All of the pupils and staff at Springfield Public School were safely evacuated to the nearby Malahide Community Place after more than half of the school filled with smoke from a fire that broke out in the rooftop heating, ventilation and air conditioning unit (HVAC) on Wednesday afternoon, Oct. 17. This photo was taken at…
A hay barn, 80 feet wide by 600 feet deep, was destroyed by fire on the north side of Vienna Line east of Hacienda Road late on Thursday night, Oct. 11, and early on Friday morning, Oct. 12. Malahide firefighters fought to contain the blaze and keep it from spreading to surrounding fields of dry…
The lift bridge in Port Stanley was closed temporarily for inspection on Tuesday, Sept. 25 after a perch fishing boat and a sailboat broke free from where they were moored. The bridge reopened to traffic later that afternoon after the inspection. A total of three vessels were involved after being dislodged from where they were…
Judge Glen Donald of the Ontario Court of Justice in St. Thomas expects to deliver his verdict in the trial of John Hueston and Brett Hueston of The Aylmer Express on Monday, Oct. 22, at 9:30 a.m. The two men are charged with obstructing police during an investigation of a death at the south end…
A brief session Monday, Sept. 10, in the trial of John Hueston and Brett Hueston of The Aylmer Express for allegedly obstructing police resulted in only one piece of news, that defence lawyer Gord Cudmore planned to call no witnesses. Instead, both he and Assistant Crown Attorney Cecile Jutras will make written final submissions to…
The second annual Ken Schlimme Memorial Poker Run motorcycle ride attracted 107 riders on Saturday, Sept. 1. Sponsored by Kendall Motor Oil and Dave Green Custom Cycle, the ride raised money for the Aylmer Optimist Club. Registration was at the Optimist Clubhouse on Queen Street in Aylmer and the riders’ last stop was at Cy’s…
Shaw’s Ice Cream and Dairy Bar, located south of Union on Sunset Road, celebrated its 70th anniversary in style with a Ferris Wheel, a photo booth, face painting, prizes and giveaways and live music along with free ice cream to anyone who showed up with a 1948 classic car or pickup truck on Saturday, Sept.…
A man was taken to hospital after the tractor he was driving rolled over and pinned him southwest of Aylmer on Tuesday evening, Aug. 28. Elgin County Ontario Provincial Police officers with assistance from the Aylmer Police responded to the tractor rollover on Rogers Road south of Conservation Line that evening at 7:40 p.m. Malahide…
One man is dead and two more people were taken to hospital for treatment of injuries after a three vehicle crash occurred south of Belmont on Tuesday afternoon, Aug. 28. The Elgin County Ontario Provincial Police along with Middlesex County OPP officers responded to the collision on Belmont Road at Yorke Line in Central Elgin…
Some residents were crying foul after Prespa Construction announced at an Ontario Municipal Board “pre-hearing” on Wednesday, Aug. 22, it planned to ask the OMB to allow it to modify its original proposal for a nine-storey condomium building northwest of the intersection of Edith Cavell Boulevard and William Street in Port Stanley to two five-storey…
The temporary panel bridge connecting the north and south sides of the lakeside village of Port Bruce opened to traffic at about 10:55 a.m. on Monday, Aug. 20. In this photo taken at about 11:45 a.m. that day, a car is seen completing a north-south crossing of the bridge that spans Catfish Creek from Bank…
Jodi Brindley of Aylmer painted the face of Arrielle Morgan, 8, of Sarnia as she visited Aylmer’s annual Sweet Cornfest in Balmoral Park on Saturday, Aug. 18. The four-hour harvest celebration was organized by MainStreet Aylmer.