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A Halloween Haunt on Tarry Parkway
Tarry Parkway homeowner Steven Tolles went above and beyond in observing the Halloween theme this year. In addition to an elaborate front yard display and family members dressed as witches, he turned his garage into a “haunt,” featuring animatronic characters and eerie lighting. A big crowd was already gathering by 6 p.m. For more, see…
Read MoreHomes must have deadly gas detectors on every level by Jan. 1
All homes must now have carbon monoxide (CO) detectors on every level, not just near bedrooms, Aylmer Fire Services Coordinator Charity Fisher informed the Express recently. Carbon monoxide is a potentially deadly gas, and so far this year Aylmer firefighters have already responded to three calls with such gas confirmed as present in a home.…
Read MoreAylmer council votes 5-1 for library expansion
Warning: this story contains strong language “The time has come to make a decision,” Mayor Jack Couckuyt told fellow Aylmer council members at a special meeting at Old Town Hall, about that building’s future, on Wednesday, Oct. 15. They voted 5-1 in favour of an option to expand the Old Town Hall library and upstairs…
Read MoreAylmer library options: costs $6-million and up
Aylmer council, meeting at Old Town Hall on Wednesday, Oct. 15, will discuss the cost of three options for potentially enlarging the downtown branch of the Elgin County library or building a new one, with costs ranging from $6.2-million to $8.9-million. The costliest option, according to JPM Architecture, would be $8.9-million to put an addition…
Read MoreProtests over proposed heritage home demolition
Cherry Street, a nonprofit group that provides affordable housing in Aylmer, is planning to demolish 50 Centre St., as well as 32 Centre St., to make room for a new development. At a town council meeting Wednesday, Oct. 1, two neighbours, Cynthia Grant and Stephen Blankenship (the latter’s father was a founding member of the…
Read More“Liberation Day” tariff worries in area
The pomp and glory expected on U.S. President Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day” on April 2 is lost on Elgin County businesses. Instead of the celebratory mood promoted by the White House, the proprietor at Phil Mauer and Associates, in Eden, for example, is “not thrilled” with the dreaded tariffs regime that President Trump is expected…
Read MoreMeasles disinformation called out by health unit
The number of known measles cases in the region is rapidly rising. Southwestern Public Health (SWPH) medical officer of health Dr. Ninh Tran reported Feb. 20 that there have been 35 confirmed cases of measles in this region since Jan. 1, 2025, including 17 new cases in the last week. For the same period, Grand…
Read More“Sovereignty nothing to be taken lightly”
St. Thomas and District Chamber of Commerce held an all-candidates meeting for the Feb. 27 provincial election in Elgin-Middlesex-London riding on Tuesday, Feb. 11, and Chief Executive Officer Paul Jenkins asked the four nominees who attended about Canadian sovereignty at a time of a potential trade war with USA and continuing barriers to interprovincial trade…
Read MoreTown wants review of all possible library sites
East Elgin Community Complex Board and Elgin County might have approved in principle moving the Aylmer Old Town Hall library branch to EECC, but Aylmer council wants a county committee established to review all possible sites. And that’s what the town will tell county council in response to its request for Aylmer to also endorse…
Read MoreCounty endorses library move to Complex
Elgin County council members on Tuesday, Jan. 28, unanimously endorsed in principle moving the Aylmer branch of the county library system from its current Old Town Hall site downtown to East Elgin Community Complex, on the west edge of town. They also asked Aylmer council to give a similar endorsement, and instructed Community and Cultural…
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