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Grade 4 pupils Malik Oteng, left, Elsa White, Katelyn Bennett and others led a carol singalong during the rehearsal for an annual Christmas concert at New Sarum Public School on Thursday, Dec. 15.

About 30 parents from New Sarum Public School came to Central Elgin council on Monday, Nov. 28, pleading for help to save their school from closure as proposed by Thames Valley District School Board. Councillors, who had previously formally supported a push by Belmont parents for a large new elementary school there, were left between…

Aylmer Minor Hockey Association players hammed it up for the camera from their float in the annual Kinsmen Santa Claus Parade on Saturday, Nov. 26. Wet weather earlier in the day cleared in time for the procession, which took nearly an hour to pass any particular point along the route.

Thames Valley District School Board trustees unanimously approved a proposal by senior administrators Tuesday night, Nov. 22, to conduct their most complex study ever of possible school consolidations and closures, reviewing a dozen elementary facilities mainly in the Aylmer, Malahide, Central Elgin and St. Thomas area. Supporters of Springfield Public School crowded the gallery, holding…

Snow started falling in Aylmer and area Saturday evening, which continued through the rest of the weekend. The town escaped the worst, with only a light dusting around these holiday angels behind Old Town Hall by Sunday afternoon, but to the west weather was much worse.

Members of the band of 741 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Cadets, led military and other formations across the King George Lift Bridge toward the Port Stanley Cenotaph for a Remembrance Day service on Sunday, Nov. 6. Services were also observed in Vienna and Port Burwell that day. Aylmer, Springfield and Belmont will hold theirs on…

Volunteers Leslie Graham, left, and Joanne Van Eyk put tags on hats, scarves, mittens and gloves donated for the 2016 “Chase the Chill” warm clothing distribution that started Saturday, Nov. 5, at 1 p.m. on the steps of Our Lady of Sorrows Roman Catholic Church on John Street South in Aylmer. Organizer Marscha Huber said…

East Elgin Secondary School Grade 12 student Seth Cipolla, dressed as The Lion King, sang in a number about Disney film characters during a rehearsal for a showcase that was the culmination of a three-day workshop at East Elgin Secondary School Tuesday night, Nov. 1. A total of 84 youths from Grades 3 through 12…

Central Elgin councillors on Monday morning, Oct. 31, unanimously awarded the job of building a new mechanical sewage treatment plant for Port Stanley to HIRA Construction of St. Thomas, which had the lowest of eight tenders with a price of $17.68-million. Physical Services Director Lloyd Perrin said that included a $2.5-million “contingency allowance,” and municipal…

East Elgin Secondary School student Madi Wall performed a monologue from “Forgotten Souls,” a 1916 one-act play by David Pinski, during a Coffee House talent show at EESS Thursday night, Oct. 27. The event was a fundraiser for East Elgin’s Performing Arts Council.