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Canada 150 is being celebrated Saturday, June 17, with a bonfire at the Aylmer Fairgrounds. Aylmer Optimist Club is holding a barbecue, while Aylmer Valu-Mart is offering S’mores kits. The event continues until 10 p.m.

Youngsters bounced back and forth on an inflatable amusement that was one of the attractions at Springfield’s annual Family Fun Day, Saturday, June 17. Events at Malahide Community Place continue through the early- and mid-afternoon, followed by a spaghetti dinner for the village fire station from 5 to 7 p.m., and a “Tween Dance” for…

Participants in the first East Elgin Secondary School prom ever held outside of and independent from EESS danced under the sky at Quai Du Vin Estate Winery north of Sparta, Saturday night, June 3. The winery is hosting at least three proms this spring. Prom-goers had dinner under a tent, followed by dancing. Sydney Bond…

The Ontario Municipal Board on Thursday, June 1, issued an order that will allow Don Neville to continue operating his DNO Towing business from his home at 44400 Talbot Line in Yarmouth Centre, but he’ll be forced to scale back the operation there. He’ll be allowed to keep no more than two tow trucks on…

Some brief notes from the final pupil accomodation review and trustee decisions. Full reports will be in The Aylmer Express May 24 and 31 editions. This post will be updated throughout the night as decisions are made. Sparta Public School – trustees have unanimously approved a motion to close the school effective 2018. New Sarum…

Thames Valley District School Board trustees are expected to make a final decision on the recommended closings of four schools in Malahide and Central Elgin at a meeting starting at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, May 23, at the TVDSB administration centre in London. (In last week’s Express, the starting time was erroneously reported as being…

Aylmer Mayor Greg Currie did the ceremonial first cut into one of two specially made cakes to help celebrate Canada’s 150th anniversary during the town’s first ever Tulip Festival held in Optimist Park on Saturday afternoon, May 13. Grandma’s Oven bakery made the cakes which were big enough to feed 500 festival goers. The Aylmer…

In a surprise turn of events, Aylmer and Malahide councillors, sitting together as the East Elgin Community Complex Interim Board on Wednesday evening, May 3, passed a resolution to not move the Aylmer library to hall space at the Complex. Aylmer Councillor Pete Barbour, who spearheaded the push to place a new, larger library at…

Thames Valley District School Board trustees held their first of two nights of public hearings on the potential closings of several elementary schools in Malahide and Central Elgin, and the proposed building of large new ones in Belmont and southeast St. Thomas, Tuesday, May 2. Most speakers on the first night opposed the closings of…

Thames Valley District School Board trustees will, on Tuesday, May 2, and Wednesday, May 3, hear from a total of 57 speakers about the proposed closures of several schools in the Aylmer, Malahide and Central Elgin area, and the building of new ones in Belmont and southeast St. Thomas. Most will have only five minutes,…