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Taes Leavitt, left, and Nick Adams of Splash’n Boots got children to count along with them during an Aylmer Kids and Company concert at Old Town Hall on Saturday, April 22. The event was sold out, with 175 attending.

First Nations Trustee Phil Schuyler told Thames Valley District School board, as members reviewed the final senior recommendations for closings and other drastic changes in elementary schools in the Aylmer, St. Thomas and Dorchester areas, that too much emphasis was being put on financial considerations, and not enough on the role of a school in…

Central Elgin volunteer firefighters advanced slowly but steadily on a fire in a replica of a large-scale propane tank, similar to what might be used for home heating, at St. Thomas Airport on Sunday, April 9. Forty-two of them participated in a weekend of training on how best to handle liquid petroleum gas fires and…

A wreath was laid at the Springfield Cenotaph Sunday morning, April 9, by representatives of Colonel Talbot Branch 81, Royal Canadian Legion, Aylmer, to mark the 100th anniversary of the First Great War Battle of Vimy Ridge. A similar service followed at the Aylmer Cenotaph.

The majority of speakers at a public forum about the future of the Aylmer library were in favour of keeping the facility in the downtown core and against moving it into hall space at East Elgin Community Complex. Organized by The Aylmer Express and held on Thursday evening, March 30 at a near capacity Old…

After months of public hearings and the opposition of many communities, Thames Valley District School Board administrators are still recommending the closures of Springfield, South Dorchester, Sparta, New Sarum and Westminster Central public schools. Pupils from them would be either moved to two planned large new elementary schools in Belmont and southeast St. Thomas, or…

Elgin-Middlesex-London MPP Jeff Yurek, left, Malahide Deputy Mayor Jim Jenkins and Bayham Mayor Paul Ens waited their turns as Aylmer Mayor Greg Currie successfully answered a trivia question celebrating Canada’s 150th birthday this year during an opening ceremony for the seventh annual Aylmer and East Elgin Home, Garden and Rec Show at East Elgin Community…

A two-page motion about locating a new larger Aylmer library at East Elgin Community Complex was added to the agenda near the start of the Monday, March 13 council meeting by Councillor Pete Barbour who passed out paper copies of it to all councillors and staff. While some councillors wanted to defer the motion until…

The body of a 47-year-old woman was found by police divers within a silver Chrysler PT Cruiser at the bottom of Port Stanley harbour at about 6 p.m. on Wednesday, March 8. The car had left the road and entered the water of Port Stanley harbour at about 7:10 p.m. on Tuesday, March 7. Elgin…

A group of cold temperature defying participants splashed through the Lake Erie surf at Port Stanley’s Little Beach for the third annual Childcan Polar Bear Dip on Saturday morning, March 4. Several Childcan supporters, some in colourful garb, braved the freezing water in groups to raise money and awareness of childhood cancer. Dozens more family…