A fire that destroyed an abandoned barn just west of Harrietsville on Tuesday night, Sept. 9, is being investigated by Middlesex County fire prevention and Ontario Provincial Police officers as suspicious. Fire Prevention Officer John Elston said the barn fire at 2140 Harrietsville Drive was reported by someone calling on a cell phone at 10:57…
A 17-year-old male from Bayham almost caused a head-on crash on Talbot Line (Highway 3) in Summers Corners in the early morning of Tuesday, Sept. 9 when he fell asleep at the wheel. Elgin County Ontario Provincial Police Constable Troy Carlson said officers were called to a one-vehicle collision just east of Springfield Road at…
Elgin County councillors unanimously reversed course on Tuesday , Sept. 9, and instead of planning limited renovations to Terrace Lodge long-term care home will turn to designing and getting a cost estimate for a completely new facility. The change came as the result of a public hearing at Terrace Lodge, followed by a recommendation from…
The drivers of two vehicles were taken to a local hospital for treatment of minor injuries after a head-on crash east of Aylmer along Talbot Line (Highway 3) just west of Heritage Line on Tuesday, Sept. 9. The collision happened at 3:43 p.m. and Talbot Line was closed in the area for about an hour…
Two boat slips upstream along Catfish Creek in Port Bruce needed repairs after a series of powerful thunderstorms came through the region overnight on Friday, Sept. 5. Conflicting reports were received about how many boats had broken away from their docks along the creek and had to be retrieved from either off of the cliffs east…
Reece Somerville, 11, of St. Thomas competed in the garden tractor class during the Elgin Plowing Match on Saturday morning, Sept. 6 at Andrelea Farms located on Ron McNeil Line north of St. Thomas. He was riding a 1985 Allis-Chalmers 916 and was being coached by his father Paul. Other than the various plowing classes,…
Minor flooding was reported in various low-lying areas of the region including Kinsmen Park in Aylmer, seen here, Optimist Park and in farmers’ fields north of Copenhagen after about 50 millimetres of rain fell overnight Friday, Sept. 5. While parts of London experienced heavy damage due to fallen trees and lightning strikes, Aylmer escaped relatively…
A pipeline break along Nova Scotia Line northwest of Port Burwell and a couple kilometres east of Richmond Road left all of Bayham’s municipal water customers without the service for several hours on Friday, Sept. 5. Bayham Water and Wastewater Operations Manager Ed Roloson said about 760 water customers in Port Burwell and Vienna were…
A building committee overseeing planned renovations to Terrace Lodge long-term care home in Malahide is now calling for a complete replacement adjacent to the current facility to be designed instead. Cost estimates for a Class “A” home (the current one has a provincial “C” rating) would then be used to lobby the Ontario government for…
Two occupants of a car were taken to a local hospital for treatment of minor injuries following a collision with a Jeep pulling a tobacco trailer in the Jaffa area just before lunch on Thursday, Sept. 4. Elgin County Ontario Provincial Police Constable Troy Carlson said the collision occurred at 11:33 a.m. on John Wise…
Hockey players and skaters lined up Wednesday night, Sept. 3, to call for summer ice to be retained and the community hall kept open at East Elgin Community Complex. While they insisted the proposed elimination of summer ice next year and the possible permanent leasing of the community hall for another use would hurt their…
The St. Thomas Police is asking for the assistance of the public with locating a missing 54-year-old woman. Cindy Grace Brant was last seen at her Chestnut Street address on July 28. She is described as white, five feet four inches tall, 180 pounds with a round face, straight short brown hair with bangs, green/hazel…