The body of Peter Hildebrandt, 15, of the Mount Salem area was found by a local fisherman about 100 metres off of the pier in Port Burwell Wednesday afternoon, July 30. He had been reported missing at about 5:30 p.m. on Sunday, July 27 after he and three other boys were in the water off…
Aylmer Old Town Hall Library supervisor Rachel Charette hung out with Bear Bear and Doreen and read a book with the animals during the Teddy Bear Sleepover Wednesday, July 30. Local children were encouraged to drop off their teddy bears and other stuffed animals at the library for the day and night while the library…
Aylmer Councillor David LaPointe is seeking re-election in the Oct. 27 municipal election. He submitted his nomination with the town clerk’s office on Tuesday morning, July 29. First elected in 2010, Cr. LaPointe is the chairman of Aylmer Police Services Board and had previously served on the East Elgin Community Complex Board of Management. He…
Former Central Elgin mayor, deputy mayor and councillor Tom Marks will run for deputy mayor in the Oct. 27 municipal election this year. He announced his candidacy on Monday, stressing he was a “team player” on council. He also called for more intense traffic patrols on busy roads north of St. Thomas, perhaps with the…
Aylmer Police are looking for a man, five feet eight inches to six feet tall, dressed in a hooded sweatshirt who broke the windows of a 1997 and a 1998 sports utility vehicle parked in an Elm Street driveway, Monday, July 28, at 2 a.m. The vandalism was recorded on a security camera, and here’s a…
Aylmer firefighters responded to a house fire on Victoria Street North on Sunday morning, July 27 after someone called 911 about smoke coming from a residence. Aylmer Fire Chief Sam Taylor said 17 firefighters responded to the call at 9:14 a.m. and found “heavy smoke” when entering. The house was searched and the fire, which…
Peter Hildebrandt, 15, of Malahide is presumed drowned after he went missing in the water by the pier off of Port Burwell main beach in the late afternoon of Sunday, July 27. Elgin County Ontario Provincial Police, Bayham firefighters and paramedics are currently on the scene Tuesday morning, July 29 continuing the search for his body. The OPP Underwater…
John Hiemstra, left, was near the start of the process of growing a bee beard groomed by his brother Henry Hiemstra during the 10th World Bee Beard Championship at Clovermead Adventure Farm north of Aylmer Friday evening, July 25. Henry Hiemstra started the apiary at Clovermead many years ago which is now run by his…
Shalom Hernandez, left, and Kaia Macrae drew pictures on the rear parking lot of Malahide Community Place on Thursday, July 24. They were among many youths participating in drop-in activities held every Thursday starting at 10:30 a.m. for participants in the “Eureka!” summer reading club at Springfield library. The club has 123 registered members to…
At least five participants of the essay writing contest to win a Malahide home have received partial refunds of their entry fees. All confirmed refunds were money orders for $92 and were received through the regular mail with what appeared to be a form letter thanking the entrants for participating in the contest. The letter…
Judy Bergen, 12, left, held the launcher while Sophie Neudorf, 6, stomped on the “button” (a two-litre pop bottle full of air) to send her bottle rocket into the air during a crafts workshop for children outside Aylmer Old Town Hall Library on Thursday, July 24. In behind helping with the launch was library assistant…
Central Elgin councillors on Monday, July 21, gave the nod to rezoning for a light industrial park on vacant land at 143 Borden Ave. in Belmont. That’s on the south side, behind a former Borden plant that’s been converted to other industrial and commercial uses. Height of the buildings in it is to be restricted…