shoeboxes for “Operation Christmas Child,” which sends toys, socks, toiletries and school supplies to needy children around the world. A Grade 1-2 class from the school and seniors at the long-term care home have been collaborating on…
A colour party from Last Post Branch 410, Royal Canadian Legion, left, naval reservists from HMCS Prevost in London and Elgin Air Cadets formed up at the Port Stanley Cenotaph for a Remembrance Day service on Sunday morning, Nov. 9. The service was attended by a large crowd, and included a flyby of four civilian…
Several East Elgin Secondary School students including Allie DeCoutere, Brianna Dempsey, Aubree Untch and Brennen Weber participated in the Stair Climb event at East Elgin Community Complex on Thursday morning, Nov. 6 to raise money for United Way Elgin-St. Thomas. The Stair Climb was part of EESS’s campaign to raise a total of $10,000 for…
Aylmer’s annual Relay for Life, which has raised close to a half-million dollars for the Canadian Cancer Society over the last six years, will be consolidated with one in St. Thomas and be held in that city next June. Angie Woodcock, Elgin-Middlesex manager for the Society, said dwindling revenue from and volunteers for local relays were…
The Aylmer Police confirmed that a 15-year-old of Bayham, who was reported missing and probably somewhere in Aylmer, was found safely in town on Thursday evening, Nov. 6. Police asked for the public’s assistance in locating her after she did not return to her home from East Elgin Secondary School on Wednesday, Nov. 5.
East Elgin Secondary School Grade 9 student Josh Giesbrecht, left, went to his father Pete’s workplace at Secord Home Building Centre in Aylmer on Wednesday, Nov. 5 as part of the annual Take Our Kids to Work Day. The national program supports career development by helping students connect school, the work world and their own…
The project to develop a business plan for the future operations of East Elgin Community Complex will receive an up to $25,000 grant from the provincial government. A bylaw to authorize the signing of an agreement between the Town of Aylmer, Township of Malahide and the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs for the…
With only seven votes separating the winning candidate and the runner-up in the Oct. 27 Ward 1 councillor election in Bayham, there was conjecture within the municipality if someone might call for a recount. Port Burwell’s Randy Breyer was declared the official winner of the Ward 1 (Vienna and Port Burwell areas) with 164 votes…
All of the staff at Assumption Catholic Elementary School dressed in costumes for Halloween on Friday, Oct. 31. They also encouraged all of the pupils to come to school that day in costumes and a class by class parade was held during an assembly in the gym. The staff ended the assembly by posing together…
Darrell Buchner of 23 Marchant Street in Aylmer goes all out with the Halloween display at his property and this year decided to decorate his driveway, part of which seen here, and the inside of his garage. He usually decorates his backyard but with the weather forecast calling for some light rain and colder temperatures,…
Its official – the Aylmer Shoppers Drug Mart in Aylmer will change its banner to an IDA store in mid-November. The change of hands of the store was made official on Friday, Oct. 31 when the Competition Bureau, a federal government agency, announced via a media release that it had approved the sale of 10…