Elgin County Ontario Provincial Police closed Sunset Road by Roberts Line north of Port Stanley after a “serious” two-vehicle crash that occurred between a large tractor and a motorcycle at about 2:45 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 7. Middlesex County OPP Constable Laurie Houghton said both riders of the motorcycle were transported to area hospitals, one…
Ed Ketchabaw is seeking re-election as Bayham’s Ward 3 councillor in the Oct. 27 municipal election. Cr. Ketchabaw, who lives on the family farm north of Straffordville with his wife Sheri and two sons, aged 14 and 12, was first elected to council in 2006 and was acclaimed in 2010. He filed his nomination with…
Aylmer Fair Board President Scott Lewis gets a smooch from a pair of camels that will be among the exotic and farmyard animals on display at the three-day exposition Friday, Aug. 8, through Sunday, Aug. 10. Other features include demolition derbies, agricultural and homecrafts exhibits, a horse pull, livestock and horse shows and the Midway.
Fireworks shot off the East Pier of Port Burwell’s harbour illuminated a huge crowd that came out to see the pyrotechnics. The display capped off the village’s annual Tub Daze celebration.
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…