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Newcomer Greg Currie is Aylmer’s new mayor after garnering more than double the amount of votes than incumbent Jack Couckuyt. In the unofficial results after all polls had reported in shortly after 11 p.m. on Monday night, Oct. 27, mayor-elect Currie had 1,052 votes compared with Mr. Couckuyt’s 405 votes. Former Aylmer Mayor Bob Habkirk…

In what’s shaping up to be a huge upset, with 11 polls reporting out of 13, challenger Greg Currie has a tremendous lead in the race to become Aylmer’s new mayor. He has 832 votes to 327 for incumbent Jack Couckuyt and 167 for former Mayor Bob Habkirk. In the race for deputy mayor, Mary French leads with 604 votes…

All candidates for Aylmer mayor, deputy mayor and councillors were submitted the same six questions by the Aylmer Express. The unedited responses can be seen by clicking the link after each question.   1. What, if any, changes would you make at East Elgin Community Complex to reduce the operating deficit? Click here to see…

Elgin County councillors on Tuesday, Oct. 21, deferred for now a request from Bayham to rezone the former Port Burwell fire hall to allow it to be sold for conversion to a private residence. They want an investigation of an assertion by Susan Start, who leads opponents to the change, that Market Square, including the…

Well over 200 interested citizens filled Vienna Community Centre for the Aylmer Express-sponsored Bayham all-candidates meeting on Thursday night, Oct. 9. All of the candidates in the Oct. 27 municipal election answered a series of questions from those attending the almost two and a half hour event. Although other topics were broached, the HMCS Ojibwa…

An oversized load made its way through Aylmer westbound along Talbot Street on Monday morning, Oct. 6 starting just after 8 a.m. Along with an Ontario Provincial Police escort in front and behind, several utility trucks with workers were with the convoy to make sure the tall portable building on the flatbed truck didn’t interfere…

Andy Anderson, left, mayoral candidate Greg Currie, Police Chief Andre Reymer and Mayor Jack Couckuyt of “Team Aylmer” raised $3,560 for Violence Against Women Services Elgin County as they participated in the fifth annual “Walk a Mile in Her Shoes” in St. Thomas’s Pinafore Park, Sunday, Sept. 28. This year, 63 men donned high heels in…

Contenders in the Oct. 27 municipal election in Malahide answered several questions from local residents during an all-candidates meeting sponsored by the Aylmer Express on Monday night, Sept. 22 at Old Town Hall Theatre. A less than packed house witnessed a heated exchange between Malahide resident Hank Wortelboer and incumbent Deputy Mayor Jim Jenkins after…

Dozens of classic cars and trucks were parked behind the German Canadian Club just west of Aylmer on Saturday, Sept. 20 for the final Aylmer Shrine Club Cruise car show. After giving out draw prizes donated by local businesses, the Shriners donated $500 each to the St. Thomas Elgin General Hospital Foundation and the Victoria…

The Aylmer Express will host an all-candidates meeting for the municipal election in Malahide Township at Aylmer Old Town Hall, Monday, Sept. 22, starting at 7:30 p.m. In addition to Malahide candidates, the six candidates for the two positions as Elgin County public school trustees on the Thames Valley District School Board will answer questions…